Clearwater is getting $6,500 and Barriere $1,800 as communities throughout B.C. received more than $6.5 million with the latest round of grants through the Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program.
“In B.C., local governments have influence over about 40 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions,” said Mary Polak, Minister of Environment. “The Province works closely with them as many of the decisions that result in the biggest GHG emissions reductions come from the leadership of our cities and communities.”
The Climate Action Revenue Incentive Program is a conditional grant program that provides funding to communities that have signed the Climate Action Charter and have reported publicly on their progress toward meeting their climate action goals. Communities receive a grant equivalent to 100 per cent of the carbon tax they pay directly.
Since 2008, this provincial fund has provided more than $32.5 million to help support B.C. communities’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and work toward their Climate Action Charter goals. To date, 96 per cent of communities in B.C. have signed the Climate Action Charter.
