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Montgomery County, PA

P.O. Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404-0311
Courthouse Hours: 8:30a.m. to 4:15p.m.
Phone: 610-278-3000
Website: www.montcopa.org

 
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Montgomery County Greenhouse Gas Reduction Project
The Montgomery County Commissioners adopted a climate change action plan on December 6, 2007.  The report, Greenprint for Montgomery County: Climate Change Action Plan, presents a recommended set of actions intended to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions within the county.  The plan is being implemented through the Advisory Committee on Climate Change, which was formed by the Montgomery County Commissioners on December 20, 2007.  
 
Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, are created naturally and by human factors such as automobile emissions, tree loss, and energy consumption.  Once created, these gases combine with water vapor to trap the sun’s energy in our atmosphere and increase average temperatures throughout the globe.  This results in a number of environmental problems including sea level change, increased flood severity, changing crop productivity patterns, melting ice caps, and changes in animal and plant ranges.  Reducing these emissions may reduce these problems.
 
The plan, developed by the Montgomery County Greenhouse Gas Reduction Task Force, recognizes that actions to minimize greenhouse gas emissions will provide other significant benefits including increased energy independence, traffic congestion reduction, open space protection and farmland preservation, smart growth and the revitalization of our older communities, economic development opportunities and, in many cases, cost savings through energy conservation.   
 
Though greenhouse gas reduction is a global issue, the county can do its part through various initiatives.  Reducing greenhouse gases also dovetails with other county programs and initiatives including open space preservation, support of public transit, and revitalization of our older towns.  The county may achieve other land use and energy reduction benefits at the same time green house gases are reduced.
 
 

Montgomery County Climate Change Action Plan

Advisory Committee on Climate Change

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