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What is your top environmental concern and how would you address it?

Justin Jacobson

City Council, District 3

Climate Change is our number one challenge. It effects the severity of droughts, the maintenance of our water supply, increased severe flooding events, damage to the urban canopy, increased potential of wild fires, implications of higher average temperatures. These can be addressed by keeping the goal of Austin Energy using 100% renewable energy, create mass transit to lower car emissions, pass stronger water conservation measures, invest in fire resources & the urban canopy,  & address the problems of increased flooding. Climate Change endangers the success and quality of life in Austin