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Sustainability staff outline Green New Deal goals and interactive climate action matrix for council prioritization
Summary
Sustainability staff presented the Ithaca Green New Deal goals — community carbon neutrality by 2030, equitable implementation, fleet and government electricity targets — and previewed a Climate Action Plan organized by housing, equity, labor and power. Staff emphasized Justice 50 participatory budgeting and displayed an interactive prioritization matrix linking costs and outcomes.
Rebecca Evans and sustainability planner Siobhan (Shavon) Hull briefed the council on the city’s Green New Deal and a forthcoming Climate Action Plan, describing goals, funding to date and an interactive implementation matrix.
The Green New Deal resolution includes targets such as "community wide carbon neutrality by 2030," staff said, and sets additional municipal targets — halving vehicle fleet emissions by 2025 and…
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