Artificial intelligence became a hot topic for the Lawrence sustainability advisory board Thursday, as members explored environmental goals they’d like to pitch to the city commission and how the city could actually implement them.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
The resounding sentiment from public commenters and board members at Thursday’s sustainability advisory board meeting was that Lawrence needs to be thinking about the environment at every possible level.
Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
Members of Lawrence’s sustainability advisory board are compiling environmental policy proposals to share with city commissioners, and they’re asking for community members to put in their two cents.
Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
Lawrence’s environmental advisory board members hope to draw a crowd next month as they decide which sustainability recommendations to put before the city commission.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence’s Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board will ask city commissioners to beef up the sustainability department’s budget in 2027 after its operating budget was slashed 89% from 2025 to 2026.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
A Lawrence advisory board and the mayor negotiated a vision for city sustainability initiatives Thursday as board members pushed for an energy benchmarking policy and a clean energy ordinance.
The Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board will ask the Lawrence City Commission to revise a renewable energy ordinance that city staff members want to instead repeal and replace with a climate neutrality resolution.
City of Lawrence staff will recommend commissioners repeal a 2020 renewable energy ordinance and instate a resolution aimed at attaining climate neutrality by 2050.
Two City of Lawrence advisory boards will consider asking the commission to replace a 2020 ordinance aiming to transition to full renewable energy use by 2035 with a new resolution aiming for climate neutrality by 2050.
Members of two Lawrence advisory boards will soon put their heads together to evaluate whether the city’s renewable energy goals are realistic, and how they line up with overarching sustainability plans for the county.
