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Apr. 21–In Miami-Dade County, Clerk of Courts Harvey Ruvin has headed a 14-year effort to reduce CO2 emissions under a plan approved by the County Commission. Despite a long list of positive results, Ruvin says in a summary of 13 years of work, “total carbon dioxide gas emissions have increased by 8.6 million tons annually in the last 17 years, which is equivalent to an increase of 36.5 percent each year.” Sport utility vehicles, an increasing population and bigger houses have outpaced gains from revamping the solid waste system, recycling and adding hybrid cars to the county’s fleet. Undaunted, Ruvin last year got the commission to create the Miami- Dade County Climate Change Advisory Task Force. The task force began meeting this year. A subcommittee of Broward County’s water advisory board plans to ask county commissioners later this year to create a global warming advisory board and county office. “This is a global problem that needs to be dealt with everywhere,” said Barry Heimlich, chairman of the subcommittee and vice president of the Audubon Society in Broward. “Broward County wants to do its part.” Broward needs to measure the county’s carbon footprint and set goals to reduce emissions, Heimlich said. In recent years, Broward County has purchased 115 vehicles that run on alternative fuels. The airport fleet operates on biodiesel. Broward also built a “green” library in Pembroke Pines that meets U.S. Green Building Council standards. Credit: The Miami Herald

One Response to “Dade, Broward panels tackling climate issue”

• Jim 27January2009

  Broward has formed a 25-member Climate Change Task Force chaired by County Commissioner Kristin Jacobs. You can find information on this panel at http://www.broward.org/climatechange

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