Contact: environment [at] lwvpt.org

The National League of Women Voters’ (LWVUS) Position Statement on Climate Change Policy

"The League believes that climate change is a serious threat facing our nation and our planet.

The League believes that an interrelated approach to combating climate change — including through energy conservation, air pollution controls, building resilience, and promotion of renewable resources — is necessary to protect public health and defend the overall integrity of the global ecosystem."
----LWV Impact on Issues 2022-2024 (p. 110)

Environment Roundtable Activities

To educate ourselves and the public, we invite experts to address climate change and its effects including speakers taking local action for solutions. We attend civic and governmental meetings to observe how decisions are made. We take field trips to see solutions in action. We partner with other nonpartisan environmental groups to strengthen climate advocacy at all levels -- from the neighborhood to wider decision-making bodies. For more information, inquire at environment [at] lwvpt.org.

Environment Roundtable Goals for 2023-2024

• Raise public awareness of the causes and impacts of climate change
• Build citizen support for clean energy use and energy conservation, with “clean energy” defined as “a zero emissions source that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as well as energy saved by energy efficiency measures”
• Monitor and support legislation, regulations, and local initiatives that address energy use, energy conservation, and protection from pollution of air, water, and land.

Environment Roundtable Speakers
(Click the link above for session descriptions, resources, and links to recorded sessions.)

2023-2024

• Lisa Sorg, Environmental and Investigative Reporter for NC Newsline
• Rod Adams, Former US Nuclear Submarine Engineer
• Dr. Shaleen Miller, Sustainability Director for the City of Winston-Salem/Environment and Sustainability Program at UNCG

2022-2023

• Dr. Shamika “Shree” Dorestant, Greensboro’s first Chief Sustainability Officer 
• Marion Gamble, Greensboro chapter member, Beyond Plastics  
• Gary Kenton, LWVPT Board Member
• Margaret Rowlett, Solar Power Now Coalition
• Ashley Robinson, Greensboro's Waste Management Educator
• Kirsten Minor, Health Manager, CleanAIRENC
• Justin Catanoso, professor of journalism at Wake Forest University and reporter for Mongabay, LWVPT Lunch with the League

 *"Wind Farm and Greenhouse Gas Farm, Together" Kevin Dooley https://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/4370352638/ (Bottom of photo cropped)