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13 May 2015, Climate News Network, Green city offers clean alternative to tar sands boom: Canada has been called an international pariah for its climate change policies, but now one of its major cities is aiming to be the greenest in the world by 2020. In a country reckoned to have the worst climate policies in the industrialised world, one big city is setting out to defy central government and become 100% carbon neutral. Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada, wants to establish itself as “the greenest city in the world by 2020” by demonstrating that economic growth and the welfare of its citizens depends on developing renewables, rapid transit systems, and promoting cycling and walking to curb car use. It is one of dozens of cities worldwide working towards improving the life of their citizens while reducing fossil fuel use, but it claims to have the most ambitious targets. Read More here