The province has committed to cutting BC's carbon emissions 40-percent by 2030.Premier John Horgan says 75-percent of that target is laid out specifically in the Clean BC plan. The remaining 25-percent to be specified within next two years. Overall, the plan is an overhaul of our transportation, homes and offices and industry  away from fossil fuels. We have had climate promises from various levels of government in the past, so how feasible is this plan?

 

Guest: Thomas Pedersen

Professor Emeritus at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria

The province has committed to cutting BC's carbon emissions 40-percent by 2030.Premier John Horgan says 75-percent of that target is laid out specifically in the Clean BC plan. The remaining 25-percent to be specified within next two years. Overall, the plan is an overhaul of our transportation, homes and offices and industry  away from fossil fuels. We have had climate promises from various levels of government in the past, so how feasible is this plan?


 


Guest: Thomas Pedersen


Professor Emeritus at the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria