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 Today the Washington County Board of Commissioners received at least ten emails from students and faculty at Pacific University, urging them to pass the US Cool Counties Climate Stabilization Declaration.  This event came on the tail of a message I received from Chairman Tom Brian of the Board of Commissioners, about a week ago.  The gist of Chairman Brian's email was that I should shut up about the Cool Counties Declaration, and be satisfied with the fact that the county has built a LEED certified building or two, and supports public transportation.  I was very grateful for his message, actually; I took Chairman Brian's arguments, turned them around, and used them as ammunition against the county's a-little-is-enough policy when laying out talking points for today's email-senders at Pacific University. 

If you haven't already, please SIGN THE PETITION TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, asking them to pass the Cool Counties Declaration!

What the Board of Commissioners needs to realize is that "small steps" to reduce global warming pollutants must be accompanied by a comprehensive plan that will bring emissions down from the community as a whole.  Isolated projects will do us little good if the total volume of pollutants continues to go up.  Today's email-sending event was just the beginning of a full-scale campaign directed at the Board of Commissioners, in response to their refusal to take the Cool Counties Declaration seriously.  The county must pass the Declaration, and bring total emissions down!

-Nick