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Washington County finalizes first Climate Action Plan, outlines community-driven steps
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Washington County public health staff told the SPHER board the county’s first Climate Action Plan is final, the product of 50 engagement opportunities with about 750 participants, and will be published as a PDF by the end of the calendar year; officials described a cross-departmental collaborative to track implementation.
Washington County public health staff presented the county’s first Climate Action Plan to the SPHER board, saying the plan unifies existing departmental efforts, identifies scalable actions and will be published as a PDF by the end of the calendar year.
County public health leaders said the plan grew from two years of consultant-supported work and community engagement and is intended to guide climate mitigation and adaptation work across county departments. "So, our Washington County's first climate action plan, is a modest step towards unifying our existing and planned department climate work under shared goals, creating scalable actions," said Kathleen Johnson, senior program coordinator in the county’s environmental health branch.
The plan’s development included 50 unique engagement…
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