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While modeling suggests the plan will allow Louisiana to achieve its net-zero goal, simply having a plan isn’t enough.
“The modeling, it's not a definitive prediction of our future, right? We have to work to make that real,” said Allison DeJong, the planner with Baton Rouge-based Water Institute of the Gulf.
DeJong led the use of a nationally- recognized model to guide the task force. Last fall, the model showed that the draft climate action plan didn't go far enough, requiring a faster transition to clean energy and an electrified industry.
“There are many other ways in which our future might look different than that graph that’s in the plan, and so we need to act aggressively to make sure that we're locking in as many emissions reductions as soon as we can,” DeJong said. More here.