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👉👉 All Hands on Deck 👈👈 


Legislative voting session

Monday, July 7, at 7 p.m.

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We are down to the wire! At the legislative session on Monday, July 7, at 7 p.m., the County Council will vote on eight proposed amendments and then the entire bill. It’s because of your advocacy that we’ve come this far. 

Please take these final two urgent actions for our campaign to ensure that new construction in Howard County is built "Smart from the Start," meaning good for the climate, our health and our wallets.

👉First, call and email to urge your council member to vote YES on all eight amendments introduced on Friday, June 27. These amendments would encourage builders to voluntarily avoid fossil fuels in new residential and commercial, industrial, and government buildings. Read more here for a summary of the amendments. This is our last opportunity to make our voices heard. Contact your council member before the 4th of July, so we can have a powerful bill with all eight amendments.

👉Second, sign up here to Pack the Room again. Let’s pack the room at the legislative session on Monday, July 7, at 7 p.m. and show council members that we want them to pass all eight amendments and then the bill. We will not be able to testify, but we will be in the audience as a visible, silent sign that Howard County residents want the Council and the County Executive to enact healthy building standards that use the latest energy-efficient equipment and other measures in new buildings and major renovations. This is for our Health, Climate and $avings.
Join us at 6:30 p.m. for pizza before the vote. Remember to wear your green “Electrify HoCo” t-shirts. (We have more for those who don’t yet have one.) You can find more details here.

Many of you have signed petitions, sent postcards, emailed your council members and showed up to ‘pack the room’ events for the last 3 ½ years. So many advocates attended the work session on June 23 that the meeting had to be moved to a larger room. Kudos to all who were able to make it on a Monday morning. (View recording and see pictures here.)

We made it into the Baltimore Sun, the Baltimore Banner and WMAR 2 . Our friends, Doug Siglin and Chelle Ginsburg, wrote powerful commentaries HERE and HERE.

Our advocacy is truly making a difference.

Your dedicated advocacy to ensure that the Howard County Building Codes are amended to support strong, efficient electric provisions has been a great success.    

Pack the room details and sign up here

If you can't attend but want to watch, tune in here.