A week after West Lafayette High School students led a climate strike march to city offices, pressing Mayor John Dennis for local action on what they called a crisis situation of global proportions, the city put itself on the clock Monday with an intention to reduce its carbon emissions by 20 percent every four years.
In a non-binding resolution, similar in aim and tone to ones passed in a handful of Indiana cities, West Lafayette City Council members said they were on board with groups of high school and Purdue University students who had been pushing for a city statement and commitment on climate change.
The vote was unanimous.
