Blue Mountains Greens launch local climate action plan - Blue Mountains Gazette

The Blue Mountains Greens has launched its Local Climate Action Plan at a virtual event with Greens MP Jenny Leong and Blue Mountains Greens Cr Brent Hoare, and Greens candidates, Sarah Redshaw and Kingsley Liu. The Blue Mountains Greens Local Climate Action Plan is made up of 65 proposed actions that Greens councillors will pursue if elected at the Blue Mountains City Council election on December 4. Actions include: Cr Brent Hoare said over many years, Greens Councillors have been instrumental in ensuring Blue Mountains Council has taken serious action on climate change that is guided by science. "In the last term, I helped declare a climate emergency, joined Council to the Cities Power Partnership, and incorporated the Rights of Nature into future operations and planning. "The 2019-20 bushfires will always be a reminder to our community about why we must take action on climate change now. Unless global warming is reined in, it is certain we will experience more loss and damage from extreme weather events. The impacts are damaging and they affect our health and wellbeing. The cost in dollar terms is high and rising. We must, and Blue Mountains Greens councillors will, act now". Candidates Redshaw and Liu said they were listening to the climate concerns from experts around the world and their action plan was an answer. "The State and Federal Liberal governments, and indeed the Labor Oppositions, are failing us all on climate change," Dr Redshaw added. Jenny Leong said: "The Blue Mountains Greens Local Climate Change Action Plan is ambitious and absolutely needed - and our Greens team are committed to making it a priority, right here in the Blue Mountains". s".

The Blue Mountains Greens has launched its Local Climate Action Plan at a virtual event with Greens MP Jenny Leong and Blue Mountains Greens Cr Brent Hoare, and Greens candidates, Sarah Redshaw and Kingsley Liu.

The Blue Mountains Greens Local Climate Action Plan is made up of 65 proposed actions that Greens councillors will pursue if elected at the Blue Mountains City Council election on December 4.

Actions include:

Blue Mountains Greens zoom in on a plan for climate this week.

• fast-tracking plans to install solar panels and batteries on buildings owned by council, residents and local businesses, solar hot water or heat pumps, and solar and LED lighting for public buildings, car parks and street lighting
• transitioning council's vehicle fleet, including waste collection, recycling and street cleaning trucks to become 100 oer cent renewable and zero-emissions
• working with the NSW government to develop a strategy to move freight from roads to rail
• supporting or providing user-friendly public transport, including a regular, electric bus service between Glenbrook and Mt Victoria and other village-based electric vehicle shuttle services, to reduce car travel
• increasing the tree canopy across the Blue Mountains, including by lining residential streets with trees, and
• banning single-use plastics on council land and in the wider community.

Cr Brent Hoare said over many years, Greens Councillors have been instrumental in ensuring Blue Mountains Council has taken serious action on climate change that is guided by science.

"In the last term, I helped declare a climate emergency, joined Council to the Cities Power Partnership, and incorporated the Rights of Nature into future operations and planning.

"The 2019-20 bushfires will always be a reminder to our community about why we must take action on climate change now. Unless global warming is reined in, it is certain we will experience more loss and damage from extreme weather events. The impacts are damaging and they affect our health and wellbeing. The cost in dollar terms is high and rising. We must, and Blue Mountains Greens councillors will, act now".

Candidates Redshaw and Liu said they were listening to the climate concerns from experts around the world and their action plan was an answer.

"The State and Federal Liberal governments, and indeed the Labor Oppositions, are failing us all on climate change," Dr Redshaw added.

Jenny Leong said: "The Blue Mountains Greens Local Climate Change Action Plan is ambitious and absolutely needed - and our Greens team are committed to making it a priority, right here in the Blue Mountains".

Adblock test (Why?)

Blue Mountains Greens launch local climate action plan - Blue Mountains Gazette
Read More