SALT LAKE CITY GREEN Presented by: Salt Lake City Mayor Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson Ensuring a Sustainable Community
SALT LAKE CITY GREEN Presented by: Salt Lake City Mayor Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson Ensuring a Sustainable Community.
Dec 27, 2015
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SALT LAKE CITY GREEN
Presented by: Salt Lake City Mayor
Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson
Ensuring a Sustainable Community
“In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of
our decisions on the next seven generations."
- From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy
Environmental programs and goals that help preserve the health and vitality of our community, today and in the future.
Salt Lake City Green
Salt Lake City Green Initiatives
• Municipal EMS• Alternative transportation• Zero Waste• e2 Businesses • High Performance
Buildings• Climate Protection• Open Space• Smart Growth
Alternative Transportation
MASS TRANSIT
Alternative Transportation
PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
Alternative Transportation
BICYCLING
Transit Oriented Development and
High Performance Buildings
Future Intermodal Hub
Pollution Prevention and the Salt Lake City Green Fleet
CITY FLEET
Salt Lake City Green Fleet
CITY FLEET
Zero Waste and Recycling
• Residential Recycling Program– Paper of all types– Boxes– All plastics 1-7– Aluminum– Steel food cans– Milk and juice
cartons
Zero Waste and Energy
ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Zero Waste and EnergyRenewable Energy
Zero Waste and Water Conservation
Open Space and Watershed Protection
environmentally and economically sustainable
businesses
e2 Businesses
Climate Change
“WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2001 (ENS)
- The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed today that the country will not implement the Kyoto Protocol. "We have no interest in implementing that treaty," Whitman told reporters.
Climate Change
“Global warming is threatening the world’s ski resorts… Downhill skiing could disappear altogether at some resorts, while at others, a retreating snow line will cut off base villages from their ski runs as soon as 2030.”
- CBS News. Dec. 3, 2004
2004 Salt Lake City Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Reductions
88
90
92
94
96
98
100
102
104
106
Total GHGafter
Measures2004
GHGEmissions
Goal
2004 corporate emissions reductions total 21,500 tons of eCO2.
(81% of goal to reduce by 26,500 tons of eCO2)
104,500
99,500
Conclusion
Salt Lake City is taking real action and seeing real results in our efforts to create a sustainable community.
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