SERENDIPITY ALERT: As a result of last night’s gas vote, Vancouver’s overall carbon pollution in 2035 will be roughly 20,000 tonnes LOWER than it would have been if Mayor Sim and his colleagues had not attempted to deep-six the existing restriction. Here's why... 🧵 (1/6) - ThreadSky

jamesglave.bsky.social • 94 days ago

SERENDIPITY ALERT: As a result of last night’s gas vote, Vancouver’s overall carbon pollution in 2035 will be roughly 20,000 tonnes LOWER than it would have been if Mayor Sim and his colleagues had not attempted to deep-six the existing restriction. Here's why... 🧵 (1/6)

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lwhyte604.bsky.social•94 days ago

Best outcome! Thanks for pointing that out.

jamesglave.bsky.social•94 days ago

While Recommendation B failed (yay!), Recommendation A, shown here, passed (also yay!). As a result, as of March 2025 #Vancouver will move to the top tier of the province's Zero Carbon Step Code for small buildings, and onto the second-highest tier for large ones. (2/6)

jamesglave.bsky.social•94 days ago

This shifts the city's long-term carbon trajectory from the BLACK line on this chart down onto the YELLOW one. The black line projects the city's carbon emissions under its existing building code. (Source: Staff report, Appendix D, p.17) (3/6)

jamesglave.bsky.social•94 days ago

See that space between the yellow + black lines? Here, let me circle it for you. That's a reduction of about 20,000 tonnes of carbon pollution per year, which is roughly the annual emissions of 6,127 passenger vehicles. (Equivalency via NRCAN) (4/6)

jamesglave.bsky.social•94 days ago

To recap: In taking a run at a restriction that has been in place since 2022, Mayor Sim and his colleagues ended up with a scenario that will result in LESS gas being burned in the city, not more. Oops. Sorry, not sorry! (5/6)

jamesglave.bsky.social•94 days ago

In closing, a LOT of people worked their butts off on this both behind the scenes and in front of TV cameras. It was very close, of course, but what counts in the end was the outcome. And especially given the above, I don't think this could have turned out better. 😁 (6/6)

vjm4democracy.bsky.social•94 days ago

Congratulations adn thank you for the hard work!

thegreenpagesbc.bsky.social•94 days ago

📌🌱💚

cqmoi.bsky.social•94 days ago

And that's only Scope 1, I'm guessing? And likely doesn't include any leaks in the distribution system?

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