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DuPage County committee hears regional comprehensive climate action plan
Summary
A regional climate-action consultant presented a US EPA-funded Comprehensive Climate Action Plan to the DuPage County Environmental Committee on April 7, outlining targets to cut greenhouse-gas emissions, modeled scenarios and six core actions including grid modernization, building efficiency, transportation shifts and industry decarbonization.
Prithvi Hegle, a presenter on the region's Comprehensive Climate Action Plan, told the DuPage County Environmental Committee on April 7 that the plan maps a path to deep greenhouse-gas reductions and offers local tools for implementation. The plan, Hegle said, was funded in part by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and developed with partners including the Metropolitan Mayor’s Caucus, the Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission, NERCISE and CMAP.
The presenter said the region produces about "152,000,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent every year" and identified industry, buildings and transportation as the principal emitting sectors. Hegle said the plan sets a long-term target of roughly "80 to 85% by 2050" compared with 2005…
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