B.C. Makes Climate Change the Law!

 

Well here it is another case where we see governments either city, local, provincial, or regional make it’s stance on climate change legislation before federal our federal government. Its seems that beautiful British Columbia is making another addition to climate change legislation by making their climate change targets part of the law.The B.C. government is expected to unveil legislation outlining its ambitious climate-change agenda, setting into law the targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions in the years 2020 and 2050. In addition to this, Premier Gordon Campbell’s unveiled a plan to shrink the government’s own carbon footprint. Under this plan, B.C. Hydro will hire 20 energy police to help the provincial government cut power use in all government buildings, from schools and hospitals to the smallest service posts. B.C.’s public sector is planned to be carbon-neutral by 2010, and will include retrofitting the government’s 6,500 buildings with items such as low-wattage light bulbs and more efficient heating and cooling systems.In addition to this, the “big picture plan” the energy program is expected to eventually save 342 gigawatt hours of electricity annually, which amounts to 756,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases by 2020. The province will need to cut more than 40 million tonnes of emissions to meet its 2020 targets. But what about the 2050 targets? Well, unfortunately the proposed legislation to set out long-term targets of 2050, have not yet been set out. I am sure the success of the 2020 targets will greatly impact the 2050 targets for better or worse.Now, when looking at B.C. its clear that they are taking a slightly different approach than other government bodies. Instead of pushing it upon the general public to make the change, they are making changes to government bodies and buildings first. It could be argued that they are trying to set a standard and leading by example, with hopes that the public will naturally adopt the same strategies. An interesting way to start the movement and I also think this a great way to get the message across. People look to their leaders for the change, if they are ACTUALLY leading the way to sustainability and a greener life, then the public should follow suit. It will be interesting to see what happens in the future B.C. province. Click here for the full article

Keep it Green,

Paul         

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