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Edina reports 17% community greenhouse‑gas cut since 2019; municipal operations down 26%
Summary
Sustainability manager Marissa Baer told the City Council the city is tracking toward its Climate Action Plan but that transportation remains the largest remaining challenge; municipal buildings and grid decarbonization showed the biggest gains.
Sustainability manager Marissa Baer told the Edina City Council on March 18 that the city’s latest greenhouse‑gas inventory shows a 17% reduction in community‑wide emissions from the 2019 baseline, and a 26% decline for municipal operations.
Baer said the municipal improvements — including building efficiency upgrades, a new solar system on City Hall and an expanded electrified fleet — were the main drivers of the reductions. “The buildings and energy sector is a green check for us,” Baer said while walking council members through a sector‑by‑sector inventory.
The climate action plan the council adopted in 2021 sets a community goal of reducing emissions 45% by 2030 and reaching net‑zero by 2050. Baer…
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