I checked it out, and, this commission is not a government one, just a bunch of private climate cultists who came together to nag
Local View: In climate emergency, Duluth citizens must step up
On Tuesday evening, Jan. 27, a group of us came together for the first meeting of the Duluth Citizens Climate Commission. The idea for this new initiative evolved during our collaborative efforts in the fall and winter last year to persuade Mayor Roger Reinert and the Duluth City Council to keep a full-time position for a sustainability officer in the 2026 city budget.
While lobbying the mayor and council, there was a growing realization that our city wasn’t responding to the emerging impacts of various climate events with any sense of urgency, and citizens needed to step up and take a more active role in addressing climate change. Our group wanted to explore what we could accomplish in one year to engage, educate, and empower more citizens to become increasingly aware of what’s taking place and then encourage them to become activists and leaders for our city’s future.
OK, well, go ahead. But, stop trying to make the government spend money on your commission or Beliefs
It has become more apparent with each passing day that the president, federal government, and many of our current political leaders and institutions in the U.S. are not taking climate change seriously. In fact, many have turned their backs on this global crisis.
Why wouldn’t they, considering few Warmists practice what they preach?
In her book, “Facing the Climate Emergency,” Margaret Klein Salamon argued that we need to wake up and grow up right now if we hope to address climate change. “When you face climate truth and let it transform you, you will become heroic, leveraging your talents, energy, and resources in service of protecting humanity and all of life,” Salamon wrote. “No one is coming to save us, but together, we might be able to save ourselves.”
Heroic! LOL
Many of us hope the Duluth Citizens Climate Commission can bring our community together in a collaborative effort in which we can leverage all of our talents, energy, and resources to help protect our city. We need to seriously explore and embrace new approaches to adapting to climate change while effectively responding to the ongoing challenges of our climate reality.
Over the next 10 months, the Duluth Citizens Climate Commission will host a town hall meeting, coordinate a climate-education initiative, reach out to our young people experiencing climate anxiety, encourage the public to read the 2018 climate-vulnerability assessment and the 2021 climate-emergency resolution, and sponsor a series of climate conversations.
Go for it. Will you ban citizens from attending if they show up in fossil fueled vehicles? These people are nuts.
