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Grand jury urges accelerated climate actions; Board identifies points of agreement and disagreement
Summary
The Civil Grand Jury recommended a suite of transportation, energy, building and solid-waste measures to meet the Board's 2012 greenhouse-gas reduction target; city officials outlined progress and remaining gaps, and the committee recorded full, partial and dissenting responses before forwarding amended resolutions.
The committee heard a Civil Grand Jury report calling for more aggressive city action to meet the Board's target of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions to 20% below 1990 levels by 2012. Grand juror Shirley Hansen urged increased transit, bicycling, green building standards, renewable energy and funding mechanisms.
Shirley Hansen said transportation accounts for roughly half of the city's greenhouse…
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