Fairfax County should lead on issues related to climate change
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20140220/OPINION/140229957/1065/fairfax-county-should-lead-on-issues-related-to-climate-change&template=fairfaxTimes

Climate change is here and action in finding solutions is needed now. In response to climate crisis, the Fairfax Alliance for Climate Solutions is organizing, along with other faith groups, to promote climate-change solutions. We are a growing faith alliance that views finding climate solutions to be a moral, spiritual responsibility to future generations.

There are many areas in which Fairfax County leads; however, when it comes to climate change solutions that is not yet so. Fairfax County has the resources and know-how to be a leader in climate change solutions; the Faith Alliance wants that to happen. The county Board of Supervisors can take steps now that will save taxpayers money, make energy use more efficient while enhancing the quality of life and economy for all County residents.

Like many groups within the county, including the Chamber of Commerce, the Faith Alliance supports the county supervisors’ encouragement of public, private and community projects which demonstrate use of local alternative, renewable energy. Thus we support rapid approval and permitting for the Lorton Green Energy Triangle. By its location just outside the nation’s capital, LGET would be the first of its kind in the U.S. using a mix of renewable energy — solar, geothermal, wind and recovered methane gas — to provide for county facilities energy needs. It would be a showplace for innovation. Reconstituting Chairman Bulova’s Private Sector Energy Taskforce could mobilize the creativity of the private sector in developing such innovative, profitable solutions such as LGET. We support approval of EnviroSolutions Inc.’s application now before the supervisors.

The Faith Alliance also calls upon the county Board of Supervisors to commit to increase energy efficiency in county-owned buildings by 25 percent over the next three years and to lead by publicly reporting the energy consumption of all county-owned buildings by the end of 2014. This could include a challenge to commercial and private homeowners to reduce their carbon footprint as well.

As Fairfax County doesn’t yet have an integrated environmental management program, Faith Alliance supports establishment of a centralized environment and climate office with the authority to coordinate the actions of individual County agencies. This includes promoting business and citizen engagement to protect the environment, promote innovative solutions to climate change, and energy efficiency and energy conservation. Doing so will save taxpayer money.

The Faith Alliance calls for greater energy efficiency in commercial buildings via LEED certifications and support LEED certification as a requirement rather than something to “strive for.” A late evening drive along Interstate 66, the Springfield Interchange or the Dulles Toll Road shows bright illumination from unoccupied office buildings and parking structures. We recommend, for new construction, the county develop a proffer system to encourage public energy tracking and benchmarking.

Fairfax County has the resources and know-how to be a leader in climate change solutions. Let’s begin with steps that save taxpayer money by focusing on energy efficiency and conservation. Let’s approve the Lorton Green Energy Triangle proposal. Such actions will aid in furthering and supporting climate solutions as well as Fairfax County economic growth.

Jean Wright, Oakton

The writer is with the Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions.

The smartest way to cut down on automobile emissions is to E-Verify everyone who gets pulled over for driving without a license and deport them if they're in this country illegally.

Hooters Wrote:
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> The smartest way to cut down on automobile
> emissions is to E-Verify everyone who gets pulled
> over for driving without a license and deport them
> if they're in this country illegally.

That doesn't do any good. Foreigners visiting the United States are allowed to drive, with their own driver's licenses from abroad. alot of these illegals still carry their licenses from their country of origin and many of them do not have expiration dates.

"We are a growing faith alliance that views finding climate solutions"

That's great. What are you going to do about the giant piles of snow around the area? Next week's subfreezing temps?

Oh, nothing? Then fuck you and your lame cut'n'pastes in a desperate attempt to get hits.

Good to see they have finally admitted that all of this is based on faith and not hard science...

Hmmmmmm... Wrote:
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> Hooters Wrote:
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> > The smartest way to cut down on automobile
> > emissions is to E-Verify everyone who gets
> pulled
> > over for driving without a license and deport
> them
> > if they're in this country illegally.
>
> That doesn't do any good. Foreigners visiting the
> United States are allowed to drive, with their own
> driver's licenses from abroad. alot of these
> illegals still carry their licenses from their
> country of origin and many of them do not have
> expiration dates.

