All-renewable energy now
To the Editor,
In response to Ken Derow’s letter in the August 7 Swarthmorean, “Future generations will curse us,” everything he says there is correct. We are out of time. Climate change is upon us and some tipping points have already been reached. And our state is one of the biggest polluters in the U.S.
Meanwhile, Swarthmore’s citizens are concerned enough that our borough council last year adopted a resolution to transition the entire community to 100% renewable energy.
I invite Mr. Derow to attend the next Swarthmore Environmental Advisory Council (EAC) meeting, scheduled for August 25 at 7:30 pm. For a Zoom link, write to one of the email addresses found on the swarthmorepa.org page for the EAC. We are formulating a concrete plan for our energy transition. It’s easier said than done, so we need all hands on deck.
Meanwhile, I invite the Swarthmorean to lean into the borough citizens’ broad interest in repairing our world by either providing space for weekly or bi-weekly calls to action, or by relaxing the one letter per writer per month rule. When evil legislation was on the table in Harrisburg that Mr. Derow may have wanted to fight, my letter with a call to action was deferred until after the bill passed, rendering my letter obsolete, due to the letter frequency rule.
That would be in addition to the little box with Green Tips from aFewSteps.org, which has a good deal of interesting information on its website.
Meanwhile, joining the EAC mailing list and attending their virtual meetings may be your best bet for timely information about actionable state and local issues affecting our home.
Robin Schaufler
Swarthmore
