welcome to evidence code section v week san francisco the innovation capital of the world the greenest city in the north america. i want to thank you tom and thanks to all the sponsors human resources behind mississippi any honda toyota and a schneider electric and charge electric and pg&e, sun power and, of course, working with supervisor eric mar as well. it's wonderful to see so many of our electric vehicles here today to demonstrate the models that are available to a customers. i take pride in this whole area of this city being the innovation looerd for our electric fuel vehicles. in fact, governor newsom asked all the department heads who would like to help me establish this. i carefully put my hand up and i'm sure glad i did. it's been fun and virtually to watch it grow. i've been to see it grow. navigate more than 40 percent of our greenhouse gas emissions still come from the transportation sector. we want to eliminate that. you heard governor brown last week he made the charge that climate change is too important and we want that to happen here, no san francisco. we added bike shari

metropolitan vancouver aims to be the greenest city in the world in the a decade and it has required homeowners to separate food waste from its garbage. it pays to haul off the food waste and they sell compost to whoever wants it like gardeners. >> it's healthy for the plants. they like it. i think it's a win-win situation all around. it keeps stuff out of the landfill. >> reporter: in the u.s. the environmental protection agency estimates almost half of all municipal solid waste is organic and most of that is food. it's a business opportunity for companies like harvest power and a boon to community. turning food waste into power or potting soil is cheaper, greener and cleaner than just dumping it. al jazeera, british columbia you. >> meteorologist: no question we have the storm developing. the key will be the temperatures. we're looking at a very sharp line from rain to snow and a mix there in between. right now we're seeing this as the storm begins to develop. already happen between texas and oklahoma now little rock. getting a mix of rain and even sleet and freezing rain with slip

he wants to transform the concrete jungle into the world's greenest city. the green can spread out. he stood straight up the green revolution in singapore is shooting skyward the government wants to turn high rise concrete into oxygen producing greenhouse the candidates both developers and gardeners alike because the state pays the costs. an entire sector is it so can you believe this vertical greenery the second time is a specialist or hanging gardens. with the goodies coming up close to each other. this little space for disease control and there's a lot of walls beings and that means a lot of my mental problem somewhat distraught moments dazs problems. you've had problems noise problems as the province because the law wasn't it. across the floating rates to keep me company. she has more green will be cared for by an automatic watering fertilizer supply system. what does promise is his customers that the plants will last twenty years. it's a form of therapy to counteract the claustrophobic feel of the big city. it is a city about the new movie out. when you see what he was beaten s

metro vancouver aims to be the greenest city in the world within the decade.requiring home openers to separate food waste from garbage. the community pace the oh company to haul off the food waste, the company sells com post to whoever wants it, like gardeners. >> it's healthy for the plants, they like it. i think it's a win-win situation all the way around. keeps the stuff out of landfill. >> in the u.s., it is estimated almost half of all municipal solid waste is organic and most of that is food. it's a business opportunity for companies like harvest power and a boon to communities. harvest power said turning food waste into power or potting soil is cheaper, cleaner and greener than just dumping it. >> harvest power also com perfects food and plant waste. they sell 29 million bags of soil, mulch and fertilizer products every year. >> a mother in shanghai is bringing home a big bundle of joy. at 13.6 pounds, the baby is one of the biggest ever born in china. the mother spent much of the pregnancy in bed. >> here's a look at what we're following this morning.

. >>> the state of richmond striving to be one of the greenest in the united states. the city council decided move forward promoting urban counseling and steep property tax discounts to local organizations that convert plots of urban land into food-producing gardens. the second calls for an ordinance requiring gmo labeling of food sold at local grocery stores is. >>> it is 5:50. a bizarre injury that has sidelined swimmer, ryan lochte. >>> we will continue that and our coverage of the twitter ipo ahead in business next. >>> i will show you some other unofficial results. continuing funding for police patrols, road repairs and emergency responders. brisbane voters passed measure "t." this increases the city's license tax. voters rejecting measure "b." this would have amended the current wording of the city's utility word tax. >> measure "u" has passed to increase business tax. they have approved measure "q" to reduce the town's utility user tax. >>> ryan lochte has been sidetracked from training trying to catch a woman who ran into his arms. he kind of caught her, fell down, sma

helped oversee the development of the greenest site , the big apple, from a .uspended park catherine clifford has the story. >> the flight over new york confirms the city is getting greener. central park has always been there, but these trees lining streets in the heart of manhattan are more recent. the same for these parks at the foot of the brooklyn bridge. this pilot has been surveying the skyline for 30 years and appreciates the change. >> this was a rundown. area previously. now it is beautiful parkland. manhattan all rebuilt. >> perhaps the most original park, a disused railway tracks makes its way around manhattan above ground level. infested,ted and weed it is a must-see for tourists all over the world. it is fascinating to see this in the sentry town. we are surrounded by greenery but at the same time there are these buildings around us. it is dorie -- it is disorientating. it is ready. preserving the idea of an industrial wasteland. another iconic image of new touch,iven the greek times square. a decade ago it was bursting with traffic and fumes, now partly pedestrian. all tables and chairs attract 52 million tourists per year for a much need