Hopefully this group, along with discussing new flood plain mapping, will not continue the taboo of keeping the Auburn Dam off the table as the only option that can provide optimal flood control when global warming causes more rain than snow and increases the flood risks as well as the need for water supply.
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Forum seeks climate change input
Public can comment on methods to deal with global warming
By Edie Lau - Bee Staff WriterPublished 12:00 am PDT Sunday, September 24, 2006
The bumper-sticker motto "Think globally, act locally" will play out Monday evening in Sacramento at a public forum tackling climate change.
What can individuals do to help blunt the effects of global climate change? How can communities cope with the climate shifts already under way? How will California businesses survive coming state limits on carbon dioxide pollution?
These and similar questions will be the focus of a panel discussion, "What can we do about the global climate change and energy challenges? What does it mean for you, the U.S. and the world?" organized by the League of Women Voters of Sacramento County and supported by the United Nations Foundation.
"We just want to pull the community together to speak on it," said league President Barbara Hopkins. "It's going to be a long-term issue."
Climate change has been a top-of-the-agenda item in California, with the Legislature last month passing the nation's first mandatory cap on carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is scheduled to sign the landmark bill, AB 32, in a ceremony in San Francisco on Wednesday.
Monday's panel will not debate whether global warming is a reality -- even the business representative on the seven-person group says that's not in dispute. The questions will center on how best to adapt and thrive in a warming world and forestall disastrous effects.
