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The County will put on an Earth Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at the County Operations Center at 5520 Overland Ave. featuring planting activities at the County’s Demonstration Garden, electric fleet vehicles on display and information about numerous Earth-saving topics.
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County supervisors received an update Wednesday on their draft Regional Decarbonization Framework and its newest addition, a draft study of opportunities and challenges facing the local workforce resulting from climate action.
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Reducing carbon emissions to zero regionally can be done, according to a new academic report commissioned by the County. The reductions will require local governments and agencies to work together, and the County of San Diego is positioned to coordinate that effort, the report states.
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Recognizing things will change for workers in a decarbonized economy, the County of San Diego has undertaken a study to better understand how different policies may affect the region’s labor force and to identify tailored workforce development resources to adapt the skills of our region’s workers, including those from disadvantaged communities.
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The County of San Diego announced the development of a science-based approach to decarbonizing the region’s economy called the Regional Decarbonization Framework. Decarbonization, simply put, is about reducing the gases in the atmosphere that trap heat. The goal is to achieve a balance of the carbon cycle in nature.
