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13 <br /> Local Clean energy and GHG reduction targets <br /> Government <br /> Town of Boone In the spring of 2023, Boone passed a Community Climate Action Plan (CCAP). <br /> The CCAP goals include reducing Boone's municipal GHG emissions by 74%and <br /> reducing the community's GHG emissions by 54% by 2030.As of February <br /> 2022, Boone reduced its municipal GHG emissions by 50% by purchasing all <br /> the electricity for municipal operations is from 100% renewable sources. <br /> Town of Adopted a resolution in 2017 establishing a transition from fossil fuel-powered <br /> Hillsborough operations to 100%clean and renewable energy by December 31, 2050, or <br /> sooner, and 80% clean and renewable energy by 2030. <br /> Orange County Adopted a resolution in 2017 to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050 <br /> and a resolution to proportionally uphold the Paris Climate Agreement to <br /> reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 26 and 28 percent by 2025 from <br /> 2005 levels. Orange County's Climate Action Plan, adopted in November 2023, <br /> further committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and <br /> 100% by 2050. <br /> City of Raleigh Adopted a goal in 2019 of reducing community GHG emissions by 80% by <br /> 2050. In 2021, the City released Raleigh's Community Climate Action Plan <br /> (CCAP),which prioritized strategies in the areas of buildings and energy, <br /> transportation and land use, and resilience and cross-cutting to meet GHG <br /> reduction, social advancement, and resilience goals.The Office of <br /> Sustainability has since reported on climate action progress to the Raleigh City <br /> Council and in its CCAP implementation report and online CCAP data <br /> dashboard. In addition,the City's Comprehensive Plan and Strategic Plan <br /> include policies and goals that focus on GHG reductions, the use of alternative <br /> and renewable energy, improved energy efficiency, community benefits and <br /> resilience, and enhanced energy security. <br /> City of Adopted a resolution in 2009 to reduce GHG emissions from municipal <br /> Wilmington operations 58% by 2050, and in 2021 adopted a Clean Energy resolution to <br /> transition from fossil-fueled municipal operations to 50%clean energy by 2035 <br /> and 100% by 2050. <br /> 11 <br />