Revenue-neutral carbon tax comes into effect. The carbon tax makes it possible to reduce the bottom two income tax brackets by 2 per cent, reduce the small business tax rate from 4.5 to 3.5 per cent, and reduce the general corporate rate to 11 per cent.

Climate Action Team makes recommendations on how to close the gap to meet the goal of 33 per cent emissions reduction by 2020, and recommend interim targets for 2012 and 2016.

British Columbia’s Economic Plan released.  Personal income tax cut of 5 per cent is retroactive to January 1, 2008.

Interim greenhouse gas emissions targets set at 6 per cent for 2012 and 18 per cent for 2016.

Small business income tax rate reduced to 2.5 per cent from 3.5 per cent due to the revenue-neutral carbon tax. This accelerates the tax cut by two years.

A fleet of 20 new BC Transit hydrogen fuel-cell buses based in Whistler begin service.

Diesel oxidation catalyst filters must be installed in all heavy-duty diesel trucks.

B.C. public sector will be completely carbon-neutral.

Small Business income tax rate reduced to 3 per cent due to the revenue-neutral carbon tax.

Bottom two income tax bracket rates reduced a further 5 per cent because of the revenue-neutral carbon tax.

Zero-net deforestation policy put into law, with a viable strategy to reach that goal.

Developing the hydrogen highway so that by 2010, a hydrogen-fuelled vehicle can travel and refuel from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to California.

General corporate tax rate reduced to 10 per cent due to the revenue-neutral carbon tax.

Interim target to reduce routine flaring at oil and gas wells by half.

Interim target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 6 per cent below 2007 levels.

Province supporting all communities to have anti-idling policies in place by 2012.

BC Hydro will have replaced 1.7 million hydro meters in homes and businesses with smart meters.

Target date for province to reach zero-net deforestation.

Interim target to reduce greenhouse gas emission by 18 per cent below 2007 levels.

California tailpipe emission standards fully implemented, eliminating nearly a million tonnes of greenhouse gases annually.

Transit market share reaches 17 per cent in Metro Vancouver, due to the $14 billion Provincial Transit Plan.

Carbon intensity for all transportation fuels reduced at least 10 per cent by 2020.

Provincial goal – enshrined in law - to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent below 2007 levels by 2020.

Target date to have 100,000 solar roofs on residential and commercial buildings in B.C.

BC Hydro will acquire 50 per cent of its incremental electricity needs through conservation by 2020.

Water conservation target to ensure 50 per cent of new municipal demand is met by conservation by 2020.