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Alameda reports 29% drop in emissions since 2005; pushes vehicle and building electrification
Summary
City staff told the Commission on Persons with Disabilities that Alameda's 2022 greenhouse gas inventory and 2025 KARP annual report show a 29% reduction in community emissions since 2005 and outline actions to accelerate vehicle and building electrification, shore adaptation projects and community outreach.
The Commission on Persons with Disabilities heard a presentation on Alameda's 2025 annual report for the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (KARP), during which city sustainability staff said the city has reduced communitywide greenhouse gas emissions by 29% since 2005 and is "really on track to hit that goal of 50% reduction by 2030." Danielle Meller, who identified herself as Alameda's sustainability and resilience manager, summarized a new 2022 inventory showing that slightly more than half of the city's emissions come from on-road vehicles, about a third from natural gas used in buildings, and the rest from off-road engines, solid waste and water/wastewater.
Meller credited the municipal utility AMP's transition to 100% clean electricity in 2020 as a major contributor to emissions reductions and…
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