Visiting Assistant Professor, Sustainable Design
Division of Design & Merchandising
West Virginia University
704M Allen Hall Box 6124
Morgantown, WV 26505
E-Mail: chris.haddox@mail.wvu.edu
Phone: (304) 293-3657
Program Website: http://www.design.wvu.edu
>>> "Sarah Sawtelle" <ssawtelle@endangeredearth.org> 1/18/2012 5:44 PM >>>
Dear Mr. Haddox,
I am writing to you with hopes that the Morgantown Green Team will
encourage the city of Morgantown to join the Center for Biological
Diversitys Clean Air Cities campaign by passing a resolution in support
of the Clean Air Act. Could you please pass this message on to the rest of
the Green Team, and consider proposing this resolution to your city
council?
As you know, if we want clean air and a healthy climate, we have to cut
greenhouse gas pollution. The Clean Air Act is our current best hope of
reaching this goal, but the Act and the Environmental Protection Agency
are under significant attack from the fossil fuel industry and its allies
in Congress. Cities and counties across the country can be a powerful
voice for fighting back against polluters and prompting much-needed action
in Washington.
That's why the Center for Biological Diversitys Climate Law Institute
has launched Clean Air Cities, a nationwide campaign urging cities and
counties around the United States to pass a resolution that calls on the
Obama administration and the EPA to use the Clean Air Act to make
significant reductions in greenhouse gas pollution. Boone, NC, Pittsburgh,
PA and Seattle, WA are among the cities that have already signed on.
Morgantown's commitment to sustainability suggests it would be a great
candidate to be to be the first city in West Virginia to be a Clean Air
city.
I have attached a sample city resolution that you can look over and edit
as needed. Please let me know if you are interested in bringing this
resolution to your council, or if you have any questions about the
campaign.
Our webpage, CleanAirCities.org, also provides important background
information.
Please respond to Rose Braz, the Centers Climate Campaign director, who
is coordinating this effort and can be reached by email,
rbraz@biologicaldiversity.org, or phone: (415) 436-9682 x 319.
Thank you so much for your time and concern for our climate!
Sincerely,
Sarah Sawtelle
The Center for Biological Diversity