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The Northeast Regional Capacity Center (RCC), which also services the Mid-Atlantic Region, has a very active network of local governments. Besides regular meetings and conference calls, ICLEI is working closely with jurisdictions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to provide resources and assistance for completing baseline emissions inventories and local action plans. ICLEI conducts specific training sessions in the region, which in the past have included eco-purchasing, ENERGY STAR, and urban heat island mitigation. The RCC in Boston, Massachusetts, works with local governments to implement these action plans and other local climate protection initiatives throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Please see below for more information on climate protection activity and resources in the region.

Updates

Submit Your Inventory and Action Plan
Have you completed your inventory or action plan? Share it with ICLEI! We’re compiling these resources so local governments can learn from one another. To submit your inventory or action plan, e-mail Missy Stults, Senior Program Officer, or call her at (617) 635-3853.

Wanted: Clean Energy Resources
Please consider sharing sample ordinances, zoning language, RFPs, or any other clean energy resources with ICLEI, as we work to compile them as a resource for all local governments. To submit any resource, e-mail Courtney Forrester, Program Associate, or call her at (617) 850-9048.

Transportation and Climate Change Project
On June 10, this ICLEI-led group of 20 regional local governments held a summit titled “The Future of Transportation: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions along the Connecticut River Corridor.” View a video of the summit, or learn more about this project.

New Funding Opportunity
Environmental Community Grant Program for Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire

ICLEI serves the following states in the Northeast: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.

And the Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.

Thank you also to Westchester County, New York, Executive Andrew Spano for representing the region on the ICLEI USA Board of Directors.

Read about ICLEI's regional initiatives and state networks