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Select Board adopts municipal decarbonization roadmap to pursue Climate Leader Community certification
Summary
Needhams Select Board adopted a municipal decarbonization roadmap that staff say completes criteria for the state's new Climate Leader Communities program and makes the town eligible for technical and accelerator grants for electrification and emissions reductions.
The Select Board voted to adopt a municipal decarbonization roadmap developed with PowerOptions, a planning document the town said will help Needham apply for the states Climate Leader Communities certification and make the community eligible for grants aimed at electrification and greenhouse-gas reductions.
Gabby Queenan, Needhams sustainability manager, told the board the roadmap is an update to the old Green Communities program and focuses on electrification of…
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