Reducirá a la mitad las emisiones de la ciudad para el 2035,
No será aprobado hasta el próximo año por el cabildo, pero es considerado como un plan aceptable por tanto ecologistas como el sector empresarial
The sharp reduction would be achieved primarily through increased commuting by bicycle and mass transit, greater use of electric vehicles, retrofitting of older buildings, the planting of many more trees and expanded use of solar and other renewable energy sources.
City Council President Todd Gloria, who unveiled a slightly more ambitious climate action plan last winter while serving as interim mayor, praised Faulconer's updated version.
"The plan that we're announcing today comprehensively addresses the major environmental challenges of our day," he said. "I'd say about 97 percent of what I proposed is still in there, and the parts that aren't are offset by other ways of reducing greenhouse gases."
Ambientalistas dijeron estar optimistas ante la publicación del plan.
The decrease in carbon emissions included in the plan, which would be legally binding on the city, would allow San Diego to meet reductions the state has mandated by 2050. The plan calls for cutting carbon emissions 15 percent by 2020 and 49 percent by 2035.
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