That's why I said E-Verify.

Thuycydides Wrote:
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> Good to see they have finally admitted that all of
> this is based on faith and not hard science...


Global warming is a cult based on bad science. The basis is that redistribution of wealth will change the climate.

If we execute all dumbass, braindead zombie libtards, that would cut down their contribution to global warming considerably while also sparing them from living a life of blatant hypocrisy.

Thuycydides Wrote:
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> Good to see they have finally admitted that all of
> this is based on faith and not hard science...
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For trying to shove all your eco junk down our throats.

Screw You Op Wrote:
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> For trying to shove all your eco junk down our
> throats.

Somebodies shoving something down your throat, and it sure isn't eco!

Go back to try banning gas stoves asshole

"Faith Alliance" writing about beliefs. Seems quite appropriate.

Nyd7E Wrote:
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> "Faith Alliance" writing about beliefs. Seems
> quite appropriate.


Climate Change is their new religion.

Bill N. Wrote:
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> Climate Change is their new religion.

That's correct. They worship Al Gore and send him their monthly dues for ever-so-mighty wisdom on glacial issues.

OP is just another of the busybody libturds coming out of the woodwork hoping to enslave people to her tyrannical desires. Fuck her and every other Obama worshipper.

Don't most, if not all, HOAs prohibit solar panels anyway?

http://gwipl.org/

the website is bogus. no company info just one link. registration: annandale, heavily democrat area taking over fairfax. project "leaders" are no doubt related to foreigners and democrats tight with the fairfax gov. they don't want dc money they want fairfax money.

bogus

link is to a so called churh site

HOWEVER BE WARNED. they do not express affilliation with any church. this means the land they may or may not own and don't pay taxes on or collections they take: they can and may well: pocket.

watch these types carefully.

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democrat "green projects" spend money rather than save money. which all democrats have a record for on green, which is the initial concern. htye are known for holding seeding parties using "green money".

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they are dressed up with "this looks right". i'm about sure this leads to a facist getting their hands on major money

giving money to people who are trying to kill america. dress it up like little bo peep

still JDLR to me

what engineer is insuring production quality? what accountant?

what energy company is involved ?

0 0 0

fairfax news ????

a so this isn't a fiarfax business. it's a MD business ?

that's interstate commerce isn't it? are they evading taxes with a shell game ?

MD. a gov that advertises it is a haven for importing illegals and sending them to places that express they ARE NOT. thank you, MD.

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ah that must be the 999 plan democrats were talkin !

whois fairfaxtimes.com

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from MD?

well no one said democrats don't have a good sense of ? humor ?

never beleive the people who want to give you news aren't the same people willing to kill to hide things

look at MSNBC. NBC is in every town shoeves it's foot in the door and always has a money line to the tax money through democrats

Fairfax County Must take the lead on Climate change. Fairfax county can solve global warming by increasing the tolls on the Dulles Toll road and the Beltway Lexus Lanes. Then we must put tolls on 66 and 95. Then after every business leaves, so will pollution. Celebrate Diversity!

Global warming is just a way for Commies to take my money and give it to the poor. Global warming is a hoax.

Jean Wright, you are a nut job

Easy solution is to require those who believe in climate change to stop consuming hydrocarbons. No car, no heat, no plastics, no nothing, no food transportation.

They will all shut up then and we won't hear about climate change anymore.

Here's their facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/FaithAllianceforClimateSolutions

and their Linkedin profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ethic-climate-change-activisim-Jim-5040271.S.254844641

An ethic for climate change activisim by Jim Hansen and Shi-lin Hsu (forwarded from Jean Wright)
Eric G.

Senior Vice President, Substance Abuse, Mental Health and Criminal Justice Studies at NORC at the University of Chicago


Friends, on Monday, June 24, I attended the Citizens Climate Lobby Conference at which Dr. James Hansen was the Keynote speaker followed by Dr. Shi-Ling Hsu speaking to “The Case for a Carbon Tax.”

