{"id":3428,"date":"2016-01-31T19:06:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T00:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2016-01-31T19:11:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T00:11:18","slug":"more-on-last-thursdays-climate-change-presentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/more-on-last-thursdays-climate-change-presentations\/","title":{"rendered":"More on Last Thursday&#8217;s Climate Change Presentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were fortunate <a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/january-community-forum-climate-change\/\">last Thursday night<\/a> to\u00a0receive not one but two presentations on climate change.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3376\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?attachment_id=3376\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3376\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3376\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?attachment_id=3376\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sylvia-Hood-Washington.jpg?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Wade Chandler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Wade Chandler 2015Chicago, IL&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sylvia Hood Washington\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Sylvia Hood Washington&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sylvia-Hood-Washington.jpg?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3376\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sylvia-Hood-Washington-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Sylvia Hood Washington\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sylvia-Hood-Washington.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sylvia-Hood-Washington.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sylvia-Hood-Washington.jpg?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3376\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sylvia Hood Washington<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>First, Dr Washington&#8217;s presentation on December&#8217;s &#8220;COP21&#8221; talks (aka the Paris Climate Conference) took us through some of the crucial points of that effort, about which <a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/chait-the-paris-climate-deal-is-president-obamas-biggest-accomplishment\/\">you have no doubt been hearing<\/a>, and then brought it home to talk about what it means to us, and what we as individuals can do to move things forward. like&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>supporting the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressillinois.com\/posts\/content\/2015\/11\/12\/illinoisans-deliver-nearly-35000-petitions-rauners-office-support-clean\">Illinois Clean Power Plan<\/a>\u00a0and<\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/ilcleanjobs.org\/bill\/\">Illinois Clean Jobs Bill<\/a> and<\/li>\n<li>learning about and participating in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climaterealityproject.org\/\">Climate Reality Project<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the note she sent me the next day:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Steve, Just wanted you to know that&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>I am grateful for the opportunity to have talked \u00a0to Naperville Dems about COP21 and its direct implications on residents in our area.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A number of folks reached out to me after the presentation last night.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Please feel free to share my contact information with them if they want to go deeper into the conversation.<\/div>\n<p><b><i>My home # is <a href=\"tel:630-690-5420\" target=\"_blank\">630-690-5420<\/a> and my cell # is <a href=\"tel:630-896-8321\" target=\"_blank\">630-896-8321<\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<div>I am also attaching a copy of my PowerPoint presentation that you may share online with the group.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sincerest Regards<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sylvia<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;\"><i><b>Sylvia Hood Washington, PhD, MPH, MSE<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Her PowerPoint deck is here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/more-on-last-thursdays-climate-change-presentations\/january-28-2016-climate-justice-for-the-western-suburbs-cop21-2015-final\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3429\">January 28, 2016 Climate Justice for the Western Suburbs &amp; COP21 2015 Final<\/a><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>And second, Dr Washington was followed by Greg Hubert, a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CitizensClimateLobbyILFoxValley\/\">Fox Valley\u00a0chapter of the Citizens&#8217; Climate Lobby (CCL)<\/a>, who spoke to us about a bipartisan &#8220;Carbon Fee and Dividend&#8221; initiative, a promising effort\u00a0that aims\u00a0to create financial leverage around reducing the amount of carbon we are dumping into the atmosphere. \u00a0Here is Greg&#8217;s note (it was actually two emails which I&#8217;ve tried to distill here&#8230;):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe all share responsibility for President Obama\u2019s legacy on climate change\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Greg Hubert, IL Fox Valley chapter of Citizens\u2019 Climate Lobby (CCL) <a href=\"http:\/\/citizensclimatelobby.org\/\">http:\/\/citizensclimatelobby.org<\/a> , again expresses his thanks for the opportunity to share his CCL presentation with NTDO last night. Attached is the media document from CCL (both pdf and docx formats) with the embedded links that allow you to click and drill down into other webpages and news stories to learn more.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cObama\u2019s legacy on climate change is shared by all of us, particularly Congress. As much as the president, we are responsible for the type of world future generations will inherit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>From my CCL perspective, I look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/climate-change#section-clean-power-plan\">President\u2019s CPP<\/a> and our <a href=\"http:\/\/ilcleanjobs.org\/bill\/\">IL Clean Jobs Bill<\/a> as step 1. And at the same time, we must continue the efforts to increase our US and other nations\u2019 commitments to get us to the 2 degree Celsius level \u2026 and beyond to the latest 1.5 C target in order to help protect future generations from the risks of extreme climate events.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:gregorylhubert@att.net\">Greg<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here is\u00a0Greg&#8217;s (short, 3-page) document. \u00a0(Plenty of valuable links inside to more details as you&#8217;re interested):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As an MS Word document:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/more-on-last-thursdays-climate-change-presentations\/sotu-media-packet-final-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3432\">SOTU-media-packet-final-1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>As a PDF:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/more-on-last-thursdays-climate-change-presentations\/sotu-media-packet-final-1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3433\">SOTU-media-packet-final-1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Let me just say once again how much we appreciated the time and effort both of our guests invested to come and share their valuable perspectives with us.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you both!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/more-on-last-thursdays-climate-change-presentations\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 3428,  \"nonce\": \"7ca83600d7\", \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"NTD Officers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=475&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"2022 Election\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=11490&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"More on Last Thursday\\'s Climate Change Presentations\" }) });<\/script><!-- end sktbuilder starter -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were fortunate last Thursday night to\u00a0receive not one but two presentations on climate change. 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