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Public Comment Form Truckee 2040
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7776 general plan + downtown specific plan
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Climate Action Plan Element
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Deirdre Henderson
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p. 9-13, "Goals, Policies, and Actions
I found the following to be, frankly, shocking and disappointing. The second paragraph on page 9-13 discusses Truckee's emissions reductions targets
and the emissions reductions required to meet them. It states that in order to reach the Town's 2040 target of reducing emissions to 46,070 MTCO2e,
the Town would need to achieve emissions reductions of 102,570 MTCO2e. However, this Climate Action Plan will only reduce emissions by 70,817
MTCO2e in 2040, about 30.9 percent short of the 2040 emissions reduction goal. Amazingly, the paragraph continues: "To the extent climate change
science, policy, technology, and other factors continue to advance, the Town will be able to apply new reductions toward reducing emissions on a
trajectory consistent with the 2040 target and the state's 2045 carbon neutrality goal in future CAP Element updates." In other words, we are kicking the
can down the road on achieving almost one-third of the emissions reductions needed to reach the 2040 goal. We should be adopting a CAP of sufficient
ambition that it can get us to the 2040 target based on what we know now. If between now and then, changes in policies, technologies or climate
science require the CAP to be revised, that can be done; but we should start with a plan that gets us to our target goal.
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