Ithaca, N.Y., will require that 50% of the money spent on its energy transition and on major infrastructure projects is directed toward those residents most at risk from climate change.
Five years after setting some of the most ambitious climate targets in the nation, Ithaca, N.Y., is hoping to set a new standard. The city council unanimously voted this week to require that half the funding spent on its energy transition and on major infrastructure investments go toward those residents most at risk from climate change.
"It's impossible to separate economic and social injustice from the impacts of climate change," said Ithaca mayor Robert Cantelmo in an interview just after the council voted unanimously to adopt the new framework, called Justice50. The legislation, he said, is an attempt to right the city's history of putting poorer communities in the path of more pollution and environmental disinvestment.
"It really is literally putting our money where our mouths are," Evans said."It's a way for the city to say that, yes, we care about climate justice. But we also care about justice more broadly. And we want to have a city where people have equal access to resources."Ithaca's city council unanimously approved the Justice50 framework on May 1, 2024.
"Local guardrails are no substitute for federal guardrails, but they are really important nevertheless," Callahan said.
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