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CO2 Reduction Plan
In collaboration with the Cities for Climate Protection Program
headed by the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives
(ICLEI), the City of Chula Vista has prepared a carbon dioxide reduction
plan (CO2 Reduction Plan) to lower the community's major greenhouse
gas emissions while strengthening the local economy and improving
environmental conditions. The CO2 Reduction Plan is focused on reducing
fossil fuel consumption and decreasing reliance on power generated
by fossil fuel.
The CO2 Reduction Plan was officially adopted by the Chula Vista
City Council in November 2002 and aims to reduce CO2 emissions to
80% of 1990 levels by the year 2010. The following 20 action measures
have been proposed in order to achieve this goal:
1. Municipal clean fuel vehicle purchases
2. Green power
3. Municipal clean fuel demonstration project
4. Telecommuting and telecenters
5. Municipal building upgrades and trip reduction
6. Enhanced pedestrian connections to transit
7. Increased housing density near transit
8. Site design with transit orientation
9. Increased land use mix
10. Green Power public education program
11. Site design with pedestrian/bicycle orientation
12. Bicycle integration with transit and employment
13. Bicycle lanes, paths, and routes
14. Energy efficient landscaping
15. Solar pool heating
16. Traffic signal and system upgrades
17. Student transit subsidy
18. Energy efficient building program
19. Municipal Life-Cycle purchasing standards
20. Increased employment density near transit
Copies of the CO2 Reduction Plan are available by calling the Environmental
Resource Manager at (619) 409-58 89. For additional information on
climate change and global warming:
ICLEI
www.iclei.org
Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/globalwarming
Union of Concerned Scientists
www.ucsusa.org/environment
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