To: Mayor James Kenney, Mayor of Philadelphia
Tell Mayor Kenney - Local Solar for Philadelphia!
Mayor Kenney, to meet your goal of city government using 100% renewable energy, support Green Justice Philly’s campaign for Philadelphia to generate at least 30% of its energy from local solar projects by 2020, employing a local workforce that reflects the racial demographics of the city, under union conditions.
Why is this important?
Mayor Kenney has pledged to meet 100% of the City government’s energy needs with renewable sources by 2030. We want that clean energy to be generated locally so our air and water quality will improve and long-term economic development and jobs for Philadelphia residents will result. To make it real, the City should adopt our Solar Justice Program: long term renewable energy power purchase agreements; enforcing Economic Opportunity Plans to meet minority and union condition hiring goals; building solar generation on city-owned properties to meet at least 30% of city government energy needs by 2020; and enlisting other large institutions in Philadelphia to do the same.