Carbon News

Sub-national governments like B.C. lead in climate action

12 December 2011 | BC Government Online News Source

While national governments from around the world negotiated tirelessly in South Africa, British Columbia was involved in a parallel process with sub-national governments and business leaders who were getting down to the business of reducing GHG emissions and promoting green energy and jobs.

B.C. has the most aggressive climate-action goals in Canada, and with the implementation of our broad-based, comprehensive and revenue-neutral carbon tax in 2008, we can sometimes think we are the only ones actively pricing carbon and encouraging a green energy sector.

Read the whole article on BC Government's online news source.