Cambridge — Today, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn highlighted how the $2 billion ecoENERGY Initiatives will reduce smog and greenhouse gas emissions that affect the environment and the health of Canadians.
"Canada is an emerging energy superpower, but energy production and use are the source of most of our air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions," said Minister Lunn, speaking at Ecologix, a Cambridge-based manufacturer of energy-efficient furnaces. "Our challenge is to be a clean energy superpower and our ecoENERGY Initiatives are designed to meet this challenge."
The ecoENERGY Initiatives are a set of focused measures to help Canadians use energy more efficiently, boost renewable energy supplies and develop cleaner energy technologies. The suite of initiatives announced individually last week includes:
"The ecoENERGY Initiatives complement the regulatory approach of our proposed Clean Air Act," said Minister Lunn. "They will deliver real results in the short term and drive the improvements in energy efficiency and use of clean energy that are needed to support upcoming regulations."