In Council Race, Voters Should Consider Climate Policies
Of the dozen fine Oberlinians running for City Council, I urge you to vote for those who have been clear about their support for preserving the entire $2.8 million Renewable Energy Credits money for its intended purpose — the Sustainable Reserve Fund — where it can now be used to fulfill the goals of the City’s Climate Action Plan and provide significant long-term benefit to our low and moderate-income residents. I am very glad that all 12 candidates have positive views about the use of the REC dollars, as reported in the questionnaire responses on the Communities for Safe and Sustainable Energy Facebook page (@oberlinCSSE). However, I want to highlight the six who voted or said they would have voted to put all those dollars into helping us work together as a community to cope with climate change through energy efficiency: Heather Adelman, Peter Comings, Elizabeth J. Meadows, Mary Price, Linda Slocum and Steven E. Thompson.
