ontario schools get $200m from cap-and-trade program to become more energy efficient - solar street lighting system
Ontario schools receive $0. 2 billion from provincial cap earningsand-
Trade plans aimed at combating greenhouse gases to improve energy efficiency.
Education Minister Mitzie Hunter announced the news Friday at Kensington Community School, which donated $358,000 to two high schools
High-efficiency hot water boilers heat buildings near the University of Toronto and Bathurst.
After reading a popular environment-themed book, Hunter said at the school library: "Energy use is reduced by 80-90 just through this system, and we are here: along with teacher Valerie Elliott, introduce kindergarten students to the precautions that live on Earth.
School staff can now adjust the temperature of different classrooms more easily as needed.
$0. 2 billion was spent on upgrades such as solar panels and LED lighting systems in about 600 schools across the province.
The money is part of $1.
4 billion schools were used for school repairs during the current fiscal year, addressing a large backlog
An estimated $15 billion is needed.
"We know that school repairs need more," Hunter said when asked if the school could expect more help in the upcoming provincial budget, which the Liberal government had before the June 7 elections.
Improving School energy efficiency will help Ontario achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 by 2020, Hunter said.
The goal is to reduce this figure by 80 by 2050. Under the cap-and-
Trade plans, which the province has set emission limits for certain industries, can only exceed those limits if they purchase subsidies from other companies below their limits at auctions.
The system gives companies incentives to enter under their restrictions because they can make money by selling their carbon subsidies.
Ontario has entered a larger cap. and-
Trade markets with Quebec and California
A sixth country in the world
The largest economyon January 1.
Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown has promised to abolish the cap. and-
If his party overthrew the government of Prime Minister Catherine Wayne, he said the deal "has no effect on protecting the environment ".
Brown has promised to replace it with a carbon tax.