San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative

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Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the San Diego
Regional Climate Collaborative, which recently won the United States
Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leadership Award for
Innovative Partnerships. This award recognizes organizations across the
country working on cutting-edge climate initiatives that address
greenhouse gas reduction goals, adaptation, and resilience.

As a member-based network that supports public agencies in the San
Diego region, the Climate Collaborative works to advance comprehensive
solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare our region for
climate impacts.

In San Diego, climate change is not a partisan issue. While there is
debate in Congress about the science of climate change, there is not
debate amongst scientists.

As I see every day, San Diegans aren't waiting for Washington to act
to address climate change. The collaborative has built partnerships
with business, academia, nonprofits, and philanthropic entities to
share expertise, leverage resources, and advance actions that benefit
San Diego's communities, economy, and natural resources.

The San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative serves as a model for
other regions as we seek to address the harmful effects of climate
change as a nation and as a planet. I congratulate them.

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