Advocacy Project: Letter to Elected Official

December 11, 2011
Senator Chip Cravaack
6448 Main Street
Suite 6
North Branch, MN 55056

Vote YES on proposed bill H.R.51.

I am writing to encourage you to vote YES on the proposed bill H.R.51 Heat Island and Smog Reduction Act of 2011.  The act proposes that each federal agency be required to develop a heat island reduction plan for all federal property and facilities under its possession or control that are located in an area designated under the Clean Air Act as being in non-attainment with national ambient air quality standards for ozone.  The reduction of heat island and smog reduction is important to protect the health of people living and working in the community effected by heat islands and smog.

As a community member and health educator this issue is important to me because passing of this bill will lead to over all health of the nation because we will not be living in places where there are unhealthy amounts of green house gas emissions and illness's caused by heat.

The bill will require each plan to include measures to maximize tree cover on federal property, increase solar reflectivity through techniques such as roofs with solar reflectivity, vegetated roofs, and paving materials with higher solar reflectivity.  These things will cost money at first but will end up costing less money in the long run.  Doing these things will also lead to a happier and healthier population.

Again, I encourage you to vote YES on the proposed bill H.R.51 Heat Island and Smog Reduction Act of 2011.  For more information feel free to contact me at 555-212-3434.

Thank you for your time,
Nicole Hollstadt