Many of our members want their local governments to lead the way in promoting energy independence and combating global warming. In what ways should the county work towards these goals?
First, we must lead by example. The County should make a commitment to reduce our global warming emissions by 80% by the year 2050. This can be achieved by making more energy efficient building and vehicle fleets and gradually switching out our energy and fuel use to clean, renewable sources. We should also provide strong incentives for all new development in Buncombe County to utilize the highest standards for green building. Furthermore, Buncombe County should lead by example. We should hold ourselves to high energy efficient standards as new county buildings are developed. Finally, the County should strongly work to bring new green collar jobs to Buncombe County so that our citizens can participate fully in the new emerging clean energy economy. To that end, I support the climate services initiative of the Asheville-Buncombe HUB project,, a collaborative regional economic development model. The HUB is a visionary, yet well-grounded, effort to bring green jobs to our community.
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