Climate hushing: political leaders now seem reluctant to connect negative everyday experiences to climate change and its driver, carbon pollution. How do you plan to be vocal and lead on climate?

we might want to have ways to look at possibilities of RTD for that, for example, having electric vehicles that are very small vehicles,

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: The moderator's cue before this answer is transcribed as 'Robert.' Lee Gilbert is the only council candidate at this forum not otherwise named in this round, and the speaker describes getting around by bike and on foot, as Gilbert did in his opening.

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we need to electrify everything and get that electricity from carbon free sources, decarbonize our electric grid.

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we now have every memo packet for the council has the sustainability equity and resilience in it. So we now actually look at climate in each decision.

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I want to approach this from the perspective, perhaps not as a climate leader, but as a good ancestor and a steward of the lands.

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we come together and we push forward with climate advocacy through ordinances and climate action plans

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I will continue to be a local advocate for climate action by ensuring that climate resilience is integrated into every decision that council makes rather than treated as a separate policy area.

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I think it's critical that we look at all our programs in the city and ask ourselves how do we measure success on programs,

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I think that it will be the responsibility of the next city council to continue to push for its climate goals.

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there's times where I wonder if that money could be better spent on transportation on workforce housing.

Transcript note: Refers to spending to meet the city's energy code on city projects such as Alpine-Balsam.

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I want to make sure that we are actually looking at how we are pricing carbon when we're making decisions around mitigation.

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We need to stop the massive growth that does not make housing more affordable.

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I'm pretty proud of where Boulder is on this issue. We are sticking with our climate initiatives

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