Each was inspiring; each was informative; following are some of their thoughts, beginning with Dr. Hansen. He opened with the following ethic, spirit or attitude for underpinning our service as climate activists:

1. “We are a people’s army and our armor is: a) truth, b) nonviolence; c) respect and admiration for those who would oppose us - but not giving in, d) our battle is for ALL of life…We are the Calvary; we are going to win and there is no choice about it…People are afraid and congress doesn’t talk about it because of fear; people are in the grip of fear and it is love and appreciation that will overcome the fear. Force is the slowest way to break through fear…we are heroes for all of life and all life is calling us…
2. We are beginning to have impact, its going to happen, and we have to bring in everyone…It is solvable but we are running out of time and have to do it now. …Because we aren’t counting aerosols in the math we don’t have correct numbers of forcing of global warming…The fossil fuel industry is influencing other countries policies as well as policies in US…
3. There is a knowledge gap between what is understood (scientists) and what is known (public)…planetary emergency…Intergenerational injustice: our parents did not know their actions could harm future generations; we will only be able to pretend we didn’t know..” June 23 marked the day 25 years ago that he first testified on Capital Hill about the greenhouse effect and global warming.
4. Have to enlist conservatives; they may be more open to a carbon tax and dividend – smaller govt.

Dr. Shi-ling Hsu, author of: “The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past our Hang-ups to Effective Climate Policy.” His 10 reasons for favoring a carbon tax:
1. Economic efficiency
2. Respects state initiatives
3. Administrability and measurement is easy
4. International coordination
5. Revenue raising
6. Government should not pick winners…”Governments are bad about picking winners but losers are good at picking governments.”
7. Capital neutrality – supporting industries distorts markets; “The problem with subsidies is we are buying things that are hard to get rid of..”
8. Need a stable price signal to encourage technological change
9. Broad price signal to encourage technological change
10. Last is a repeat of the first; economic efficiency.

In making the case for carbon tax, need to make a carbon tax seem smart – the smart thing to do; and, make people feel good about a carbon tax.
Ended with question: What would we miss on the planet if climate change takes effect?

Regards,
Jean

Send the fucking Chairman-Mao wannabe back to commie land.

Hmmmmmm... Wrote:
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> Here's their facebook page:
> https://www.facebook.com/FaithAllianceforClimateSo
> lutions
>
> and their Linkedin profile:
> http://www.linkedin.com/groups/ethic-climate-chang
> e-activisim-Jim-5040271.S.254844641
>
> In making the case for carbon tax, need to make a
> carbon tax seem smart – the smart thing to do;
> and, make people feel good about a carbon tax.
> Ended with question: What would we miss on the
> planet if climate change takes effect?
>
> Regards,
> Jean

Better watch out for this group. They have 93 "likes" on Facebook
and a posted interview with AL GORE!!!!

As far as the above paragraph all I can say is Fruppie, where the
Hell are you?

Jean, dearie - using multisyllabic words only makes you sound somewhat intelligent if you actually use the technical terms in the correct fashion.
You, OTOH, sound like a 12 year old kid trying to impress someone...

