Letter: Solarize Kent’s new city hall

I was very disappointed to find out that Kent’s new city hall will not have solar panels installed as an alternative energy source to help reduce the CO2 greenhouse gas emissions. At the last couple of Kent Council meetings Keramida’s climate action plan was presented and approved last week. The plan is in line with the Sustainability Commission’s intention which is to achieve the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. Kent City committed to addressing its contribution to creating a more sustainable community. What I don’t understand is that the new city hall will not be serving as a model to the homeowners and businesses of Kent or even as a model to the surrounding communities in Portage County and other cities in Ohio.

Why am I so concerned? Because we all need to be concerned. The recent United Nations IPCC report said that the world’s current use of fossil fuels will push the planet to dangerous levels of warming by the early 2030s. One activist summarized this situation as “the climate time-bomb is ticking.”