The April 26 edition of the Toronto Star in an article by its environmental reporter Moira Welsh reveals, "The City of Toronto plans to pay its citizens to go green."

Starting in May, a staff with the Live Green Toronto program, operating with $20 million in city funding for five years, will begin meeting with residents to discuss carbon-saving projects it will help subsidize.

Toronto Mayor David Miller has said that the "the plan's success depends on residents creating change."  

An initial target has been projected of a 6 percent decrease in carbon emissions by 2012.