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SALT LAKE CITY GREEN
Ensuring a Sustainable
Community
Presented by: Salt Lake City Mayor
Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson
“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
Salt Lake City Green
Environmental programs and goals that help
preserve the health and vitality of our
community, today and in the future.
Salt Lake City Green Initiatives
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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
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Paper of all types
Boxes
All plastics 1-7
Aluminum
Steel food cans
Milk and juice
cartons
Zero Waste and Energy
RENEWABLE
ENERGY
ENERGY EFFICIENT
LIGHTING
Zero Waste and Energy
Renewable 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
2004 corporate emissions reductions total
21,500 tons of eCO2.
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Total GHG
after
Meas ures
2004
GHG
Em is s ions
Goal
(81% of goal to reduce by 26,500 tons of eCO2)
Conclusion
Salt Lake City is taking real action
and seeing real results in our efforts
to create a sustainable community.