CAP Information to be presented to the Planning Commission
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On Tuesday, August 28, Winters Environmental Services Director Carol Scianna will present an update to the Winters Planning Commission on the Climate Action Plan.The City encourages all citizens that are interested to come hear the discussion.

Ms. Scianna's presentation will cover the results of the Greenhouse Gas Emission study performed by grad students at UCD, which includes total number for various emissions and information on how much gases we produce, and how we track these numbers.

The study is an inventory for the 2005 baseline, which the City will use to reduce emissions going forward, to achieve the goals of Assembly Bill 32.

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The text of the staff report:

The first phase of the CAP is now underway - to do a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory .
Why is this important? You can't manage what you don't measure!

We can already see that in our area, the vast majority of greenhouse gasses are caused by transportation.

We are assessing:

1) Energy Consumption
2) Leaked refrigerants, suppressants and other gasses.
3) Biogenic processes
4) Biochemical processes.

Welcome to our blog

Welcome to the Winters Climate Action Plan blog.
This site explains the city's plans for reducing greenhouse emissions
and seeks public input. 

California law AB 32 requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop regulations and market mechanisms to reduce California's greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, representing a 25% reduction statewide.

The process for the City of Winters includes these steps:

1) Inventory current emissions, to create a baseline for change.
2) Propose changes
3) Evaluate results

Look for more details in future posts.