Microclimate Action Plan
September 12th, 2007 by Kishore
The city introduced a climate action plan back in 2004. In case you haven’t read this *exciting* tome, I’ve done the work for you. All the numbers are circa 2004.
Goal: 20% Green House Gas (GHG) reduction by 2012 (20% below 1990 levels) - 7.2 million tons of CO2
Current GHG production/year: 9.7 million tons of CO2 produced
Potential Impacts:
* Sea level rise
* Greater beach erosion
* More frequent El Nino conditions - More rain = less snow in Sierras leading to less water available in summer.
* Marine life - unknown impacts due to changes in water flow and salinity

The actions were broke into four categories: Transportation, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Solid Waste. Read on for a breakdown of CO2 savings. I’ll be doing a category by category analysis over the next few days.
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