Close X
    Thursday, November 28, 2024
    ADVT 
    National

    B.C. lays out plan to move away from fossil fuels

    Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 28 Sep, 2021 01:11 PM
    • B.C. lays out plan to move away from fossil fuels

    VANCOUVER - BC Hydro and the provincial government have announced a new five-year plan for the Crown corporation that provides incentives for people to switch from fossil fuels to electricity to power their homes, businesses and vehicles.

    Under the plan, BC Hydro will spend nearly $190 million to promote fuel switching in homes, buildings, vehicles and industry.

    More than $50 million will be spent to attract industries to B.C. to run their businesses and reduce their carbon footprint by using hydroelectricity.

    Bruce Ralston, the province's minister of energy, mines and low carbon innovation, says the plan could lead to lower rates for BC Hydro customer rates, potentially by about 1.6 per cent by 2026.

    Premier John Horgan says the plan could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 930,000 tonnes by 2026.

    He says that is equivalent to taking about 200,000 passenger vehicles a year off the road.

     

    Prev Next

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Vaccine passports for travel coming

    Vaccine passports for travel coming
    The document, expected to be ready by the fall, will be digital, with an option for those who can't or don't want a digital certificate. Mendicino says it will include data on the type of vaccines received, the dates, and the location.

    Vaccine passports for travel coming

    Vancouver Police saw a 129 % increase in stranger sexual assaults in July

    Vancouver Police saw a 129 % increase in stranger sexual assaults in July
    Since July 1 of this year, there have been eight incidents related to the Granville Entertainment District. The eight incidents range from unwanted touching (groping) to forced sexual intercourse. In July alone, there have been 16 reported stranger sexual assaults throughout Vancouver, compared to 10 in July of 2020 and 7 in July of 2019.

    Vancouver Police saw a 129 % increase in stranger sexual assaults in July

    Heat warnings raise wildfire anxiety in B.C.

    Heat warnings raise wildfire anxiety in B.C.
    The BC Wildfire Service fire danger map shows risk levels have returned to high or extreme across southern Vancouver Island and most of the central Interior following last weekend's showers.

    Heat warnings raise wildfire anxiety in B.C.

    Garneau condemns Chinese sentence on Spavor

    Garneau condemns Chinese sentence on Spavor
    Garneau in a news conference said the government condemns "in the strongest possible terms" the prison sentence, which followed a closed-door trial in March in which Spavor was found guilty of spying on China.

    Garneau condemns Chinese sentence on Spavor

    Tories question CERB's backstage bureaucracy

    Tories question CERB's backstage bureaucracy
    The $2,000-per-month Canada Emergency Response Benefit amounted to "two entirely different relief programs, distributed by different government agencies and with different eligibility criteria," though seniors were never informed, Falk wrote in an Aug. 9 letter obtained by The Canadian Press.

    Tories question CERB's backstage bureaucracy

    Canada's vaccine stockpile tops 20 million doses

    Canada's vaccine stockpile tops 20 million doses
    Data on vaccine deliveries, distribution and injections provided by Health Canada and the provinces show almost 22 million doses have been delivered but not yet used.

    Canada's vaccine stockpile tops 20 million doses

    PrevNext