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Mayor Bruce Harrell signed an Earth Day Executive Order directing departments to develop new Climate Action Plan with a focus on building resilience, growing a green economy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. This will be the first update to the Climate Action Plan since it was released in 2013. The Executive Order also includes near- and medium-term actions to reduce emissions from the transportation sector, which is responsible for 58% of the city’s core emissions and growing according to the 2022 Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

Speakers and attendees include:

Mayor Bruce Harrell, City of Seattle

Jessyn Farrell, Deputy Mayor, City of Seattle

Lylianna Allala, Interim Deputy Director, Office of Sustainability & Environment

Emily Kelly, Director, Mini Mart City Park

Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Seattle City Councilmember, Position 8

Adiam Emery, Interim Director, Seattle Department of Transportation

Kirk Hovenkotter, Executive Director, Transportation Choices Coalition

Emily Pinckney, Chair, Seattle Green New Deal Oversight Board