Announced in February, Austin’s new climate-protection plan aims, among many other things, to power 100% of Austin’s city facilities with renewable energy by 2012 and make all city facilities, fleets, and operations carbon-neutral by 2020. Click here to read the plan; click here to read Chronicle coverage.

This article appears in July 13 • 2007.

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