Catastrophic climate change will not be averted because we click a few buttons on a computer. We have to change, call, attend, write, and speak out (and work and vote for good climate candidates).
Why?
Ron Malzer has an excellent letter about the health effects to children in Sunday's Tribune. That's one reason.
Locally, the La Crosse Area Planning Committee Policy Board (LAPC) will decide whether or not to approve the next steps toward a new highway through the La Crosse Marsh (environmental assessments of the six remaining options - all of which will mean new and/or enlarged roadways).
If you can attend their March 16 meeting (4:30 p.m. in room 3220 County Administration Building), please do.
Tell them further study of these unacceptable options is a waste of time and money. If you can't attend the meeting, contact your representative to the policy board.
Nationally, our "environmental" president is on the verge of approving new drilling off the coasts - in the Arctic and Atlantic even as climate scientists tell us we must "leave it in the ground" to have any hope of changing course. The League of Conservation Voters is raising the alarm about this plan.
And, for those of us who thought the fracking boom might be over, this depressing release celebrates shipments of fracked natural gas which have started moving in huge container ships from the US to Europe.
Please take action and please share other news and actions with us. - cathy
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