Dear Friends and Neighbors,
Earth Day began in 1970 as a program of teach-ins on American college campuses to raise awareness of environmental challenges like pollution and deforestation, with political sponsorship that was bi-partisan -- from Wisconsin Democratic Senator Gaylord Nelson and California Republican Congressman Pete McCloskey.Today we mark Earth Day.
Many achievements followed including passage of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
But 52 years later, we continue to face new and grave environmental challenges relating to climate change. The history of Earth Day reminds us that it is possible to confront these challenges with leadership and cooperation, but we must all play an active role.
Over the last four years in Westchester we've worked to convert our transit fleet to hybrid and electric vehicles, to ensure capital projects we invest in are energy efficient, to expand EV charging capacity, to expand food scrap recycling, to ban expanded polystyrene food containers, and to declare a climate emergency.
We pledge to continue the County's environmental efforts and join with EarthDay.Org to #InvestInOurPlanet.
To find Earth Day events near you, visit https://www.earthday.org/
Sincerely,
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