Ontario government & Our climate

Being the government of the most populated province in Canada, Ontario government must have had a hard time on how to handle the emission of greenhouse gases of its people. Despite of that, Ontario government has done a great job in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.

In order to conserve energy and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, Ontario has or is planning on:

•  Introduced Go Green: Ontario’s Action Plan on Climate Change in August 2007
• Creating new public transportation for 90% areas in the Greater Toronto Areas and Hamilton
• Gave funds to support green technologies
• Created legislations to fast track the approval of renewable energy projects
• Reforestation

Reforestation helps maintain the amount of carbon being absorbed

• Working with scientists to help Ontario to adapt to climate change

Between 2004 to 2008, the amount of greenhouse gases that Ontario produced have decreased, but it is still higher compare to what we had in 1997.

There are still some things that Ontario government can do, in order to reduce its greenhouse gases emissions even lower, including:

• Collect methane from landfills and use it for energy
• Reduce deforestation and increase reforestation
• Manage bodies of water and forests carefully so that they are carbon sinks, and not sources

If not treated well, carbon sinks such as forests could become  carbon sources

Public transportation is a good solution to
reduce carbon dioxide emissions

• Promote fuels from waster forestry products (biofuel) instead of fossil fuels
• Compost and recycle more
• Build more public transportations

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