next meeting - thursday, January 16, 6 pm

Don Croce, a pharmacist and activist with both the Manatee Clean Energy Alliance and the Manatee-Sarasota Group of the Sierra Club, will address the Manatee Democrats’ Environmental Caucus on Thursday about the vast local impact of climate change.

Mr. Croce will discuss change’s effect on the region’s economic, health and agricultural systems and what is being done, and can be done, to  address it. 

 The meeting is Thursday, Jan 16 at 6 p.m. at the Manatee Democratic headquarters at 435 Cortez Avenue West in Bradenton.

 Climate change is an important issue in the 2020 national, state and local elections and a chance for Democrats and others interested in the environment to learn and understand the issue. Mr. Croce believes both local and state leadership is evolving positively regarding the effects and need to address climate change.

 The Manatee Clean Energy Alliance is a grassroots organization working to persuade elected officials to adopt a plan that embraces clean, renewable energy by 2035.

 Mr. Croce has spent more than 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry in sales and marketing capacities. He is a cofounder of a medical communications agency that provided marketing and educational services to major pharmaceutical companies.