Meeting via Video Conference
Climate Change Mitigation
We are following the lead of the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 which sets goals for reducing greenhouse gasses. In 2019 the committee adopted as working goals the limits below. These became the official Massachusetts goals in 2021.
Year | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 |
Target (% of 1990 levels) | -25% | -50% | -75% | net-zero |
The town adopted greenhouse gas reduction as a goal at the 2020 Annual Town Meeting, accepting net zero emissions by 2050.
We are reducing the greenhouse gasses produced by Wellfleet by:
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- We have installed solar panels at the capped landfill to produce energy for the Town of Wellfleet and the Nauset Regional School District.
- Understanding greenhouse gas emissions produced in Wellfleet as part of our effort for the Global Covenant of Mayors
- We participated, in 2018, with Eastham, Truro, and Provincetown in “Outer Cape Energize“, a public outreach and education program to a) conserve energy, install solar on homes and businesses, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We are trying to rerun this program with other outer cape towns.
In 2022, a set of three workshops on this topic were sponsored by Am Hayam. The videos of the first two sessions showing the committee’s approach to public outreach is available in the following videos. A video of the final session will be added soon.
Session 1A https://vimeo.com/714153681 Household Electrification
Session 1B https://vimeo.com/716185101 CLC Conservation
Session 2 https://vimeo.com/721011804 Electric Cars
Climate Change Adaptation
We are planning for and responding to the inevitable flooding due to storm surges and sea-level rise by:
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- Working with the Cape Cod Commission on a vulnerabilities assessment grant. We will be holding stakeholder meetings in December 2021.