County Council asks residents for input on controlling global warming
ROCKVILLE, March 14, 2007—Montgomery County Councilmember Roger Berliner today called on residents to provide “green ideas” to help make the County a model community in the battle against global warming.
Berliner asked residents to share thoughts on protecting the environment at The Response of County Government to Global Warming, a public forum held attended by more than 100 people at the Council Office Building in Rockville. The forum explored the necessity for taking action and identifying specific best practices.
“Given the international scope of this crisis, some may question why local governments should devote their energies and resources to solving it,” Berliner said in addressing the participants. “In response, I would suggest that there is hardly a more apt illustration of the power of the bumper sticker slogan, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally.’”
At today’s forum, which will be rebroadcast at various times on County Cable Montgomery Channel 6, Councilmembers Marc Elrich, Nancy Floreen, Mike Knapp, George Leventhal and Duchy Trachtenberg led four panel discussions. The forum brought together environmentalists, regional government officials, academics and business representatives to discuss not only the urgent need to reduce green house gas emissions, but also cutting edge public policy initiatives that have been implemented across the country to achieve significant reductions.
Berliner asked that innovative ideas be sent to him via e-mail (under the subject line “Green Ideas”) to Councilmember.Berliner@montgomerycountymd.gov . For further information, call 240-777-7828.