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CAP Case #14: State of California
Jurisdiction: State of California Plan Year: 2006 Update Years: 2014 Scoping Plan updated which define ARB’s climate change priorities for the next five years and lay the groundwork to reach long-term goals. It also highlights progress toward meeting the near-term 2020 GHG emission reduction goals. Background: California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions program represents the first multi-sector cap-and-trade program in […]
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CAP Case #13: Washington State
Open configuration options Jurisdiction: Washington State Plan Year: 2008 Update Year: 2010 Progress Report Years: 2010, 2012 Background: In 2007, Governor Christine Gregoire signed Executive Order 07-02, which states that Washington must reduce emissions to: 1990 levels by 2020 25% below 1990 levels by 2035 50% below 1990 levels by 2050 In 2008, Washington State Department of Ecology and […]
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CAP Case #12: Oregon State
Jurisdiction: Oregon State Plan Year: 2004 Progress Report Years: 2013, 2011, 2009 Background: In 2010, the Oregon Global Warming Commission (OGWC) drafted the “Roadmap to 2020,” which included recommendations for how the state could meet its 2020 and 2050 greenhouse gas reduction goals set by the Oregon Legislature in 2007. The Roadmap to 2020 includes a “Materials Management […]
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CAP Case #11: Kansas City, MO
Open configuration options Jurisdiction: Kansas City, Missouri Plan Year: 2008 Background: In August 2006, Kansas City’s Mayor and City Council, City Manager, and Chief Environmental Officer decided to develop a communitywide climate protection plan. By October 2006, the Mayor had appointed an 11-member Steering Committee to oversee the planning process. Other stakeholders included local businesses, Mid-America Regional […]
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CAP Case #10: Fort Collins, CO
Open configuration options Jurisdiction: Fort Collins, CO Plan Year: 2008 Progress Report Year: 2013, 2012 Background: Fort Collins updated its 2001 Climate Action Plan in December 2008, adopting GHG emissions targets of 20% reduction by 2020 and 80% reduction by 2050, compared to 2005 levels. In 2014, the city issued a resolution to consider developing a new, more […]
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CAP Case #9: Vancouver, British Columbia
Jurisdiction: City of Vancouver, British Columbia Plan Year: 2009 Update Year: 2013-14, 2012-13, 2011-12 Progress Report Year: (Included in Updates) Background: In 2009, Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Greenest City Action Team published “Vancouver 2020: A Bright Green Future,” which used best practices from green cities around the world to develop the goals and targets for Vancouver to meet in order […]
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CAP Case #8: City of Shoreline, WA
Jurisdiction: City of Shoreline, WA Plan Year: 2013 Background: In 2008, City of Shoreline staff developed an Environmental Sustainability Strategy, based on the City Council’s goal to “create an environmentally sustainable community.” The City’s interdepartmental Green Team completed 42 of the 50 Sustainability Strategy recommendations by 2012. That same year, Shoreline began tracking the progress of City […]
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CAP Case #7: King County, WA
Jurisdiction: King County, WA Plan Year: 2012 Progress Report Year: 2013 Background: King County’s 2012 Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP) was created as a result of a King County Council ordinance requiring the King County Executive to develop a CAP using the County’s 2010-2014 Strategic Plan as a framework. The SCAP, which was developed collaboratively by the King […]
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CAP Case #6: City of Seattle, WA
Jurisdiction: City of Seattle, WA Plan Year: 2013 Background: Seattle outlines its history as a leader in climate protection, from being the first U.S. city to adopt a green building goal for all new municipal facilities in 2000, to the Mayor’s Climate Protection Initiative launched by Mayor Greg Nickels in 2001, to being one of the first […]
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CAP Case #5: City of Eugene, OR
Jurisdiction: City of Eugene, Oregon Plan Year: 2010 Progress Report Year: 2013 Background: Eugene’s City Council unanimously voted to develop a Community and Energy Action Plan (CEAP) in 2008, under which all city operations and facilities would achieve carbon-neutrality by 2020. The CEAP advisory team was assembled in May 2009 and was composed of 11 community […]
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