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County presents Climate Action Plan 2026 update, highlights emissions inventory and outreach push
Summary
County staff presented an update to Tompkins County's Climate Action Plan: they reviewed the 2024 greenhouse-gas inventories (county operations 4,684 metric tons CO2e; community ~1,642,234 metric tons CO2e), emphasized rapid growth in local EV and solar adoption, and outlined a people-centered outreach strategy to shape actions.
Tompkins County sustainability staff provided an update on the Climate Action Plan 2026 effort, laying out why the county is revising older road maps and energy strategies and how changing technology and incentives have altered the options available.
Haley summarized recent inventory work and told the committee that "In 2024, Tompkins County, government emission or operations emitted, 4,684 metric tons of CO2 equivalent," and that community emissions total about 1,642,234 metric tons of CO2e. Terry described national and local trends in electric vehicles, heat pumps and solar generation and said staff are developing a multifaceted, people-centered outreach strategy to gather lived-experience input that will help translate community priorities into implementable county actions.
Members asked detailed questions about waste-management metrics, battery storage and community engagement methods; staff said draft outreach materials and a website will be launched and that the county will coordinate with related planning efforts (housing plan, hazard mitigation) to avoid duplication of meetings and to broaden participation.
