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Warren County Climate Smart task force reports grants pending and awarded; local advocate urges town-level action
Summary
At a Warren County Environmental Concerns committee meeting, the county's Climate Smart coordinator updated supervisors on recertification, a pilot municipal composting grant and other funding pursuits; an outside advocate urged local climate working groups and Climate Smart Community certification for towns.
Matthew Smith, the Warren County Climate Smart coordinator and a junior planner in the county planning department, told the Environmental Concerns and Real Property Tax Services Committee that the county's Climate Smart Communities bronze recertification has been submitted and that the county is watching multiple grant opportunities.
The update, presented during a regularly scheduled committee meeting, summarized a recently awarded pilot municipal composting grant, a pending $20,000 recycling data-and-outreach grant, participation in a regional climate listening session, and potential opportunities tied to a recent state environmental bond announcement.
The recertification is for the county's bronze Climate Smart Communities status, Smith said, and he added that he had submitted the recertification materials and was "looking to hear back…
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