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Residents urge New Britain leaders to revive 2019 climate emergency declaration
Summary
Speakers at the Dec. 10 Common Council meeting urged the city to revisit its 2019 climate emergency declaration, calling for a joint task force, tree replanting, fleet electrification and a local air-quality study to address flooding, heat and public-health impacts.
Aram, who introduced himself as a former alderman, urged the Common Council on Dec. 10 to revive and act on New Britain's 2019 climate emergency declaration, calling it a blueprint for the new mayor and council.
"The New Britain residents are suffering from increasing extreme weather events causing increased flooding like the Allen Street Basin," Aram said, urging the council to establish "a joint task force" that would include city departments and council representatives and to take steps such…
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