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Camas leaders dive into climate goals, hazard mitigation

City’s biggest climate risks include extreme heat, heavy precipitation, flooding and wildfires

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A city of Camas de-icing vehicle sprays de-icer along Northeast Sixth Avenue, near the Georgia-Pacific paper mill in downtown Camas, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, ahead of a winter storm expected to drop 2 to 4 inches of snow on the greater Vancouver area. Camas officials are digging into the city's carbon emissions and setting goals to mitigate future climate hazards, including heavy precipitation, flooding, wildfires and extreme heat. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

The Camas Planning Commission is diving into the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and seeking ways to mitigate future climate hazards in the region.

During their Oct. 15 meeting, the commissioners heard from Camas Development Director Alan Peters and consultants from WSP and Parametrix about work that has already gone into the City’s “Our Camas 2045” comprehensive planning under new state guidelines that, in 2023, amended Washington state’s Growth Management Act to include a climate goal and mandated that local jurisdictions include climate-change elements — including resiliency in the face of future climate-related weather events — to their comprehensive plans.

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