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Acton sustainability office reports 24.6% greenhouse-gas reduction since 2017; outlines town electrification and waste efforts
Summary
The town's Sustainability Office published a 2024 greenhouse-gas inventory showing a 24.6% reduction from the 2017 baseline and described programs — Town Hall electrification (state $1M grant), an EV-first fleet policy, public-safety solar canopy, a clean-energy coaching program and a regional bike-share grant — while noting remaining data gaps for waste and school-district waste metrics.
Andrea Becerra, Acton's sustainability director, and environmental analyst Lauren West presented the town's first formal progress report tied to the municipality's sustainability policy on Jan. 12.
Becerra said the Sustainability Office, created in 2021 after a climate-emergency declaration, now has a three-person staff and volunteers supporting outreach and program delivery. The office's Climate Action Plan, published in 2022, lists 22 strategies across mobility, buildings, energy, waste, nature-based solutions, resilience, outreach and education; a public-facing climate action tracker will publish progress markers for actions that are in progress and complete.
West said the town's 2024 greenhouse-gas inventory — to be released in full later this month — updates the 2017 baseline. The town-level inventories show a 15.5% reduction by 2022 and a 24.6% reduction in the 2024 update compared with the 2017 baseline.…
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