Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey made a lot of claims in his budget address Tuesday morning.
11 Investigates went over his entire speech and discovered that some of the claims were accurate but others were not.
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“When I took office we still purchased 100% of our energy from polluting sources. Last year for the first time we changed that,” Gainey said.
That is not true. While Gainey did purchase energy from a wind farm, the previous administration had already met the goal of purchasing 100% renewable energy.
In fact, according to a news release from the Pa Environment Digest and multiple former city employees, the city under Mayor Bill Peduto met its goal of 100% renewable electricity in 2020, 10 years earlier than initially predicted.
Peduto even received the Mayor’s Climate Protection award for his efforts.