May 2, 2016
As you prepare for the Clean Energy Standard Hearing, here are a few important tips:
- Use your comments to add the human face to climate disruption
- Express your personal concerns about how climate disruption is threatening the places you care about in your community or the health risks to you and your family/ friends from fossil-fuel
- Have you been personally affected by the effects of climate disruption?
- Is a place you love in your community threatened by climate disruption?
- Do you live near a fossil fuel power plant that emits a lot of pollution? Or in a city with bad air quality?
- Do you or a loved-one suffer from asthma attacks?
- Do you work in or know anyone that is employed in the renewable energy industry?
You can bring photos or other visuals to the podium to help you tell your story. Some examples of great visuals from past hearings include:
- Pictures of a place threatened by climate pollution
- Holding your baby with you at the podium, or pushing them in strollers, baby car seats, carriers.
Sierra Club has sample talking points on what would help make the Clean Energy Standard a key driver of our transition to renewable energy. Pick one or two facts to frame your personal comments.
- Don’t worry about highly technical information
- Bring a hard-copy of your comments to read from
For more information and talking points, click here.