Jean Wright Wrote:
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> Fairfax County should lead on issues related to
> climate change
> http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20140220/OPINI
> ON/140229957/1065/fairfax-county-should-lead-on-is
> sues-related-to-climate-change&template=fairfaxTim
> es
>
> Climate change is here and action in finding
> solutions is needed now. In response to climate
> crisis, the Fairfax Alliance for Climate Solutions
> is organizing, along with other faith groups, to
> promote climate-change solutions. We are a growing
> faith alliance that views finding climate
> solutions to be a moral, spiritual responsibility
> to future generations.
>
> There are many areas in which Fairfax County
> leads; however, when it comes to climate change
> solutions that is not yet so. Fairfax County has
> the resources and know-how to be a leader in
> climate change solutions; the Faith Alliance wants
> that to happen. The county Board of Supervisors
> can take steps now that will save taxpayers money,
> make energy use more efficient while enhancing the
> quality of life and economy for all County
> residents.
>
> Like many groups within the county, including the
> Chamber of Commerce, the Faith Alliance supports
> the county supervisors’ encouragement of public,
> private and community projects which demonstrate
> use of local alternative, renewable energy. Thus
> we support rapid approval and permitting for the
> Lorton Green Energy Triangle. By its location just
> outside the nation’s capital, LGET would be the
> first of its kind in the U.S. using a mix of
> renewable energy — solar, geothermal, wind and
> recovered methane gas — to provide for county
> facilities energy needs. It would be a showplace
> for innovation. Reconstituting Chairman Bulova’s
> Private Sector Energy Taskforce could mobilize the
> creativity of the private sector in developing
> such innovative, profitable solutions such as
> LGET. We support approval of EnviroSolutions
> Inc.’s application now before the supervisors.
>
> The Faith Alliance also calls upon the county
> Board of Supervisors to commit to increase energy
> efficiency in county-owned buildings by 25 percent
> over the next three years and to lead by publicly
> reporting the energy consumption of all
> county-owned buildings by the end of 2014. This
> could include a challenge to commercial and
> private homeowners to reduce their carbon
> footprint as well.
>
> As Fairfax County doesn’t yet have an integrated
> environmental management program, Faith Alliance
> supports establishment of a centralized
> environment and climate office with the authority
> to coordinate the actions of individual County
> agencies. This includes promoting business and
> citizen engagement to protect the environment,
> promote innovative solutions to climate change,
> and energy efficiency and energy conservation.
> Doing so will save taxpayer money.
>
> The Faith Alliance calls for greater energy
> efficiency in commercial buildings via LEED
> certifications and support LEED certification as a
> requirement rather than something to “strive
> for.” A late evening drive along Interstate 66,
> the Springfield Interchange or the Dulles Toll
> Road shows bright illumination from unoccupied
> office buildings and parking structures. We
> recommend, for new construction, the county
> develop a proffer system to encourage public
> energy tracking and benchmarking.
>
> Fairfax County has the resources and know-how to
> be a leader in climate change solutions. Let’s
> begin with steps that save taxpayer money by
> focusing on energy efficiency and conservation.
> Let’s approve the Lorton Green Energy Triangle
> proposal. Such actions will aid in furthering and
> supporting climate solutions as well as Fairfax
> County economic growth.
>
> Jean Wright, Oakton
>
> The writer is with the Faith Alliance for Climate
> Solutions.


You are 100% right Jean. Here in Fairfax county we need to find a way to impose a tax penalty on any resident who does not make certain energy efficient upgrades to their homes we also need to ramp up property taxes on vehicles that get less than 30 miles per gallon.

"Reconstituting Chairman Bulova’s Private Sector Energy Taskforce"

Jean go take your moronic global warming/climate change and peddle it to someone else.....

You guys push wind farms that destroy endangered species
(http://www.newsmax.com/Reagan/Windmills-wind-solar-obama/2013/11/26/id/538744)

You guys push solar farms that literally cooks birds alive
(http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304703804579379230641329484)


....and all of it to save the environment...you guys are unbelievable....

"seem smart" is important to a lot of second-raters, and also seems to be an established tactic with progressive activists. It's a form of intellectual bullying and peer pressure among non-peers: don't you want to be SMART (like US)? people will laugh at you if you are dumb, and not SMART, like US. God forbid anyone in rich old northern VA isn't just the SMARTEST thing evah!

What a crock of crap.

Follow the money, as global warming and climate change (now) are all about the money, and without "science" or fact for proof.

Follow the money...

