City of Lakewood announcement.
The Lakewood Youth Council held its second roundtable event of the school year this week at Harrison Preparatory School. The topic was climate change.
Youth Council members were joined by peers. They discussed climate change and what they can do to raise awareness about its negative impact on our community. The discussion was facilitated by Pierce County. The county adopted a sustainability plan in 2021 that outlines its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
The Lakewood City Council also recently took action to address climate change. It added a section to the city’s Comprehensive Plan addressing climate change. And it made changes to the city’s tree code. These changes include increasing the city’s overall tree canopy to 40% by 2050. This will improve the quality of life for residents and have a positive impact on the local climate.
So we get to pay people to practice flawed science. Fantastic.
Agreed!
This is not about “climate change” so call it what it is: adaptability to climate. Adaptability is a human characteristic that has allowed humanity to survive and thrive through ice ages, deserts, jungles and everything in between when other life forms went extinct. Planting trees is one aspect of that adaptability but it doesn’t do anything to change climate. Yes it does provide shade, can lessen the influence of wind, better absorb rain, provide oxygen all of which are the result of adaptation to climate, not changes to climate. Yet there are other factors headed in the other direction. Take for example the paving over of vast areas in Lakewood with warehouses which pretty much counteract the benefits of tree planting. If “climate change” was more than just lip service then environmental considerations would have seen groves of trees planted in American Lake Gardens and elsewhere. However, real estate tax revenue will usually trump climate change considerations. Follow the money.
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