Friend,
September 21st is always a day to remember – yes, because Earth, Wind, and Fire’s 1978 hit September – but also because it is annually a perfect day to usher in fall.
One thing we don’t think about on a perfect fall day, though, is that climate change is still at play.
In the last 150 years, New York City’s September average temperature has gone up 2° from 65.5°F to 68.5°F, in line with the global temperature increase during the same period.
We know why this is happening.
The US has been dependent on fossil fuels for over 150 years, relying on coal, petroleum, and natural gas for energy. In that time, carbon emissions from fossil fuel production and use have risen by 334%, overflowing our atmosphere, popping holes in the ozone layer, and slowly but surely raising temperatures, melting our ice caps, heating our oceans, and increasing the rate and intensity of natural disasters around the world.
I know, it's a lot. But the good news is, it's not too late.
Since the 1980s, private and public investment in producing renewable energy to decrease our reliance on fossil fuels has made incredible progress. And since 2005, coal use has been cut in half while renewable energy production has nearly doubled, despite the best efforts of climate-change-denying Republicans.
The best news?
We have the technology and resources available to stop our reliance on fossil fuels by 2030 – we just have to commit and start. The 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Act and 2022 Inflation Relief Act have already poured millions of dollars into green energy manufacturing and production in the US and are setting up our economy to be fossil fuel emission-free by 2030.
With your help, we will take back our planet, take back the House in 2024, and get back to work, passing our green, future-focused agenda.
