Climate policy manager @cityofvancouver. Helping the city achieve its 100% renewables target. Tweets are personal views on climate, energy, biking, gardening...
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Kudos to Toronto for deciding to remove parking minimums in new developments!
Toronto Council voted to join the club today eliminating parking minimums, one of the largest cities in North America to do so - Parking Mandates Map parkingreform.org/resources/… via @Parking_Reform
Interested in my job? Its available for a year while I'll be on secondment with the BC Government working on CleanBC. Its a great gig working with a great team leading the implementation of Vancouver's Climate Emergency Action Plan - jobs.vancouver.ca/job/Vancou…
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And finally this evening, our board passed a motion directing staff to extend the timeframe for the Stanley Park temporary bike lane on Park Drive until the Stanley Park Mobility Study is complete and staff report back with long-term recommendations.
This article points to incentives as the reason why more EVs are sold in BC & Quebec. A more important reason in my opinion is BC & Quebec have laws that require vehicle manufacturers to sell an increasing % of EVs. Ontario could follow suit w/o incentives cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/d…
Good to see some initial Canadian involvement via Quebec in the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
Meet the members of the #BeyondOilAndGasAlliance🌏. We are thrilled to announce the membership of Quebec, France🇫🇷, Sweden🇸🇪, Ireland🇮🇪, Wales🏴 & Greenland🇬🇱 as Core Members and California, Portugal🇵🇹 & New Zealand🇳🇿 as Associate Members and Italy🇮🇹 as Friends of #BOGA #COP26
Cool update on the rapid growth in electric bike sales since the start of the pandemic: "Motorized bicycles are outselling all-electric cars and have the potential to transform urban transit." Starring Vancouver's own @MontePaulsen! nytimes.com/2021/11/08/busin…
Good article from @don_pittis on the some of the progress being made (and challenges encountered) in efforts to transition off of fossil fuels (notably natural gas) in buildings. Heat pumps will be a key part of that transition. cbc.ca/news/business/natural…
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What’s inside my next book, @BestHikes?
🐞 55 fun-filled hikes picked for kids (4-11 years old)
🥾 Shorter & easier trails great for all ages
🐶 Icons indicating dog regulations
🍄 A field guide to select animals, plants & fungi
Coming May 2022!
👉 105HIKES.COM
Overheard while the kids are trying to be quiet: “let’s make a marble run but make sure it’s a quiet marble run”
There are also cross-cutting actions: meeting/exceeding the federal carbon price, a 100% clean electricity standard, stronger direction to BC Hydro to support electrification, & a replacement program to help local government climate action with predictable & flexible funding. 8/
In addition to helping move BC closer to its targets, all these actions will help Vancouver get closer to our #ClimateEmergency targets. Following through on implementation and looking for opportunities to go faster will be key, but this is a big milestone for #CleanBC. 9/9
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Fitting quote from Jean-Luc Piccard "There is a way out of every box, a solution to every puzzle; it's just a matter of finding it." With #CleanBC Roadmap B.C. now has a plan that meets 2030 target to reduce carbon pollution.
pembina.org/media-release/bc…
