Supervisors approve climate action plan, set renewable energy target

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a Climate Action Plan with a 90 percent renewable energy target for unincorporated areas of San Diego County by 2030.

The plan includes 26 items that range from reducing the number of miles traveled in county vehicles to acquiring conservation land and installing solar panels on existing homes. The plan covers the region’s unincorporated areas that are home to some 492,500 people, as well as county government operations.

The county’s initial plan approved in 2012 was challenged in a lawsuit by the local Sierra Club chapter, ci...