Dave Henery Wrote:
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> Jean Wright Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Fairfax County should lead on issues related to
> > climate change
> >
> http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20140220/OPINI
>
> >
> ON/140229957/1065/fairfax-county-should-lead-on-is
>
> >
> sues-related-to-climate-change&template=fairfaxTim
>
> > es
> >
> > Climate change is here and action in finding
> > solutions is needed now. In response to climate
> > crisis, the Fairfax Alliance for Climate
> Solutions
> > is organizing, along with other faith groups,
> to
> > promote climate-change solutions. We are a
> growing
> > faith alliance that views finding climate
> > solutions to be a moral, spiritual
> responsibility
> > to future generations.
> >
> > There are many areas in which Fairfax County
> > leads; however, when it comes to climate change
> > solutions that is not yet so. Fairfax County
> has
> > the resources and know-how to be a leader in
> > climate change solutions; the Faith Alliance
> wants
> > that to happen. The county Board of Supervisors
> > can take steps now that will save taxpayers
> money,
> > make energy use more efficient while enhancing
> the
> > quality of life and economy for all County
> > residents.
> >
> > Like many groups within the county, including
> the
> > Chamber of Commerce, the Faith Alliance
> supports
> > the county supervisors’ encouragement of
> public,
> > private and community projects which
> demonstrate
> > use of local alternative, renewable energy.
> Thus
> > we support rapid approval and permitting for
> the
> > Lorton Green Energy Triangle. By its location
> just
> > outside the nation’s capital, LGET would be
> the
> > first of its kind in the U.S. using a mix of
> > renewable energy — solar, geothermal, wind
> and
> > recovered methane gas — to provide for county
> > facilities energy needs. It would be a
> showplace
> > for innovation. Reconstituting Chairman
> Bulova’s
> > Private Sector Energy Taskforce could mobilize
> the
> > creativity of the private sector in developing
> > such innovative, profitable solutions such as
> > LGET. We support approval of EnviroSolutions
> > Inc.’s application now before the
> supervisors.
> >
> > The Faith Alliance also calls upon the county
> > Board of Supervisors to commit to increase
> energy
> > efficiency in county-owned buildings by 25
> percent
> > over the next three years and to lead by
> publicly
> > reporting the energy consumption of all
> > county-owned buildings by the end of 2014. This
> > could include a challenge to commercial and
> > private homeowners to reduce their carbon
> > footprint as well.
> >
> > As Fairfax County doesn’t yet have an
> integrated
> > environmental management program, Faith
> Alliance
> > supports establishment of a centralized
> > environment and climate office with the
> authority
> > to coordinate the actions of individual County
> > agencies. This includes promoting business and
> > citizen engagement to protect the environment,
> > promote innovative solutions to climate change,
> > and energy efficiency and energy conservation.
> > Doing so will save taxpayer money.
> >
> > The Faith Alliance calls for greater energy
> > efficiency in commercial buildings via LEED
> > certifications and support LEED certification as
> a
> > requirement rather than something to “strive
> > for.” A late evening drive along Interstate
> 66,
> > the Springfield Interchange or the Dulles Toll
> > Road shows bright illumination from unoccupied
> > office buildings and parking structures. We
> > recommend, for new construction, the county
> > develop a proffer system to encourage public
> > energy tracking and benchmarking.
> >
> > Fairfax County has the resources and know-how
> to
> > be a leader in climate change solutions.
> Let’s
> > begin with steps that save taxpayer money by
> > focusing on energy efficiency and conservation.
> > Let’s approve the Lorton Green Energy
> Triangle
> > proposal. Such actions will aid in furthering
> and
> > supporting climate solutions as well as Fairfax
> > County economic growth.
> >
> > Jean Wright, Oakton
> >
> > The writer is with the Faith Alliance for
> Climate
> > Solutions.
>
>
> You are 100% right Jean. Here in Fairfax county we
> need to find a way to impose a tax penalty on any
> resident who does not make certain energy
> efficient upgrades to their homes we also need to
> ramp up property taxes on vehicles that get less
> than 30 miles per gallon.

Dave & Jean, I COMPLETELY AGREE with you on this. We should push legistlation to fine any polluter, energy waster, or anyone who doesn't stop to help a pedestrian in need. I'm thinking a $5,000 fine per violation. What do you think? God, I ashamed to call myself a Northern Virginian these days.
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All of your sorry asses with your bullshit.