Posted on 02/16/2018 6:12:18 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
As part of a sweeping new climate plan to make San Jose more environmentally friendly, the city is angling to become one of the first in the U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet the levels outlined in the ambitious Paris Agreement.
The city will launch San Jose Clean Energy - an alternative to PG&E known as a community-choice energy program - later this year. On Thursday, Mayor Sam Liccardo said the city will make 100 percent emission-free electricity available to everyone who participates in the program.
By 2030, Liccardo said, the city plans to reduce carbon emissions from car trips by a million tons a year by expanding ride sharing, public transit options and the use of electric vehicles. The plan also outlines a goal to reduce per capita residential water consumption by 30 percent by that time. And by 2040, Liccardo wants the city to become the first in the world to produce a gigawatt of solar power, enough to power 250,000 homes.
Climate issues, Liccardo said during a blustery news conference outside City Hall where the mayor joked the city would invest in windmills, “require us to look beyond the immediate horizon.”
The new plan comes as the Trump administration has tried to walk back Obama-era environmental goals, angering activists.
President Trump announced in June his decision to pull out of the 2015 Paris accord, a climate change agreement between nearly 150 countries backed by former President Obama.
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Not even close...He once put a notice up on the board about what time we could take our “brakes”...
San Jose, land of potholes and potheads, under sold liberal control at the polls.. Liccardo has so much he could have done to actually make life better for its legal residents,, but NooOOoooOOooo...,, one more fool railing against the weather.. and climate change.
$264 Billion by 2050 and a 1.025 million population comes to $22 per person per day.
Do left wing liberals ever do the arithmetic?
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