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Roadmap to Electric Transportation

electric car on road lined with palm trees

Submitted by Alachua County in April 2022.

News

On April 7, 2022, Dory Larsen of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) and their Electrify the South program presented “Roadmap to Electric Transportation: How Your League is Making a Difference” to the League of Women Voters (LWV) of Alachua County. LWVFL and SACE are partners in their Electrify the South program. Below is a summary of her presentation with a link to Dory's slides as well as other relevant resources.

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Roadmap to Electric Transportation: How Your League is Making a Difference

LWVAC and SACE presentation announcement with photo of speaker

Submitted by Alachua County in March 2022.

Event Date: 
04/07/2022 - 12:00pm

The LWVAC is partnering with Southern Alliance for Clean Energy's Electrify the South program to host a webinar on ways to engage and transform our transportation systems to electric.

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Tell Your State Reps to Vote Against HB 637 and support RGGI

Smokestacks

Submitted by Delaware County ILO in March 2022.

Action Alerts

The League of Women Voters urges you to call or email your state representatives and ask them to vote against HB 637, a bill that would prevent Pennsylvania from joining the 11-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. 

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Tell Your State Reps and Senators Where You Stand on RGGI

Smokestacks

Submitted by Central Delaware County in March 2022.

Action Alerts

Tell your Pennsylvania senators and representatives that as a member of the League of Women Voters, you stand squarely behind the state joining the 11-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change.

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Gainesville Sun Op-Ed Article: Policy more important than purity in fighting climate change

Climate Change pix from LWV Flikr site

Submitted by Alachua County in March 2022.

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Defending our democracy by acting to support personal actions and governmental policy to preserve our environment is a principal mission of the League of Women Voters. Two of this mission’s challenges are choosing and prioritizing the individual actions and governmental policies to be supported.

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The Path to 100 Percent Renewable Energy

Submitted by PASADENA AREA in February 2022.

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November Thursday with the League Recap

Submitted by PASADENA AREA in November 2021.

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Green Building Leader Calls Carbon-Free Buildings a Key Global Warming Solution

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Gainesville Sun Op-Ed Article: UF should transition away from fossil fuels, not build new power plant

Close up of head of bronze alligator statue with palm trees in background

Submitted by Alachua County in November 2021.

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The League of Women Voters of Alachua County is pleased that the University of Florida has stated a goal of being carbon neutral by 2025, but we wonder how a planned natural gas plant can go into operation and still meet the carbon-neutral goal.

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Why Don't We Build Electric Airplanes?

Photo by Ross Parmly on Unsplash

Submitted by Southwest Santa Clara Valley in October 2021.

Blog Post

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Climate Change Task Force News, Oct/Nov 2021

Photo of Grace Winchell on Coast Background

Submitted by Orange Coast in October 2021.

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Effective and Achievable Climate Action by Cities

By: Grace Winchell, LWVOC Climate Change Task Force

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