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Portland climate committee launches with emphasis on emissions, equity and multiagency coordination
Summary
The new Climate Resilience and Land Use Committee met Feb. 13 to outline priorities including emissions reduction, environmental justice, land-use policies tied to housing, coordination on the critical energy infrastructure hub and expanded community engagement.
The Climate Resilience and Land Use Committee opened its first meeting Thursday, Feb. 13, with co-chairs and council members laying out priorities that center greenhouse gas reductions, climate resilience and equity across land-use and transportation decisions.
The committee’s initial work plan will emphasize advancing climate action and emissions reduction, preventing concentrations of pollution in overburdened neighborhoods, aligning land-use policy with housing needs, and strengthening coordination with utilities, the state and regional transit agencies, committee members said.
“Although what we do in Portland is only a small piece of what the world needs to do, if we do not do…
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