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Contra Costa receives grants, advances EV charging and urban‑forest plans in semiannual climate update
Summary
County department leads reported progress implementing the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, including federal and state grants, a pilot resilience‑hub feasibility study, a $750,000 urban‑forest grant, employee commute data and a funded plan to expand EV charging for county fleet electrification. The board accepted the report unanimously.
Contra Costa County officials told the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 16 that the county is moving from planning into implementation on several parts of its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.
Department directors outlined multiple grants and near‑term projects: a federal Department of Energy block grant to support converting family‑based day cares to clean energy; a $1.5 million state grant to study shoreline resilience in coordination with shoreline cities and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission; a PG&E grant to pilot a resilience‑hub feasibility study at Ambrose Community…
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