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Sustainability commission urges council to reaffirm Ithaca Green New Deal; council liaisons to draft resolution
Summary
The city's Sustainability and Climate Justice Commission recommended that council reaffirm the 2019 Ithaca Green New Deal and related climate goals. Commissioners also discussed fleet electrification progress; council asked liaisons to work with the commission to convert the recommendation into city legislation.
Siobhan Hull, a commissioner on the city's Sustainability and Climate Justice Commission, briefed the Common Council on March 19 and asked the council to consider a resolution reaffirming the city’s commitment to goals in the 2019 Ithaca Green New Deal amid federal policy uncertainty.
"It is important to reaffirm that our city's work remains important within this shifting federal context, and that we remain committed to upholding the goals that we first outlined in the Ithaca Green New Deal in 2019," Siobhan Hull said, summarizing the commission's recommendation.
Council members asked for specifics about near‑term goals cited in the commission's draft language.…
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