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Minister of State for Climate Action John Yap

Minister of State
for Climate Action John Yap
John Yap Swearing-In

John Yap Swearing-In

John Yap was appointed Minister of State for Climate Action on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.
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Dockside Green Gets Greener

Minister Yap joins Environment Minister Barry Penner at the opening of Victoria’s first biomass clean energy plant at the Dockside Green development. Dockside Green was recognized by the Clinton Climate Initiative for using clean and green technologies to lower GHG emissions.
Climate Action Plan
B.C.'s Carbon Tax
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Message from the Minister of State

It has been a busy four months since my swearing in as North America’s first Minister of State for Climate Action.

I’ve seen first-hand the efforts businesses, local governments, universities and everyday British Columbians are making to come together in finding climate change solutions that make economic and environmental sense, and I’d like to thank them for their progress.

This newsletter is the first in a series showing the steps government is taking to make British Columbia a leader in the emerging low-carbon economy.

Hopefully it inspires you to learn more, to get involved and to help find lasting solutions in your own backyard or business so that we can meet the challenge of a generation together.

Minister of State John Yap
Vancouver and Delta's Gold and Green Fleets

Vancouver and Delta’s Gold
and Green Fleets

Minister Yap joins Fraser Basin Council Chair Charles Jago, Delta Mayor Lois Jackson and City of Vancouver Deputy Mayor Ellen Woodsworth with two of their climate friendly fleet vehicles. The City of Vancouver and Corporation of Delta received Canada’s first Gold Star rating in the Fraser Basin Council’s “E3 Fleet Program” which aims to improve the efficiency of municipal fleets and lower carbon emissions.
Minister’s Achievement Award

Minister’s Achievement Award

Minister Yap presents Kelowna’s Best Western hotelier Greg Salloum with the first Minister’s Achievement Award . The Best Western recently installed 101 solar panels to power 145 guest rooms, two hot tubs and a 90-thousand-litre swimming pool. The retrofit will permanently reduce 90 tonnes of GHG emissions per year from the hotel.
Minister’s Reading List

Minister’s Reading List

Minister Yap is presented with the recent best-seller “Hot, Flat and Crowded” by Peter Ronald, Provincial Coordinator with the B.C. Sustainable Energy Association.
Royal Roads’ Sustainable Future

Royal Roads’ Sustainable Future

Minister Yap joined Dr. Allan Cahoon (left) President of Royal Roads University and David Rutherford, Manager of Grounds and Garden and Caterina Geuer, Manager of Environmental and Sustainability Projects to discuss the province’s support for the upcoming launch of the university’s Bateman Center and Wetlands Restoration project.
GoBeyond’s One Year Anniversary

GoBeyond’s One Year Anniversary

Minister Yap joined B.C. Hydro, students and faculty at the University of Victoria to celebrate the one year anniversary of the Campus Climate Networks’ GoBeyond program.
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