What do you want to see in BCs climate plan
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- Published on Friday, 01 April 2016 16:30
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Tell BC what climate leadership really means
Hi PAOV,
For too long, British Columbia has been ignoring its commitments to fight climate change. The government’s “Climate Leadership Team” recently found the province will miss its legislated 2020 targets.
In late 2015, the team recommended that the government continue to delay action by promising to cut emissions 40 per cent by 2030 and restarting increases to the carbon tax in 2018.
Now, the government is asking for public input regarding this bare-minimum climate policy.
BC doesn’t need to throw its goals to the wind. Instead of spending billions on unnecessary make-work projects like the Site C dam and Metro Vancouver’s Massey Bridge, it could invest in public transit and retrofits to make buildings more energy efficient. It could abandon its plans for an LNG industry that would cook the climate. That would be a real vision for climate leadership.
Barring an epiphany at the highest levels, the government should AT LEAST accept its own team’s climate recommendations. For every decade BC puts off emissions reductions, it costs 40 per cent more to get on track to ensure a safe climate.
We have until March 25, 2016 to tell the Premier we want a REAL climate plan.
Please write a letter telling BC to re-commit to meeting its 2020 targets, and to embrace the green economy. At the very least, urge the government to take its own Climate Leadership Team’s advice.
Click here to write your letter now!
Sincerely,
Peter McCartney | Climate Campaigner
Wilderness Committee
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