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Tonikian, Victoria
From:CityClerk
Sent:Monday, August 19, 2019 11:00 AM
To:Benjamin Ruttenberg
Cc:Betz, Ryan; Read, Chris
Subject:RE: Clean energy program
Dear Mr. Ruttenberg,
Thank you for taking the time to contact the City Council on this topic. This is a policy related issue for the City Council’s
consideration that is scheduled to be heard at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on September 3rd. Your
message has been provided directly to them.
If you have any questions, please contact the Administration Department at (805) 781-7589.
Sincerely,
Victoria Tonikian
Administrative Assistant II
City Administration
City Clerk's Office
990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249
E vtonikia@slocity.org
T 805.781.7105
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BCC: Council_All
From: Benjamin Ruttenberg <
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2019 9:33 AM
To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org>
Subject: Clean energy program
Hi,
I’d like to express my strong support for the City Council’s clean energy initiatives.
As a marine ecology professor at Cal Poly and director of the Center for Coastal Marine Sciences, I know how critical it is
to address climate change now. Our actions today—or lack thereof—will have reverberations for generations, and I
applaud the City Council for taking aggressive steps to curb greenhouse gas emissions from city infrastructure and city
residents. I believe most people want to do the right thing, but strong leadership from the city council will help us have a
greater positive impact.
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The vast majority of my colleagues at Cal Poly share this view, and while I know that the City Council is conversant in the
science of climate change, I offer our expertise in the details of the science should you need additional information.
Please continue your strong leadership on this topic. It is quite literally the most pressing challenge we have ever faced.
In solidarity,
Benjamin Ruttenberg
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Benjamin Ruttenberg, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Coastal Marine Sciences
Biological Sciences Department
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0401
Office: 361 Fisher Hall
Phone: 805-756-2498
Email: bruttenb@calpoly.edu
Publications: http://works.bepress.com/bruttenb/
Lab website: http://www.marine.calpoly.edu/faculty/benjamin-ruttenberg
https://www.marineconservationlab.org/
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