Letter from Mayor Williams, District of Highlands Re: Climate Responsibility/Fossil Fuel
Inter-municipal correspondence encouraging View Royal to send climate accountability letters to major fossil fuel companies.
File: 0110.20 July 14, 2017
Town of View Royal 45 View Royal Avenue Victoria BC V9B 1A6
Dear Mayor and Council,
RE: CLIMATE RESPONSIBILITY/ FOSSIL FUEL
At the June 5, 2017 regular meeting of District of Highlands Council, Andrew Gage of West Coast Environmental Law provided District of Highlands Council a presentation of Climate Accountability.
Included in Mr. Gage’s presentation was the proposal that Local Governments in British Columbia forward a Climate Accountability Letter to the world's largest fossil fuel companies. Ultimately Highlands Council endorsed this request and has forwarded letters requesting that these 20 companies pay their fair share of costs associated with preparing for Climate Change.
Attached for reference is the information received by Council at the June 5, 2017 Council meeting.
District of Highlands Council encourages all local governments in the Capital Region to send similar letters.
Yours truly,
Ken Williams Mayor
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