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LANDER – On Tuesday, the Lander City Council voted 5 to 2 in favor of adopting greenhouse gas reduction targets for municipal operations.

The targets are for a 20% reduction by 2030, 40% by 2040 and 80% by 2050 from a 2021 baseline. Lander is now the third city in Wyoming to adopt similar targets, behind Laramie and Jackson.

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