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Local View: Getting serious about being green

• Sen. John McCollister
• Nov 20, 2019
• Nov 20, 2019 Updated Nov 26, 2019
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Climate change is an existential threat -- a true life-and-death threat. Reality is that the climate is changing our weather and environmental conditions in every region, as well as casting an ominous shadow over all aspects of human life on earth.

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State Sen. John McCollister represents District 20, which covers portions of south-central and southwestern Omaha, in the Legislature.

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