The cities of St. John’s and Corner Brook are splitting about $100,000 from the federal government to support initiatives that lower carbon emissions.
Through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Green Municipal Fund, the city of Corner Brook will receive just over $56,000 to conduct a feasibility study with the pulp and paper mill to look for technical options to combine the treatment of both the city’s and paper mill’s wastewater.
St. John’s will get a little under $49,000 to develop a climate plan to reduce emissions and stabilize energy costs. The Resilient St. John’s Climate Plan will be using a stakeholder approach and a geospatial energy flow model. This would allow the city to estimate energy use and costs in the community at a neighbourhood level.
The information collected would be used to create a plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.