The BoS has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.
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- Dude fills out Papa John's job application, then steals the tip jar. Police, understandably, had no trouble tracking him down. #
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- Pavilion X is having its columns stripped of white paint and restored to Jefferson's design: sandstone colored. My understanding is that's the plan for the whole of grounds. Some alumni's heads will explode when they learn about this. #
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Charlottesville Tomorrow has audio from the discussion if you want to hear the deliberations.
It was a nonbinding pledge that makes it the feel good non-story of the week.
Here’s a simple way we could cut greenhouse gasses significantly in Albemarle/Charlottesville: Expand wireless and highspeed coverage, and create incentive for UVa to allow more of its workforce to work from home.
After all, the whole neighborhood model is built around this concept that people should live near where they work. Why not allow them to live AT work? It’d be less cars on the road, less carbon used, and more parking for those people that really need it. If a small town like Blacksburg can provide free wireless for the whole town then I think at the very least we could use our weight to put pressure on providers to make high speed internet available and affordable to everyone.
If they cut out all of the hot air on “non stories” that would reduce it by 20%.
I suspect most people’s homes are not conducive to working at home; however, I agree that a wiser use of technology could reduce energy consuption. I find it interesting how little City Hall has embraced video-conferencing to cut down on transportation costs.
Re-read it. Reduce by 80%? Isn’t this just something to stop citizens from taking up time at the board meetings “activating” for gloabal warming, climate change causes?
actually usually localities who join cool counties end up setting an interim target that is much more measurable, which is probably what the county will do. this is just a statement from the board saying they support this overall movement, which is good.
this is a good thing people… quit being so cynical :>
Is there anything concrete in this proposal? I hear lip-service. http://dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP/MGArticle/CDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173353873821&path=