“You don’t need a plan to tell you that you help the environment if you walk more, if you bike more, catch the bus more,” Kagawa said. “If the federal government is working on it, let them do it.”

IF the federal government is working on it? Where has Mr. Kagawa been since January? The federal government is now under almost complete control by climate change deniers.  His disengenuous excuse for turning down a sizeable pot of free money to help the county focus on the local impacts of climate change is difficult to understand. Based on the quote above, he doesn't understand it much himself.