• Reduce energy consumption in residential and commercial buildings by 10 percent, largely through weatherizing existing homes and businesses.
  • Purchase and generate 20 percent of electricity from alternative energy services such as solar, biogas, wind and hydroelectric sources.
  • Decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels.
  • Divert 70 percent of solid waste away from landfills.
  • Plant 300,000 trees throughout the city, which would help reduce air pollution and help manage stormwater.
  • Nutter envisions ‘green’ city by 2015

    Full report available on the GreenWorks Philadelphia web site.

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