LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is promoting aggressive environmental goals for the nation’s second-largest city.
Among other things, the plan envisions the percentage of electric or zero-emission vehicles in the city rising to 80% by 2035 and 100% by 2050.
The Los Angeles Times reports Monday the mayor’s office hopes to reduce driving by residents from an average of 15 miles a day to nine miles by 2035.
Among a wide range of initiatives, all new buildings constructed in the city would be “net-zero carbon” by 2030, and every building in the city would be converted to zero-emission technologies by 2050.
While it’s unclear how such goals could be reached, Garcetti says he hopes to build such a strong coalition that mayor after mayor can accelerate them forward.
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Information from: Los Angeles Times, http://www.latimes.com/
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