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Share your ideas and thoughts on creating a more sustainable Powell River!
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Salieriabout 3 years agoEncourage or Require Solar Panels on New Buildings
The city could encourage or mandate the installation of solar panels on new buildings. A rebate for installing solar panels would create an incentive to install solar panels; alternatively, building codes could be updated to require solar panels on buildings that are in direct sunlight (it probably wouldn't make sense to install solar panels on buildings that are heavily shaded by large trees).
2 comments0Danielleabout 3 years agoImplement an effective rural bus system to reduce traffic and help citizens get around.
0 comment0Salieriabout 3 years agoWrite letters to the provincial and federal governments urging stronger climate targets
Currently, BC is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40% (from 2007 levels) by 2030, and 80% by 2050. The federal government aims to reduce emissions 30% (from 2010 levels) by 2030 (a Harper-era target), and be carbon neutral by 2050. I would urge the City of Powell River to write a letter to the provincial government, requesting a 55% emissions reduction by 2030, and carbon neutrality by 2050. Likewise, I would urge the city to write a letter to the federal government in request of a 55% emissions reduction by 2030. A target of 55% emissions reduction by 2030 would harmonize Canada's climate goals with those of the European Union (and potentially the Biden administration, which is expected to release its climate targets later this month), and would be in line with the 6% or greater annual reduction in emissions that António Guterres, the U.N. Secretary General, called for in December. As Guterres pointed out, a 6% or greater reduction is necessary to prevent global warming over 1.5 degrees Celsius. Thank you for reading my proposal.
1 comment0Danielleabout 3 years agoReplace our huge empty city buses with the smaller more efficient ones seen in Courtenay. Then add more routes!
1 comment0Salieriabout 3 years agoPowell River should ban the of pesticides and herbicides
I realize this idea is already locally in vogue... I think Powell River should ban the use of pesticides and herbicides, since both are harmful to soil (an important carbon sink) and insects (which can cause trouble further up the food chain). I do not believe personal nor industrial uses of pesticides should be permitted. However, they could still be used to eliminate invasive species such as knotweed.
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