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Washoe County adopts Climate Action Plan, sets framework for emissions reduction
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a countywide Climate Action Plan proposing 126 actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in county operations and the wider community; adoption requires no immediate general-fund commitments and passed 4–1.
Washoe County commissioners on March 11 adopted a countywide Climate Action Plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from county operations and the broader community.
The plan, prepared by the county’s sustainability office and a FUSE fellow, lays out 126 recommended actions across four categories — governance and transparency, land stewardship, emissions reductions and clean energy production — and includes separate inventories for county operations and community-wide emissions. "Adopting this plan requires no commitment of general funds," said Brian Beffert, Washoe County’s sustainability manager. "We are the ones we've been waiting for." Beffert led the staff presentation and described the plan as a roadmap that county leaders would…
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