ishotjr ✨💙✨💗✨#AnnArbor folks, come find @AHA at #GreenFair! Look for booth 110 on the corner of Liberty and Main, right next to our friends #MakerWorks and across from the #A2ZERO clothing swap! 🤘♻️🤘
Michelle HughesDr Stults says that this isn't just strong-arming DTE. We're gonna consult the entire marketplace to get us the best possible way to further our #A2Zero goals. #A2Council
David Ano#AnnArbor still wants to gradually phase out burning #naturalgas in buildings, even if #DTEEnergy remains committed to providing longterm gas service. As city officials weigh their legal options, including a gas ban for new buildings that #DTE opposes, they’re now seeking to negotiate a new natural gas franchise agreement for Ann Arbor that would align w/ the city’s #carbonneutrality goals to incrementally transition to all-electric buildings.
Ed W8EMV 
Dr. Missy Stults re Climate Action Millage. About $7.4m in budget, funding starts 1 July 2023.
Plan:
Staff to administer funds and advance #A2ZERO
Rebates / incentives for renewables, electrification, efficiency, and bicycle purchases
• Specific amounts TBD
Supports transportation with expanding walking and biking infrastructure and lighting upgrades. ("20 miles of protected bike lanes in 5 years")
Budget for "circular economy", "sustainable food"
Matching grants expand $
I'm not an #AnnArbor resident, but I recently sent a letter to Ypsilanti officials. If you live in A2, PLEASE SIGN! If not, contact your local city or township officials.
"Ann Arbor residents have expressed support for #A2Zero Living #CarbonNeutrality Plan with a 20-year millage to fund it. The city has declared a climate emergency. We urge the city to ban #naturalgas connections in all new construction and substantially renovated or expanded buildings."
Ann Arbor residents have expressed support for the city’s A2Zero Living Carbon Neutrality Plan by approving a 20-year millage to fund it. The city has declared a climate emergency. As citizens of Ann Arbor, we urge the city to ban natural gas connections in all new construction and substantially renovated or expanded buildings.
PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW TO SIGN THIS PETITION AND FORWARD TO OTHERS TO SIGN.
#HeatPumps are now a key strategy of #AnnArbor’s #A2Zero plan to become #carbonneutral by 2030 to fight #climatechange. As the city considers a ban on #naturalgas for new buildings & aims to roll out more financial incentives for residents & businesses to ditch gas with renewable energy. Some trade unions & building industries argue the city’s plans are too ambitious, but climate activists & others who support the city’s sustainability goals still think it’s doable.
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/01/ann-arbor-wants-to-get-off-gas-to-help-save-the-planet-is-it-doable.html
#news
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2023/01/ann-arbor-wants-to-get-off-gas-to-help-save-the-planet-is-it-doable.html
#news
Caller me says please don't make it more convenient to own a car in TC-1 areas. We need to be okay with making it inconvenient to own a car, if we're going to make it to the #A2Zero goal of a 50% reduction in vehicle miles travelled by 2030. #A2Council
New buildings in #AnnArbor will not be allowed to install #naturalgas connections. That’s if a proposal from the city’s planning commission is approved.
By requiring new buildings to only have electric items, like appliances and #heating systems, the planning commission believes it will help the City of Ann Arbor reach its goal of #a2zero #carbonneutrality by 2030.
Rhymes with TurkeyCity of Ann Arbor is piloting returnable, reusable takeout containers in a few restaurants this month! Pictured: from El Harissa. #A2Zero
Woke up & searched the #a2council hashtag on Twitter to see if #a2zero passed -- people there seem uncertain what happened on that vote, even though they were watching. Doesn't seem encouraging.
Does anyone here know?