Mirroring the trend of US states to push for carbon reductions while Washington dithers, Toronto is beginning to chart its own course in Canada. The newly issued framework called Change is in the Air: Toronto’s Commitment to an Environmentally Sustainable Future, includes transportation strategies to mitigate the sector's contribution of 35% of all GHG emissions. As reported by the Green Car Congress, the City's fleet will be required to use B20 and B50 biodiesel by 2015 -- but perhaps more significantly for broader changes, procurement policies will require companies supplying haulage services to the City to also use biodiesel, and:
the City plans to identify opportunities to replace imports with locally produced goods and food, cutting back on the number of miles travelled. As a portion of that initiative targeted at consumer behavior, the City is proposing requiring all large food retailers to indicate the shipping distance for 10 commonly used types of produce by 2012.
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