What was the genesis of Pasadenas Green City Action Plan?
The idea for a strong local commitment to climate control originated for me with the U.S. Conference of Mayors in which I have been active during my time as mayor since 1999. Mayor Greg Nickels of Seattle developed a program by which cities could commit themselves to a climate control effort similar to what nations were called upon to do under the Kyoto Accords. So, roughly speaking, cities are committing to reduce their carbon footprint by the year 2020 to a level at or below the historic level of 1990. Pasadena was one of the early cities to sign on, about the 200th city in a group of cities that now total over 800. Because many of the cities that are participating in this effort – the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Control Agreement – are the larger cities, they represent over a third of the total population of the U.S. Are most of these cities are actually making headway with their plans? I’m certain there’s a wide range of implementation and that there is some failure to meet t
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