Climate Parents of Prince George’s County
Author: Climate Parents of Prince George's
The Maryland General Assembly has started their 2021 session and many bills that are being brought up will have an impact on the climate future of our children and future generations. So we have been writing testimony on some of the more important ones as part of the Maryland Climate Justice Wing. Here is some of the testimony that we have submitted so far in the legislative session.
We are thankful to the City of Hyattsville for their support of the 100% Clean Energy Schools Campaign. You can read the letter they submitted and that we will attach with our testimony when the 100% Clean Energy Schools Resolution is put forward.
We are thankful to the Greenbelt Climate Action Network for their support of the 100% Clean Energy Schools Campaign. You can read the letter they submitted and that we will attach with our testimony when the 100% Clean Energy Schools Resolution is put forward.
The students of the Eleanor Roosevelt High School Environmental Defense Club produced some well thought out videos as testimony in support of the 100% Clean Energy School petitions. The videos were submitted as official testimony at the January 14, 2021 Board of Education meeting for the first reader. We wanted to share their good work with you too.
Shamita Nandeeswaran and Mizan Abraha on the need for clean buses:
Maya Miller on the need for the Climate Parent Goals:
Chad Bo on the need for clean buses:
Thi Bao Le, Huy Chan Lam, Diana Bui Phan, Gabriel David Cruz Jr. on the impacts of climate change:
Kalyansudhan Ganesan on the impact of climate change on healthy air:
Cyrill Fredrich Moreno on the need for the Climate Parent Goals:
Breanna Malcolm also provided written testimony .
On January 14 the Prince George’s County voted to move forward the 100% Clean Energy Resolution to a second reader (which will happen on February 11). We are excited for the progress and very thankful to Board Members Boozer-Strother and Jackson for introducing the resolution and for the unanimous support from the Board of Education to move this to a second vote. We are also thankful to the students at Eleanor Roosevelt High School that submitted video testimony and will be sharing those testimonies on our social media.
You can watch the vote if you missed it here:
On January 14 at 7PM the Prince George’s County Board of Education will be introducing the 100% Clean Energy Resolution for a first reading. As of writing multiple students have submitted testimonial videos in support.
You can watch online to the discussion on Zoom:
We are thankful to the Town of Bladensburg for their support of the 100% Clean Energy Schools Campaign. You can read the letter they submitted and that we will attach with our testimony when the 100% Clean Energy Schools Resolution is put forward.
We are thankful to the Chesapeake Climate Action Network for their support of the 100% Clean Energy Schools Campaign. You can read the letter they submitted and that we will attach with our testimony when the 100% Clean Energy Schools Resolution is put forward.
We are thankful to the Friends of the Earth for their support of the 100% Clean Energy Schools Campaign. You can read the letter they submitted and that we will attach with our testimony when the 100% Clean Energy Schools Resolution is put forward.
We are thankful to the Prince George’s County Food Equity Council for their support of the 100% Clean Energy Schools Campaign. You can read the letter they submitted and that we will attach with our testimony when the 100% Clean Energy Schools Resolution is put forward.