SAN DIEGO — Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer, an economist and environmental attorney testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee on Thursday, May 13th at 10:00am Pacific. A lifelong environmental advocate, Supervisor Lawson-Remer was invited by Representative Levin to provide testimony on the importance of protecting coastal communities like San Diego County from offshore oil drilling. 

“This year we put the San Diego region on a path to decarbonize our economy and create a new generation of green jobs, but we cannot succeed in this transition if there is drilling off our coast, destroying our coastal ecosystem and keeping our planet on the road to climate catastrophe,” said Lawson-Remer. “Californians are trying to do our part to reduce greenhouse emissions and create good jobs for working families. But we cannot succeed in this green jobs and clean energy transition if the federal government is against us. We need Congress to do its part as well.”

You can view the Supervisor's remarks at this YouTube LINK or watch the hearing in it's entirety on the committee’s Facebook and YouTube pages.

Supervisor Lawson-Remer won the November 2020 election to represent District 3 on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors running on a platform of protecting San Diego County’s beaches and coastlines from pollution and development. 

Earlier this year, Vice Chair Vargas and Supervisor Lawson-Remer won unanimous support for proposals to address the climate crisis, including making San Diego the largest county in the United States to commit to Zero Carbon by 2035.