News Items tag as: Kelowna council greenhouse gas emissions

Kelowna looking at tax break to make your house more energy efficient
November 28, 2019 - 4:53 PM

Making homes more energy efficient will lower greenhouse gas emissions and save money on heating bills but that will cost homeowners at least $5,000 upfront. That’s why the City of Kelowna is looking at ways to get more people to retrofit their homes.
Kelowna falling short on its plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions
November 21, 2019 - 5:30 PM

The City of Kelowna needs to take much more dramatic action if it wants to reach its greenhouse gas targets.
Better for the environment may be better for City of Kelowna’s pocketbook
May 23, 2019 - 5:05 PM

KELOWNA - By cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the City of Kelowna is hoping to get the province to pay back the entire $248,760 it paid on carbon taxes last year.
City changes targets after failing to meet greenhouse gas targets
June 02, 2015 - 6:02 PM

KELOWNA - Despite the many efforts made by the city to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions and those of its citizens, Kelowna is a long way off the target it set for itself in 2007.
Here's what the City of Kelowna is doing about climate change
February 27, 2015 - 7:28 PM

KELOWNA - The city is turning climate change into revenue, some $235,000, according to a report Kelowna councillors will receive on Monday.
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Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
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Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

Kelowna looking at tax break to make your house more energy efficient