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B.C. Climate Action Charter

B.C. communities commit to carbon neutrality by 2012

VICTORIA - (May 21) - One hundred and twenty-three local governments are now signed on to the B.C. Climate Action Charter with the Province and the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM), committing to become carbon neutral by 2012.

Local governments that sign the B.C. Climate Action Charter pledge to become carbon neutral, and measure and report on their community’s greenhouse gas emissions profile, and work to create compact, more energy efficient communities.

List of Local Governments, as of May 21, 2008

  1. 100 Mile House
  2. Abbotsford
  3. Armstrong
  4. Ashcroft
  5. Bowen Island
  6. Burns Lake
  7. Cache Creek
  8. Campbell River
  9. Capital Regional District
  10. Cariboo Regional District
  11. Castlegar
  12. Central Kootenay Regional District
  13. Central Okanagan Regional District
  14. Central Saanich
  15. Chase
  16. Chetwynd
  17. Chilliwack
  18. Colwood
  19. Comox, Town
  20. Comox Valley Regional District
  21. Coquitlam
  22. Courtenay
  23. Cowichan Valley Regional District
  24. Cranbrook
  25. Creston
  26. Dawson Creek
  27. Delta
  28. Duncan
  29. East Kootenay Regional District
  30. Enderby
  31. Fernie
  32. Fort St. John
  33. Fort St. James
  34. Fraser Valley Regional District
  35. Fraser Fort George Regional District
  36. Fruitvale
  37. Gibsons
  38. Golden
  39. Gold River
  40. Grand Forks
  41. Greenwood
  42. Harrison Hot Springs
  43. Highlands
  44. Islands Trust
  45. Kamloops
  46. Kaslo
  47. Kelowna
  48. Keremeos
  49. Kimberley
  50. Ladysmith
  51. Lake Country
  52. Lake Cowichan
  53. Langford
  54. Langley, Township
  55. Lantzville
  56. Lillooet
  57. Lumby
  58. Logan Lake
  59. Mackenzie
  60. Maple Ridge
  61. Merritt

 
  1. Metro Vancouver
  2. Midway
  3. Mission
  4. Nakusp
  5. Nanaimo City
  6. Nanaimo, RD
  7. Nelson
  8. New Denver
  9. North Cowichan
  10. North Okanagan Regional District
  11. North Saanich
  12. North Vancouver City
  13. North Vancouver District
  14. Oak Bay
  15. Okanagan-Similkameen Reg. District
  16. Osoyoos
  17. Parksville
  18. Peace River Regional District
  19. Peachland
  20. Penticton
  21. Pitt Meadows
  22. Port Alberni
  23. Port Clements
  24. Port Coquitlam
  25. Port Moody
  26. Pouce Coupe
  27. Powell River City
  28. Powell River Regional District
  29. Prince George
  30. Prince Rupert
  31. Qualicum Beach
  32. Queen Charlotte
  33. Quesnel
  34. Rossland
  35. Saanich
  36. Salmon Arm
  37. Sparwood
  38. Sayward
  39. Sidney
  40. Skeena Queen Charlotte Reg. District
  41. Sooke, District
  42. Spallumcheen
  43. Strathcona Regional District
  44. Sunshine Coast Regional District
  45. Surrey
  46. Tahsis
  47. Taylor
  48. Telkwa
  49. Terrace
  50. Thompson Nicola Regional District
  51. Trail
  52. Ucluelet
  53. Valemount
  54. Vancouver
  55. Vanderhoof
  56. Vernon
  57. Victoria
  58. View Royal
  59. Warfield
  60. Whistler
  61. White Rock
  62. Williams Lake