Today’s Washington Post features a story about Arlington county’s new global warming initiative. The county plans to reduce their carbon dioxide and other emissions by 10 percent in the next five years. Arlington is the first area in Northern Virginia to develop a global warming pollution reduction initiative.
Their plans include, according to County Board Chairman Paul Ferguson, an “increase the amount of wind power it buys from 3 percent to 5 percent and to give residents who buy hybrid cars a break on their personal property taxes” as well as refitting “one or two county buildings with solar technology and require all new major public buildings to be green-certified. Officials said the county will plant 1,200 trees this year and hand out 2,000 fluorescent light bulbs at local fairs and other events. They’ll pay for 20 Arlingtonians to get energy-efficiency audits of their houses.”
Does your city or county have a program in place to reduce carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants? If not, why not send them a link to the Washington Post story and ask them why not and when can you expect such a program? I plan to contact my county’s administrators today.
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