News from Canada.com:
A plan for the city to do its part to curtail global warming to go to council some time next year
Diesel engines partially fuelled by vegetable oil that once cooked french fries are part of a City of Vancouver plan to slash air pollutants that hasten global warming.
The draft plan of the Cool Vancouver Task Force -- a copy of which has been obtained by The Vancouver Sun -- is to be made public today.
It spells out all the things the city can do to make good on its 1995 pledge of a 20-per-cent-cut from 1990 levels in greenhouse gas emissions produced by city facilities and city employees on the job.
The target deadline is 2010, when Vancouver and Whistler will host the Winter Olympic Games, which are supposed to highlight environmental sustainability and stewardship.
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Cadman said Robert Safrata, chief executive officer of the Novex courier company, has hosted two meetings, each attended by about 20 business people who are concerned about climate change and "want to get on board" by reducing greenhouse gases.
Safrata said business people are searching for the same solutions being studied by the Cool Vancouver Task Force. At Novex, for example, 10 cars in the 100-car fleet have been replaced with new gasoline-electric hybrid cars.
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