The city of Tucson plans for its operations to be carbon neutral by 2030--with a broader goal for community-wide carbon neutrality by the year 2045. More on the plan our local government is hoping will take us there .
TUCSON, Ariz. — After 14 months of planning and public meetings, the City of Tucson approved the Tucson Climate and Adaptation Plan on Tuesday. The city aims to be carbon neutral from city operations by 2030 and then community wide by 2045.
Mayor Regina Romero said the plan looks at several different areas of the city, from using more sustainable building materials to solar street lights. "We started working immediately after September 2020 with an electric vehicle readiness roadmap," she said."We've already passed code changes so that every residential, construction, retail, commercial or any type of development now is going to be EV ready.""The new budget starts in July," he said.
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