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<br /> She went on, So, drawing your boundaries and scopes as a community is a little bit different
<br /> because we don't have access to the data in the same way we would if it was our organization. It
<br /> is important to set your boundaries and scopes so you're not counting someone else's emissions
<br /> and you are being accurate on what you can and cannot control. So,the global protocol sort of lays
<br /> out where your sources could be in a community setting and whether they are scope one(1),direct,
<br /> scope two(2),electricity related,and then scope three(3),things outside of your control.For South
<br /> Bend, specifically, this was a good way to identify who our data partners were going to be. It is
<br /> important to think back to the value of an inventory because the why is very important on how you
<br /> pick your boundaries and scopes. So,what are the sources of the emissions that are relevant to our
<br /> community? Which activities do we think we can influence?
<br /> She continued, We wanted partnering data from NIPSCO, the Airport, South Shore, and Indiana
<br /> Michigan Power.We did calculate landfill even though we don't have any landfills in South Bend.
<br /> We tried to include a lot of these things to challenge ourselves in understanding where the data
<br /> comes from. All that partner data and all the data the City has is all entered into ClearPath where
<br /> those up to date protocols and factors from the rule book are then applied automatically. Here are
<br /> the results of the community inventory(referencing a slide in the presentation). It gives us an idea
<br /> of the sectors where reduction can make a big impact. You'll see that transportation is the biggest
<br /> sector at thirty-one (31%) percent and that is from passenger vehicles all the way up to truck,
<br /> freight and also includes planes and trains. That is the biggest source. That is a challenging area to
<br /> reduce but it is good to know where we need to be tackling. Commercial,industrial and residential
<br /> energy use are all about one fifth (1/5) and this includes both natural gas and electricity and any
<br /> other energy they might use. So, they are all about twenty percent (20%) in those three sectors of
<br /> our community. For example, Solid Waste is really low because we don't have any landfills within
<br /> City limits. Our water and waste water treatment are also very low because our treatment plant,
<br /> the processes they use are pretty efficient. Smaller communities tend to create more greenhouse
<br /> gases because they use less advanced treatment technologies.
<br /> She went on, What this means in total is the slices of that pie add up to 1.3 million metric tons of
<br /> carbon dioxide equivalencies. Of which, the City operation is about three percent (3%). So, other
<br /> businesses,if they did their inventory,it would be a much smaller fraction of South Bend's overall,
<br /> but because we have the honor of offering trash collection, waste water treatment and all the
<br /> services we do provide,ours is a little bit bigger than if you went over to 1' Source and asked them
<br /> to do a footprint. To put that into perspective a little bit more,that is about 7,000 rail cars worth of
<br /> coal, which, if those are unit trains, that is seventy (70) trains long worth of coal just for South
<br /> Bend. Or, 3 million barrels of oil. So, we've discussed the causes and impacts of climate change
<br /> in South Bend with these three (3) presentations, I hope everyone is proud of the work they did
<br /> because I am extraordinarily impressed with your passion, preparation and patience. It was a lot
<br /> of information, not all of it was positive but I hope it was empowering because now that we have
<br /> this information, when we reconvene next week, we can really focus on solutions. Thank you.
<br /> Co-Committee Chair Teshka stated, In the interest of time, we have decided to forego Committee
<br /> and Council Member Q&A and open the floor to comment from members of the public.
<br /> Mae Sollmann, 1626 South Wood Avenue, stated, I•'m in fifth (5th) grade at Good Sheppard
<br /> Montessori School. I've lived in South Bend since I was four (4) years old and one (1) of my
<br /> favorite things to do was to play outside. It still is to this day. But,because of climate change, our
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