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As deadlines set in the Climate Action and Resilience Plan approach, some advocates are questioning whether Evanston is allocating enough funding and resources to the Office of Sustainability.
CARP plans for carbon neutrality by 2050, but it also sets smaller, more specific benchmarks to ensure Evanston stays on track over the next few decades.
Some of these goals are quickly approaching. By 2025, CARP aims for all vehicle fleets operating in Evanston, including school buses, to transition to 50 percent electric vehicles.
It also aims for the city to divert 50 percent of waste out of landfills from 2017 levels through increased recycling, reuse and composting, and for 75 percent of Evanston electricity to be supplied by renewables by 2025.
EvanstonIllinoisUnited-statesChicagoSebastian-nallsDaniel-bissEvan-robinson-johnsonJonathan-nieuwsmaWilliam-clarkKumar-jensenJoel-freemanCity-councilEnvironmental organizations on campus have spent the COVID-19 pandemic spearheading several sustainability initiatives, including a focus on single-use plastics.
CalPIRG’s Plastic-Free Seas campaign began in the fall of 2019 to push UC Berkeley to take action on the global ecological, health and environmental damage caused by single-use plastic, according to a CalPIRG press release. Spearheaded by Nicole Haynes, then CalPIRG chapter chair for UC Berkeley and Plastic-Free Seas coordinator, the campaign garnered campuswide support from organizations including campus dining halls, independent cafes and campus retailers.
The Plastic-Free Seas campaign also gained support from various campus environmental organizations, according to Kira Stoll, the chief sustainability and carbon solutions officer in UC Berkeley’s Office of Sustainability.
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