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Ken Russell: Climate Change & Environment

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  • Established a Sea Level Rise Committee.
  • Banned Styrofoam use in city parks & marinas.
  • Sponsored a resolution to have the city join a 2016 Amicus Curiae Brief on the Clean Power Act requiring the EPA to cap carbon emissions.
  • Passed a resolution opposing off-shore drilling and seismic air gun blasting for the city of Miami.
  • Passed an ordinance banning fertilizer with phosphorus and setting restrictions on what kind of fertilizers can be used on public and private grounds. Fertilizers must also be applied at least 15 feet away from bodies of water.
  • Passed the Miami Forever Bond, providing $400 million for capital improvements and resiliency initiatives in the City of Miami, without raising taxes.
  • Expanded the PACE program that provides energy efficiency financing and alternative energy improvements for home use.
  • I pledge to end the federal sugar subsidy.
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