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Goseong Country to Promote Low Carbon, Green Growth
Date
2014.05.29
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(GOSEONG=NEWSIS) Goseong Country in Gangwon Province, announced on May 23 that it will lead and promote “Low Carbon, Green Growth” by building up eco-friendly image.

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The county plans to push forward three major strategies (nine policies and 70 businesses in detail) to implement green growth policies.

The detailed plans are as follows. To improve capacity for responding climate change, the county will change street lamps and security lights into light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and establish a green park (Ssamji Park) to absorb more carbon. To create new growth engines, Goseong plans to find out ways to conserve energy consumed in public offices and carry forward to improve income crops in response to climate change.

Goseong also plans to provide the under-privileged with gas regulators and build more sidewalks and bike paths for the improvement of well-beings of local residents. In addition, carbon point system will be run at the country for the same purpose.

“The county will make great efforts to realize green growth by opting in policies matched with the situation in Goseong. “said a county official. “We will not make any delay from the business planned with close cooperation of relevant agencies or authorities.”

mkcho@newsis.com

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Source: Newsis (May. 23, 2014)

** This article was translated from the Korean.