St. Louis Selected for $70M Bloomberg Climate Challenge Program
Date Posted: October 30, 2018
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From St. Louis Business Journal: St. Louis is among 20 cities selected for the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge, a national initiative to tackle climate change and promote sustainability.
The $70 million program, which is part of Bloomberg Philanthropies, will give each city access to a suite of more than $200 million in investments to strengthen city halls and advance critical policies, officials said.
“We know that 97 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions community-wide come from the building and transportation sectors,” Mayor Lyda Krewson said in a statement. “The resources associated with this climate challenge grant are a game-changer.”
The two-year program will provide in-person technical assistance and support for items like developing and executing a comprehensive solar action strategy for the city, conducting electric vehicle analyses and outreach to accelerate availability of electric vehicle infrastructure and use of electric vehicles, and leveraging the energy usage information and data reporting associated with the city’s energy benchmarking program, officials said.