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Opinion: Long Beach missed a chance to kick the oil habit
The following is an op-ed submitted by 2nd District Councilwoman Jeannine Pearce , and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Long Beach Post. This past Tuesday, the Long Beach City Council heard a presentation from Clean Power Alliance (the Los Angeles and Ventura County Community Choice Aggregation comprised of 29 cities and unincorporated land in Los Angeles County). Our city was discussing whether to remain Southern California Edison’s largest electrical energy customer and maintain the status quo with SCE’s energy portfolio or join up with the 19, yes 19, other CCAs that are now up and running in California and move toward clean renewable energy for our great city. Our climate crisis is all around us and we must act fast as though our lives depend on it — from the 500 statewide fires, to the increased impacts of pollution on the people of color, expectant mothers, not to mention coronavirus victims; to the fact that Black and Brown people are dying at a higher rate than White […]
