Harrisonburg City Council hears update on greenhouse gas emissions report - WHSV
Harrisonburg City Council hears update on greenhouse gas emissions report
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - Tuesday night, Harrisonburg City Council got an update on the city’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The city is working to cut greenhouse gas emissions and the data has shown steady progress on those decreases since 2016.
With a 20-year and a 100-year plan, the city hopes to cut municipal and community emissions down by around 5% each.
Harrisonburg city public schools have seen a decline, but some of that is with help from the pandemic.
”Overall, school greenhouse gas emissions have decreased in 2021 by 7% compared to 2016 with the caveat that COVID-19 was still impacting how they were operating in 2021,” Keith Thomas, sustainability and environmental manager said.
To go along with the push to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, Harrisonburg City Council heard updates to the environmental action plan’s community goals.
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