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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”

Source: Keisha for Governor

What the record shows · Mar 18, 2021

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.

Sources: City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience, City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Resilience, City of Atlanta, Mayor's Office of Sustainability and Resilience

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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