What You Can Do - York Ready For Climate Action

We call the crisis climate change

but it is more than just climate.

The world is changing under our feet (and gills). Arctic ice is melting, exposing sea lanes and food chains previously unavailable.

Greenland and Antarctica ice are also melting, threatening coastal communities and islands with rising seas. Some global regions in need of water are burning up, while others are drowning in record rainfall events. We are in the midst of a sixth extinction event, according to some experts. The number of animals living on Earth has plunged by half since 1970. Entire ecosystems are in danger of collapse from broken food webs.

The atmosphere is heating up. And the world continues to burn fossil fuels to fuel a carbon-based economy. In fact, 2018 was a record year for human-generated CO2 emissions. As bleak as conditions seem, it is not too late to turn things around. We are the CEO and Board of Directors of Planet Earth; we are in a “turn around” situation loaded with opportunity for a better future.

Action is needed

We have the opportunity to transform York into a clean energy community. Each clean community helps the globe go green. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is done one molecule at a time. The challenge is not too big for us. And the time is now.

We have the opportunity to work for our grandchildren and their children to create a sustainable, healthy, profitable environment.

We have the opportunity to carve out natural safe zones around the globe to save threatened species and maintain the security of rich biodiversity in our ecosystems.

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We have the opportunity to build a smart infrastructure that will move energy around on demand in all directions fueled from renewable, zero carbon emission energy sources.

We have the opportunity to build a green economy with good paying skilled jobs: from engineering to hands-on grid building to material handling, manufacturing and machine driving jobs (green machines, of course).

Our green economy will not happen by itself; it needs to be built. Its construction will require all kinds of leadership roles from planning to operations to project management, communications, public relations, and sales/marketing of course. The carbon economy needs green economy jobs to ensure employment security through the transition.

There is plenty of work to be done. Will you join us with your experience to fuel the “turn around”? Please contact us for more information or come to our next gathering (see the “planned events” page). York is ready for 100% clean energy; be part of the opportunity to make it happen.

Our specific campaign goal is to secure a commitment from the citizens of York to use electricity generated by 100% renewable sources by 2030, with the conversion of heating and transportation sectors to 100% renewable energy sources by 2050.