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Environmental Impacts of the Proposed Changes to the Original Project Addendum to the City of Pleasanton Downtown Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report 35 Paleontological Resources Impacts would be less than significant, similar to the Final EIR, and no significant new or substantially increased paleontological resources impacts would occur compared to those identified in the Final EIR. Human Remains Impacts would be less than significant, similar to the Final EIR, and no significant new or substantially increased impacts to human remains would occur compared to those identified in the Final EIR. 5.5 Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts Identified in the Certified Final EIR Greenhouse Gas Emissions The Final EIR determined that development facilitated by the DSP would directly or indirectly generate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that would have a significant impact on the environment, and impacts would be significant and unavoidable. The Final EIR concludes that construction emissions associated with buildout of the DSP would result in less than significant impacts as the air district for the project region, BAAQMD, has not established thresholds for construction-related GHG emissions. However, operation of development facilitated by the DSP would generate GHG emissions associated with vehicle trips, natural gas and electricity use, waste and wastewater generation, and landscaping activities. The DSP would comply with statewide GHG emissions reduction goals and include mitigation to reduce GHG emissions, and the Final DSP EIR includes Mitigation Measure GHG-1, which aims to reduce GHG emissions associated with new development. However, development facilitated by the DSP would generate GHG emissions that would exceed the efficiency threshold that would indicate “substantial progress” toward the emissions reduction target of Executive Order S-3-05, and impacts would be significant and unavoidable. Similarly, although the DSP would not conflict with the City’s Climate Action Plan, DSP would conflict with state plans to reduce GHG emissions because it would result in GHG emissions that exceed the efficiency threshold and impacts would be significant and unavoidable. Energy The Final EIR determined that development facilitated by the DSP would not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy during project construction or operation. Although the DSP would result in a net increase in energy consumption, the DSP includes several policies related to encouraging alternative transit, supporting sustainable land use patterns, and encouraging energy efficiency, and these policies would decrease the demand for energy on a per capita and per service population basis. Impacts would be less than significant. The Final EIR also determined that the DSP would not conflict with the California Building Code (CBC) Energy Efficiency Standards, state vehicle GHG emissions reductions targets, or other applicable energy conservation regulations, and impacts would be less than significant.