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U.S. Mayors Respond to Washington Leadership Vacuum on Climate Change |
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Recognizing that global warming may fast be approaching the point of no return and that the world cannot wait for the U.S. government to act, hundreds of U.S. city mayors have pledged to cut emissions of greenhouse gases. By signing the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, these mayors—representing some 44 million Americans—have committed their cities to meet or beat the U.S. emissions reduction target in the Kyoto Protocol, despite the federal government’s refusal to ratify that treaty. Read more:
http://www.earthpolicy.org/Updates/2006/Update53.htm
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