20 Oct Power of Green’s carbon coup

Here’s a clever wrinkle:  Nova Scotia Environment estimates that its Power of Green conference tomorrow will have a carbon footprint of about 50 tonnes, but some smart folks in the department’s Climate Change Division arranged to offset these notional atmospheric emissions. With money from the Natural Gas Association, they will  convert the Metro Turning Point Shelter to gas heat and replace its residential grade washers and driers with more efficient, commercial units. This will save more than 50 tonnes of carbon annually, cut the shelter’s electricity bill in half, and render the conference carbon neutral. As Tom Leher might say, “Doing well by doing good.”

A department source say the Climate Change Division will soon announce the creation of a charity whose purpose will be to funnel carbon offsets associated with government travel and conferences to energy saving projects benefiting local non-profit groups.