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Shifts Shifts: Shifts and Plan

shifts shifts: The plan will move the province to a low-carbon future, said Horgan, who introduced the plan with Green Leader Andrew Weaver, according to CTV. We want to make shifts shifts in our homes, shifts in our vehicles, shifts in our industry to move away from burning fossil fuels and towards a cleaner, greener approach using British Columbia's abundant electricity and other abundant opportunities that are now emerging and will emerge into the future, the premier said. Premier John Horgan said Wednesday the plan called CleanBC will rely on cutting emissions from buildings, industries, vehicles and organic waste, while boosting the carbon tax and the production of clean hydroelectricity. The climate-change plan will require all new buildings to be net-zero energy ready by 2032, meaning they would need to generate on-site energy to power their own function. The plan also includes diverting 95 per cent of organic waste from landfills and converting it to other products. The government says new buildings will be 80 per cent more efficient by then compared with homes built now. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.