Climate
Bold climate action now.

Committing to new standards for building management, green transportation, product sourcing, waste management, environmental restoration, education, and governmental accountability to meet ambitious and time-bound carbon neutrality goals.
Potential actions include:
– Commit to leadership on climate action and adaptation
– Conduct a carbon emissions audit
– Make all County-owned facilities carbon neutral through reducing emissions or offsets
– Reduce County fossil fuel usage by 50% compared to 2010 by 2030
– Achieve carbon neutrality for San Juan County by 2050
– Minimize carbon emissions from buildings through new management standards
– Expand solar electricity generation on county buildings
– Prohibit County from purchasing automobiles from companies supporting repeal of clean air act and climate rules
– Support and incentivize electric rideshare programs by 2022
– Establish commercial composting facilities on Lopez, Orcas, and San Juan by 2025
2- Plant ½ mile of buffers on county-owned properties annually with trees and shrubs to restore stream corridors, wetlands, and ponds
– Provide at least 12 new electric vehicle charging stations throughout the county by 2022
– Prioritize, fund, and build a countywide trail and bikeway network, with at least 5 new miles built by 2023
– Support public funding for rebated upfront costs of electric vehicles with by 2023
– Update energy code by 2023 to require highest reasonable residential and commercial energy efficiency operations
– Update Health Department rules for water use requiring monitoring of consumption
– Prohibit brush burning as soon as composting is operational or by 2025
– Provide education and outreach to achieve compliance