Exec Director of @PoweraCleanOH. Climate and clean energy advocate. Former @HouseScience staff.
Columbus, OH
Joined September 2010
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2023 is coming to a close, and we’re taking a moment to celebrate all of the incredible work PCFO Communities and partners have accomplished this year! Here are a few of our favorite highlights: 🧵#LocalsLeadTheWay
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Proud of @OECActionFund team for mobilizing around this and opposing quickly, with less than 48 hrs notice. We're going to ensure everyone knows this was a vote to raise Ohioans' utility bills to pay for gas lines to private corporations' offices.
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After 3 years and lots of support from our partners & champions, we’re establishing PCFO as a nonprofit! We’re excited to announce our Board of Directors, who will support our work with PCFO communities & expand our reach across Ohio. poweracleanfuture.org/power-… #LocalsLeadTheWay
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💡 Transparency & renewable energy investment– this @OhioCapJournal op-ed by our own @MGavinSr encapsulates how NOPEC can regain public trust and lead us towards a greener future. #CCA #RenewableEnergy 🌎 #BlackEnvironmentalLeaders
Commentary: As NOPEC resumes its role as an electricity aggregator, it must prioritize transparency, investing in renewable energy, and making amends with its customers to regain public trust and fulfill its mission, writes clean energy advocate @MGavinSr
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/…
A fun and energizing day with @chrisronayne and Cuyahoga County mayors talking about the climate challenge and opportunities in the IRA! Thank you @GrowthOpps for hosting us & leading on green bank financing and Ohio’s energy transition! #LocalsLeadtheWay
Great to be with more than a dozen Cuyahoga County Mayors today who have signed on to Power A Clean Future Ohio. Forward together for a #HealthyCuyahoga
Been a busy three years! Ohio local leaders are stepping up and taking on the climate and energy challenges facing our state. So much more ahead!
📸 Brooklyn landfill solar project tour
It’s our birthday! We officially launched PCFO three years ago today. Thanks to everyone who helped us grow over the past few years, and a special shout-out to the 42 PCFO Communities across Ohio who continue to prove that #LocalsLeadTheWay!
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Be sure to catch the end of this clever @NASA "climate spiral" video showing monthly global temperature changes between 1880 and 2021
climate.nasa.gov/climate_res…
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Cleveland Heights is committed to environmental and economic sustainability, thank you @PoweraCleanOH for supporting our work.
"If we're looking at being economically resilient in a community like ours, we need to take these steps now so that we're not penny wise and pound foolish in the future." Watch how Mayor @kahlilseren and @ClvHtsGov are partnering with PCFO to lead on climate! #LocalsLeadTheWay
Transitioning our bus and train fleets nationwide to electric infrastructure would result in 4,200 fewer deaths PER YEAR. Let's pass #EJJA now and invest in our children's health. #JobsAndJustice filesforprogress.org/memos/e…
As students across Ohio head back to school, many will be riding in buses that spew toxic pollution throughout their neighborhoods. Our young people deserve better. Let’s pass #EJJA and kickstart our transition to electric school buses! #JobsAndJustice
So many have pushed so hard for so long to get here. Feeling like a grab an oar moment here. Time to get to work! #ActOnClimate #localsleadtheway
Moments ago, the #InflationReductionAct officially became law! Here’s what it means for Ohio, and why we believe this is another great reason for your community to join PCFO (if you haven’t already!). 🧵 #LocalsLeadTheWay
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Pretty awesome to see our report on the costs of climate change to local governments featured in the Senate Banking Committee. Even better to see my friend @joeflarida give amazing testimony and speak truth to power.
WATCH: Climate change is ALREADY destabilizing roads and forcing cities to redirect funds from essential city services.
Via @SenSherrodBrown
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WATCH: Climate change is ALREADY destabilizing roads and forcing cities to redirect funds from essential city services.
Via @SenSherrodBrown
Thank you @SenSherrodBrown & members of @SenateBanking for the opportunity to share Ohio’s voice on the costs we face with #climatechange. We cannot afford to ignore the climate challenge any longer. We must act now.
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It's been a couple of weeks since we released our new report with @OhioEnviro, "#TheBillsComingDue". We're excited to share our findings with @SenateBanking in Washington, D.C. tomorrow! But first, here is some great news coverage we'd like to share with you. 🧵 #LocalsLeadTheWay
Looking forward to this incredible opportunity to speak with @SenSherrodBrown and @SenateBanking members on #TheBillsComingDue report this Thursday. This is our chance to #ActOnClimate!
PCFO is going to Washington! This Thursday at 10am, our very own @joeflarida will testify in front of a Senate Committee about our new report, “Borrowed Time: The Economic Costs of Climate Change.” Learn more and watch the livestream! banking.senate.gov/hearings/… #LocalsLeadTheWay
Finally the headline we were hoping for when we named the report!
If the public health, environmental, agricultural, migration impacts or any of the other climate impacts we are *currently* experiencing don’t wake people, maybe the dollars and cents will?
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Joe Flarida retweeted
Ohio’s cash-strapped cities and towns are going to need to find billions more a year to keep pace as challenges from climate change intensify over the coming decades, according to a new analysis.
By @martyschladen
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/…
Today, we launched a report highlighting the serious financial challenges that local govs will face as a result of #climatechange. These are *conservative* estimates using a moderate climate scenario. The numbers and the science don’t lie: it’s time to act. #LocalsLeadtheWay
NEW REPORT: Ohio will need to increase municipal spending up to $6 billion per year by 2050 in order to adapt to the worsening #ClimateCrisis. Check out our new report with @OhioEnviro & Scioto Analysis.
📈 Read more: bit.ly/OHclimatecosts #OhioClimateCosts #LocalsLeadTheWay
Joe Flarida retweeted
I’m really proud to work @PoweraCleanOH to tackle climate change at the local level. They were instrumental in helping me and Councilmembers @TheresaGadus and @SamMelden to develop the #1percentfortheenvironment and will help propel our cleaner future for generations to come.
The @nytimes highlighting the work we are doing in Ohio at @PoweraCleanOH is a great way to end a long week. The path forward in Ohio on #climatechange is local. Our cities and counties are the answer 🧵
#LocalsLeadtheWay
nytimes.com/2022/07/01/clima…
