| May 4, 2010 VICTORIA– The Province has returned $140,043 in carbon tax dollars to municipalities in the Capital Region through the Climate Action Revenue Incentive program (CARIP) to continue to support communities and their environmentally friendly initiatives. “By encouraging communities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and be innovative in their practices, we are helping to ensure our children and grandchildren can live in a sustainable and healthy environment,” says Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong. The following communities have signed on to the Climate Action Charter and received CARIP grants:
The Climate Action Revenue Incentive program is a conditional grant program that returns 100 per cent of carbon tax costs back to communities who have signed on to the Climate Action Charter, pledging to become carbon-neutral by 2012. The funding announced today represents carbon tax payments made from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. The Climate Action Charter is part of the government’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050. For more information about Ida and the Oak Bay-Gordon Head constituency, visit www.idachongmla.bc.ca. -30- | |
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