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(1 Dec 2015) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus043188

VOICE OVER:
SAN FRANCISCO IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY WATER.
SOUNDBITE (English) Debbie Raphael, Director, San Francisco Department of the Environment
"So for San Franciscans, thinking about climate change and sea level rise is a daily occurrence. We're not waiting to be inundated. We're taking action now."
THAT INCLUDES A PLAN TO UPGRADE ITS CENTURY-OLD SEAWALL.... AND GENERATE MORE CLEAN, RENEWABLE POWER.
WITHIN VIEW OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE ARE TWELVE ACRES OF SOLAR PANELS.
THE CITY HOPES TO SOURCE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF RESIDENTIAL ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES WITHIN THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Amy Sinclair, Spokesperson - San Francisco Public Utilities Commission:
"The nice thing is we don't have to rebuild that infrastructure or put in new infrastructure. We as a city are going to be purchasing more renewable power, getting it on the grid and getting this to more homes and businesses in San Francisco."
THE CITY HAS ALSO CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE GET FROM HOME TO WORK.
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WHILE SAN FRANCISCO IS KNOWN FOR ITS ICONIC CABLE CARS...ITS BUS FLEET IS WHAT'S GENERATING BUZZ THESE DAYS...WITH A COMBINATION OF HYBRID, ELECTRIC AND BIODIESEL VEHICLES.
SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Rose, Spokesperson - San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency:
"Because of our hybrid and trolley vehicles, we're one of the greenest fleets in the country if not the greenest."
ONE OF THE REASONS THE U-N COMPACT OF MAYORS CITES SAN FRANCISCO AS A LEADING CITY FOR TAKING AGGRESSIVE ACTION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE.
IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE FEW CITIES IN THE COUNTRY WITH MANDATORY COMPOSTING AS WELL AS RECYCLING FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
THE CITY AIMS TO ACHIEVE ZERO WASTE, SENDING NOTHING TO LANDFILL, BY 2020.
THE OWNER OF THIS RESTAURANT SAYS LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF ITS GARBAGE NOW GOES TO LANDFILL...REDUCING WASTE AND SAVING MONEY THROUGH RECYCLING.
SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Creedon, President - Scoma's Restaurant:
"It's the right thing to do and we're rewarded for it."
SOME OF THE HUNDREDS OF TONS OF COMPOST COLLECTED BY THE CITY EACH DAY ENDS UP IN NURSERIES AND IS USED IN FERTILIZER TO GROW TREES PLANTED AROUND THE CITY, HELPING TO MAKE THE CITY EVEN GREENER.
HAVEN DALEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS, SAN FRANCISCO.

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