City of Ithaca is NY's 17th Certified CSC
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City of Ithaca Achieves Designation as New York's 17th Certified Climate Smart Community |
Yesterday New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recognized the city of Ithaca as New York’s 17th local government to be designated a Certified Climate Smart Community. (Click here for the full press release.) Launched in 2014, the Climate Smart Communities Certification Program recognizes local governments that have taken action to reduce emissions and protect their communities from a changing climate. At an event at a state-funded new electric vehicle charging station at the Cayuga Street Parking Garage in Ithaca, DEC Executive Deputy Commissioner Kenneth Lynch and Regional Director Matthew Marko congratulated Svante Myrick, mayor of the City of Ithaca, and presented him with street signs highlighting the city’s achievement of certification. |