21-0337

Thu, 23 May 2024 16:24:09 GMT

File #: 21-0337
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Type: Committee Minutes
Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 2/17/2021
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21-0266

Thu, 23 May 2024 16:24:09 GMT

File #: 21-0266
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Type: Resolution
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTION OF THE CLEAN ENERGY FRAMEWORK WHEREAS, over one hundred years ago, visionary leaders had the foresight to create the Forest Preserves of Cook County (the “Forest Preserves”) with the mission “to acquire, restore and manage lands for the purpose of protecting and preserving public open space”; and WHEREAS, Illinois has experienced a one-degree Fahrenheit increase in average annual temperature since the beginning of the 21st Century; and WHEREAS, recent climate projections published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other scientific organizations, predict that if global emissions of greenhouse gases continue to rise, historically unprecedented warming is anticipated in the Midwest region in the next few decades; and WHEREAS, along with a projected rise in annual temperatures, studies also project that the Midwest region likely will experience increased events of extreme precipitation during winter and spring, and intense summer droughts, stronger storms, more street and basement flooding and combined sewer ov
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Forest Preserve District of Cook County - Meeting of Environment and Sustainability Committee on 6/22/2021 at 9:30 AM

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