Letter: Vote with climate change in mind - Lincoln Journal Star
Letter: Vote with climate change in mind
In mid-June, two co-leaders of the Citizens Climate Lobby-Lincoln and four students went to Washington, D.C., for our national conference. Over 1,000 CCL members spent a day at the Capitol to meet with 442 offices of our members of Congress.
Our Nebraska delegation met with Sens. Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts and Reps. Don Bacon and Mike Flood (and/or their legislative aides). We thanked them for recent actions that were bipartisan and/or supportive of a cleaner, healthier future (e.g., getting $28 million for the new Center for Resilient and Regenerative Precision Agriculture at UNL’s Innovation Campus).
We asked for support of specific legislative action:
* Prove It Act (S.1863) would require the EPA to measure carbon emissions (pollution) from various products. A number of industries support this legislation as it will identify polluters and demonstrate that many United States companies are cleaner than foreign competitors.
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* Permitting reform to address unnecessary delays in federal approval of projects and ensure meaningful community engagement. New clean energy projects (e.g., electric transmission lines) waiting for approval would enable our transition away from fossil fuels.
* Technical Services Providers Act (S.1400/H.R.3036) would increase the number of advisers trained to help our farmers access federal money and transition to more sustainable and profitable techniques.
* Seedlings Act (S.1164/H.R.5015) would increase supply for reforestation of areas devastated by wildfires.
If you care about our future world, tell your politicians and vote with climate in mind.
Debra Nicholson, Lincoln
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