‘Good, but not good enough’: San Antonio behind on 2030 emissions target
When tackling climate change, city officials say San Antonio needs to be more aggressive.
At its current pace of reduction, the city will not hit the 2030 target. Given San Antonio’s projected population growth, fuel efficiency and transition to renewable energy, the city’s 2030 emissions will be at 14.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gas. That’s a decrease of 13.7 percent instead of 38 percent — the goal — between 2021 and 2030.
While the city saw a nearly 3.5 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions between 2019 and 2021, it will need to see about a 5 percent decrease every year for the next seven years in order to meet its target by 2030, according to a recent report from the Office of Sustainability. Melnick updated the committee — made up of five council members and chaired by Ana Sandoval of District 7 — on the city’s climate action and adaptation plan on Thursday.
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