If you listened to the professional pundits and climate deniers, you would think the fight against climate change has ended. That is not the reality. Despite the lack of leadership in Washington, we are moving toward clean energy solutions in our communities, our states and in our own lives.

All across America, neighbors and communities are coming together to do more than just demand change. They are making it happen.

When neighbors in Montgomery County, Maryland wanted to do something about climate change, they didn’t wait for Congress to pass a law. They banded together and worked their hearts out. Their work paid off: Last May, the Montgomery County Council passed a local law requiring polluters to pay for carbon emissions — the first of its kind in the United States.

Now, we’d like you to help us by answering a question. What’s happening in your community? Is your county, city or even state working to combat climate change? Are your schools, places of worship or local businesses embracing a clean energy future? We want to hear about it. Share your story with us here… click on link below

http://www2.repoweramerica.org/page/m/396e8d98/6fdeebac/4bff270/19ba7825/810372057/VEsE/

Climate change is a global problem, but the solutions are close to home. Take Oxford, a rural community in Southwest Ohio. Families in Oxford worked together to create a more energy-efficient school for their children, and now Talawanda High School is on track to be one of the first schools in Ohio to be certified as LEED Silver for its energy savings. The school is expected to use 40% less energy than an average building of the same size. That’s an important accomplishment.

When Louisville, Kentucky hosted its first “Kilowatt Crackdown” — a competition lasting a full year that invited building proprietors to improve energy efficiency — over 100 buildings competed. Across sectors spanning education, business, healthcare providers and hospitality, building owners came together and saved 4,766,977 kilowatt hours in 2009 as compared to the year before. That’s the same as preventing the carbon emissions from 385,092 gallons of gasoline.

Every day, people in communities across America are taking actions like these. We believe your stories can inspire even more to take action. Every successful local, state and regional initiative to fight climate change and promote clean energy will empower and inform further action. As we wait for our national leaders to catch up with us, we must build on these changes already happening outside of Washington, D.C.

We need your stories. We know these the communities mentioned above aren’t the only ones working locally to make change happen. What’s happening near you?

http://acp.repoweramerica.org/shareyourstory

We can’t wait to read about your project or accomplishment. Share your stories now and we’ll share some of them with the rest of our community.

Thanks for all you do,

Maggie L. Fox

President and CEO

Alliance for Climate Protection