Winter 2025 EcoAdvocate
FEBRUARY 2025 | THE ECOADVOCATECounty Board to Adopt A Climate Action ResolutionPlease join EcoAction Arlington in thanking the County Board for advancing a Climate Resolution to start the new year …
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November 2024 EcoAdvocate
November 2024 NEWSLETTER Please let the County Board know that you want to see a robust building decarbonization program that will reduce energy use and phase out fossil fuels for …
Let’s Make the FY2025 Budget a Climate Budget
EcoAction Arlington is urging the County Board to leverage its budget decisions to accelerate County efforts to achieve its carbon neutrality goal.
Let’s Make 2024 the Year of Climate Action in Arlington
The County Board started the year on a positive note, advancing the transition of ART buses from polluting fossil-gas buses to zero emission battery electric buses with an agreement to …
Support Climate-Friendly, Healthy Schools
EcoAction Arlington, Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions Arlington Hub, and the Sierra Club Potomac River Group have recently sent two joint letters to the Arlington School Board and the APS Superintendent asking for firm commitments to carbon neutrality, including making ACC all electric for key systems, to protect our children’s future and to offer inspiration and experiential learning for students who may one day work in green economy jobs.
Weigh in on Arlington’s Ten-Year Capital Improvement Plan
Arlington County needs to do more to meet the challenges of the rapidly unfolding climate crisis.
Building Electrification Key to County’s Carbon Neutrality Goal
With buildings accounting for about 60 percent of Arlington’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, electrification–elimination of onsite combustion of fossil fuels, primarily natural gas–in homes and commercial and residential buildings is …