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Following the seven mid-term goals are examples of longer -term, deep decarbonization initiatives St. Louis Park <br />must begin to plan for in the next five to ten years in order to address the remaining 38%of emissions. The city <br />is encouraged to begin long-range planning for the following Advanced Strategies: <br />A. Identify opportunities for thermal energy grids <br />B. Explore opportunities for combined heat and power <br />C. Anaerobic digesters for waste heat and compressed natural gas <br />D. Fuel switching <br />E. Carbon offsets <br />F. Emerging technologies <br />G. Scope 3 emissions <br />The CAP concludes with recommendations for how city operations can be improved to help reach carbon <br />neutrality by 2040. While these operations only account for a small portion of overall carbon outputs, city <br />leaders serve as visible examples to demonstrate that achieving these goals is possible. <br />