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Pitkin County staff present draft Climate Action Plan; commissioners ask for clearer metrics and timing for targets
Summary
Staff presented a draft countywide Climate Action Plan that organizes 38 specific actions across six focus areas. Commissioners asked for clearer success metrics, funding options and a future work session to consider accelerating long-term emission-reduction goals.
Staff from Pitkin County presented a draft Climate Action Plan on March 11, describing a cross-departmental effort to gather and prioritize ideas for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from county operations and the community.
The plan organizes 38 actions into six emissions-focus areas covering buildings, transportation, waste, natural resource management, internal operations and regional coordination. Presenters said departments participated in sector-focused conversations and that the plan is intended as a “living document” to be updated as new opportunities emerge. Staff emphasized the plan ties previous directions given to county departments into a single, more interwoven implementation framework.
Commissioners asked several…
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