GRASSROOTS ACTION PRIORITIES
The LWVUS Climate Change Task Force has identified a few key areas where state and local League action can make a critical difference in curbing global climate change.
- Learn about the state and local leaders who have committed their jurisdictions and constituencies to bold Climate Action. Have your community's leaders joined amy of these efforts?
- Economists -- and many others, including League members -- agree that putting a price on carbon is the most effective way to reduce GHG emissions. Indeed, delegates at the LWVUS Convention in June 2014 voted overwhelmingly in support of League efforts to put a price on carbon. Learn more here about how Leagues can help promote this market-based approach to curbing carbon pollution. And visit the LWVUS-endorsed Price on Carbon website for detailed information about this strategy.
- Leagues can also make a critical difference by working for strong climate and energy policies at the state and local levels. Not only can such policies achieve meaningful reductions in GHG emissions right now, they can also (1) provide important examples of programs that work, (2) demonstrate popular support for addressing climate change, and (3) help pressure Congress to enact a comprehensive climate policy for our country.
There are two issue areas in particular where League action at the state and local levels can make a real impact on GHG emissions -- energy efficiency in buildings and renewable energy. Please review the material in these two sections and consider how your League might work on one of the policy initiatives described.
• Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Last updated: 2/3/2022.