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The Charlottesville Democratic Committee

Josh Throneburg Town Hall meeting: Tuesday 7pm!!

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Come in person (Jefferson School, requires masks and proof of vaccination) or stream it, but please come hear our 5th District Candidate Josh Throneburg’s policy priorities and get your questions answered! Co-hosted by Charlottesville & Albemarle Dems, our co-chair Dashad Cooper will be moderating.

Meet Josh Throneburg event Tuesday May 10 7pm

Beautiful Warm Weather for Earth Day 2022!

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It’s Friday, it’s Spring, it’s going to be beautiful… get out a bit and come celebrate Earth Day 2022 with the Dems (including new 5th District candidate Josh Throneburg, Sen. Creigh Deeds, and others)! Do yourself (and us) a favor and sample at least one of these events:

1.  UVA Climate March

The March starts at 3pm at the north side of the UVA Rotunda. The route is only a few blocks long and over by 5pm (or whenever you feel like it… it’s a spring Friday!).

 

2.  6-8pm Ix Art Park, “Fridays for Future” Festival

Books & painting & stickers for kids, selfies w/Greta Thunberg, music by “The Green Grannies”, voter registration information… and that’s just our booth! There will also be workshops & demos, a Thrifted Fashion Show, sustainability vendors, and a 2019 movie 2040 at 8pm which addresses practical solutions to environmental concerns (the filmmaker’s daughter will reach adulthood in 2040).

 

  3.  6-8pm Stonefield, “Love Mother Earth” Programs

Kid-friendly activities (book readings, painting, stickers), and voter registration info at our booth 6-8pm, then at 8pm they’re showing the 2005 movie Harvests of Hope; meet the innovative farmers, communities, and leaders who are planting the seeds of resilience for the future of food and our planet (Q&A afterwards).

Environmental Resolutions Approved

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The full text of the approved resolutions are given on page 3 of our Earth Day flyer, but in short:

  • We fully support the retirement of fossil-fuel electricity-generating facilities, the increased energy efficiency and renewable energy requirements, and the goal of a fully decarbonized power grid in Virginia by 2050 in 2020’s bipartisan Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA)
  • We call on Governor Youngkin to protect and continue Virginia’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, “Reggie”) and to reinstate the permitting authority recently removed from various state oversight boards.
  • We call on the General Assembly to pass legislation prohibiting public utility companies from making political contributions to candidates and incumbents in various state offices.
  • We call on the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to reject the February 2022 recommendation for a minimum bill of $55/month for participation in the upcoming Dominion Power Community Solar Program.
  • We urge Gov. Youngkin to rescind his Executive Order 17 in order to reinstate Gov. Northam’s Executive Order 77 which required executive-branch state agencies to give up single-use plastics by the end of 2025.
  • We urge the Charlottesville City Council to adopt a meaningful Climate Action Plan and to enact, this year, a zoning code that addresses a wide range of changes that will decrease the carbon footprint of both existing and future city residents.
  • We support the Community Climate Collaborative’s (3C) Accessible, Clean Transportation (ACT) initiative that seeks  robust, efficient and equitable public transit.
  • We support theDivestUVA campaign, which calls on the UVA Endowment Fund to reallocate the millions of dollars  invested in the fossil-fuel industries.