CLIMATE ACTION
< Continued from page 3 and feel its best to plan for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, development programs for pollution control, and address climate adaptation actions for the betterment of the city and its citizens. Iowa City is also well on its way to
reach Windsor Height’s goals. The city is pushing to also reduce carbon emissions by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, but their goal to achieve net zero carbon emissions is not until 2050. Even though 2050 is a ways away, city sta in charge of creating the Acceleration Iowa City’s Action plan is paving a way to emission reduction, with 64 actions to be initiated by the city by 2025. The state of Illinois has made great strides in the making of 2030 goals. It’s requiring a process to phase out coal and natural gas by an emissions reduction, which is mandating zero emissions for private coal by 2030 and municipal coal and natural gas by 2045 which will be counteracted by its goal to be powered by 40% renewable energy by 2030. It is also pushing residents to go greener by aiming to have 1 million
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signs the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act into law on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, outside the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
electric vehicles on the road by 2030, giving $4000 rebates for consumers, and helping fund a statewide charging network. Other clean energy goals are farther down the timeline, but they are on a path to be a 100% clean energy state by 2050 and planning to double the state’s investment in renewable energy. It is exciting to see how this will extend to all the Illinois cities. Many cities and even states are making strides to make climate resilient communities. In the QC, some attainable solutions we have as a community are to educate ourselves on climate action plans, how they help, and how we as a community can work to implement them. It’s also important to be equipped with this knowledge so we can use it when cities and states are shaping policy. Lastly, continuing the idea of using our voice, it’s important to bring up more conservations when it comes to our changing climate and what our cities can do for us. I have met some impactful people in the Quad Cities, who are doing amazing work when it comes to helping build a climate conscious community, and I am hopeful that we will keep pushing towards that.
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