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Did Keisha Lance Bottoms advance Atlanta's 100% clean energy by 2035 plan?

Matches stated direction. The city adopted the Clean Energy Atlanta plan in 2019 with an advisory board, but the 2035 goal predates her, and the plan says her office proposed moving it to 2050.

Keisha Lance Bottoms

Atlanta's clean energy plan

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her campaign says she advanced Clean Energy Atlanta, a plan for 100% clean energy by 2035, and set up a Clean Energy Advisory Board.

“Advanced Clean Energy Atlanta, a citywide vision for a 100% clean energy future by 2035, and established a Clean Energy Advisory Board”

What the record shows ·

The city adopted the Clean Energy Atlanta plan in March 2019. It includes a letter from her and says the city will form an advisory board. The mayor's sustainability office lists board meetings from March 18, 2021.

Limit: The 100% by 2035 goal came from a council resolution on May 1, 2017, before she took office. The plan itself says her office recommended moving the citywide target to 2050.

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  1. Keisha for Governor, track record: environment and healthhttps://www.keishaforgovernor.com/issues/small-business

    Keisha for Governor · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    Captured 2026-09-23. The detail page behind the environment item on her track record page. The site files it at /issues/small-business.

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  2. Clean Energy Atlanta, the planhttps://www.100atl.com/cleanenergyatlanta

    City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Says the city adopted Clean Energy Atlanta in March 2019, and that a May 1, 2017 council resolution set the 100% clean energy goal and told the mayor's office to write the plan.

    official office record

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  3. Clean Energy Atlanta: A Vision for a 100% Clean Energy Future (document)

    City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Resilience · Published Feb 13, 2019 · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    The plan, linked from the sustainability office's site. Opens with a letter from Mayor Bottoms, recommends that the city form an advisory board, and recommends moving the citywide 100% target from 2035 to 2050. sha256 dc05bd2081db.

    official office record

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  4. Climate Resilience Advisory Boardhttps://www.100atl.com/advisory-board

    City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience · Reviewed Sep 25, 2026

    Says the board grew out of the Clean Energy Advisory Board. Lists meetings from March 18, 2021.

    official office record

    For: Did Keisha Lance Bottoms advance Atlanta's 100% clean energy by 2035 plan?