Clark County climate coalition to meet Aug. 5

The Clark County Climate Project Environmental Justice Coalition will meet at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, in Room 698 of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver. The meeting also can be viewed online, with virtual meeting log-on information available at clark.wa.gov/community-planning/environmental-justice-coalition.

The Environmental Justice Coalition (EJC) consists of 15 community based organizations. The group is helping the county meet the public engagement and environmental justice requirements of the state of Washington’s new Climate Change Planning legislation, in which the county is now required to add a “climate element” to its comprehensive plan. The legislation emphasizes that planning and policy decisions related to climate change do not impact us all in the same way. The EJC is one of three advisory groups supporting the county’s climate project.