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Lacey begins greenhouse‑gas reduction and resilience planning for 2025 comprehensive plan
Summary
City staff and consultants outlined new greenhouse‑gas reduction and climate‑resilience subelements required under state law, presenting initial greenhouse‑gas inventory findings and resilience priorities focused on heat, wildfire smoke and vulnerable populations.
Lacey staff and consultants briefed the council on required greenhouse‑gas (GHG) reduction and climate‑resilience subelements during a Feb. 11 work session, describing the scope, analytic approach and draft goals the city will integrate into the 2025 comprehensive plan.
Lindsey Fields, Lacey's climate sustainability coordinator, said the 2023 legislative package (most prominently HB 1181) requires cities to adopt two subelements: a GHG‑reduction (mitigation) subelement and a climate‑resilience (adaptation) subelement. Fields said the mitigation subelement should produce measurable reductions in emissions from buildings and…
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