{"id":123805397,"date":"2008-12-03T22:23:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T22:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=123805397"},"modified":"2008-12-03T22:23:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T22:23:17","slug":"county-announces-10-percent-greenhouse-gas-reduction-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=123805397","title":{"rendered":"County Announces 10 Percent Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[The question is if bicycling will be made more attractive to reduce Vehicular Miles Traveled (VMT) as it is the largest component of Baltimore County&#8217;s Green House gases. If I can prevent 5 metric tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere (~34% reduction compared to the average) just with my bike, getting others to bike more can go a long way.]<br \/>\n&quot;As a parent, I am keenly aware of the importance of preserving our planet for our children and grandchildren,&quot; said Baltimore County Council Chairman Kevin Kamenetz. &quot;The council has been very supportive of environmental initiatives, and it is very important that county government lead the way in the effort to reduce our carbon footprint.<br \/>\n[How about giving our children an opportunity to bike and be healthy as well?]<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimorecountymd.gov\/News\/releases\/1121greenhousegas.html\">https:\/\/www.baltimorecountymd.gov\/News\/releases\/1121greenhousegas.html<\/a>oldId.200812032223172<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[The question is if bicycling will be made more attractive to reduce Vehicular Miles Traveled (VMT) as it is the largest component of Baltimore County&#8217;s Green House gases. If I can prevent 5 metric tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere (~34% reduction compared to the average) just with my bike, getting others to bike &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=123805397\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;County Announces 10 Percent Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123805397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-environment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123805397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=123805397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123805397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=123805397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=123805397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=123805397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}