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As of May 1, 2001, airborne emission monitoring and reporting is required of facilities in many industrial, institutional, commercial and municipal sectors (Class A and B) which meet the reporting requirements set out in Ontario Regulation 127/01. The City of Kingston does fill the reporting requirements as outlined in the regulation. (You can read the full text of O.Reg 127/01 [Adobe PDF] .)
PARTNERS FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION
The Partners for Climate Protection Program is a group of municipal and regional governments across Canada working together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced locally. The primary objective of the Program is to encourage municipalities to undertake a sustained effort to reduce emissions. The ultimate goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from municipal operations 20 per cent below 1990 levels within ten years of joining the program, and to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions at least six per cent below 1990 levels within 10 years of joining the program.
The priorities of the new program are to:
- Build capacity: training workshops, inventory and projection software, case studies, toolkits;
- Support champions: information sharing, research support, presentations;
- Provide up-to-date information: climate change science, government programs, municipal experiences through the PCP newsletter;
- Ensure access: to international municipal experience through ICLEI's global CCP Campaign(tm);
- Create model plans: local action plans, ordinances, bylaws;
- Facilitate participation: international negotiations on climate change, up-to-date information on the status of negotiations, national consultations;
- Generate feedback: what works, what doesn't, what it costs, what it saves;
- Undertake quantification: surveys of progress, monitoring of the milestones achieved;
- Build partnerships: networking and partnerships with supporting organizations such as Green Communities, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Natural Resources Canada's Renewable Energy Deployment Initiative, fleet smart and Energy Innovator programs, ICLEI Energy Services and the Climate Action Fund.
