Environment and Climate - The Roanoke Rambler

Roanoke Council Moves To Fold Climate Change Action Into City's Master Plan

City Council disagreed whether to adopt the plan sooner as a standalone or to formally incorporate it later into the city’s master plan.

One-third of Americans cited climate change as a reason to move, per a recent survey. Some who do are choosing Roanoke.

You will need your snow shovels again. But some things, especially warm summer nights, are noticeably changing in Roanoke’s climate.

Roanoke's tree canopy coverage was at 26 percent in 2019, down from 48 percent at the beginning of the decade.

The climate action plan says the community must cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2032.

“There’s a lot of lessons to be learned here and we stand ready to be accountable for our part in it,” a city official said.

A pandemic, plastic bag fee and recent retirement have contributed to a delay in revising Roanoke's master climate plan.

A plastic bag fee that went into effect this year is one of the ways Roanoke City is trying to reduce plastic waste.

Funding for low-income home repairs may be harder to come by if Virginia pulls out of regional carbon cap-and-trade market.