Residents in Lisle Township, which includes a portion of Naperville, want Illinois to take steps to reduce its carbon footprint within the coming decade.
, want Illinois to take steps to reduce its carbon footprint within the coming decade.
Once the final election votes are tallied from mail-in and provisional ballots, the next step will be to reach out to legislators, especially those who represent Lisle Township, “and let them know this is what the people want,” she said. Protecting the environment is not a partisan issue, something Schiefelbein said she saw firsthand when canvassing door-to-door.
“I view the different political ideologies as like a Venn diagram. … We agree on some things,” Schiefelbein said. “People are concerned about , and they’re concerned about it for their children and their grandchildren, because the future is not crystal clear.”“They don’t want to be waiting around until 2050 to find out what’s going to happen. I don’t blame them,” she said. “Unfortunately sooner than later things are going to get real.
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