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Residents urge St. Louis County to declare climate emergency and bolster resilience planning
Summary
Three residents told the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners during public comment that recent wildfires, warming trends and changes on Lake Superior warrant a formal climate emergency declaration and a stronger county climate action plan. County staff offered to connect speakers with grant and resilience staff.
Three residents used the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners’ public comment period to urge the county to declare a climate emergency and to adopt a more robust climate action and resilience program.
Tony Lanzillo, a Duluth resident, opened public comment and asked commissioners to review a climate vulnerability assessment presented to Duluth city officials in February 2018. “I would encourage each of you my simple request today, if you haven't already, to read the climate vulnerability assessment,” Lanzillo said. He summarized figures from that report, saying that from 1950 to 2015 Duluth had experienced a roughly 1.8°F rise in average annual temperature, about eight fewer days below 32°F, and an…
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