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House committee hears 2025 Climate Action Plan update, prioritizes 10 near‑term actions
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The House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee heard an overview of the Climate Action Plan update, which narrows 150+ measures to 10 priority actions focusing on mitigation, resilience, workforce and funding. ANR warned of a drop in federal funds and emphasized the need for state bridge funding and workforce investments.
Julie Morris, secretary of natural resources, told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee that the Climate Council’s 2025 update to the state’s Climate Action Plan narrows more than 150 proposed actions to 10 priority items and emphasizes balancing emissions reductions with resilience and affordability.
Morris said the plan organizes work into three core areas — cross‑sector greenhouse‑gas mitigation, agriculture and ecosystems, and rural resilience and adaptation — plus cross‑cutting activities such as education, workforce development and financing. ‘‘We adopted our initial climate action plan in December 2021,’’ Morris said, and the council is moving to a four‑year cadence for updates.
The secretary…
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