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 Stories About: Chicago AND climate AND greenhouse-gas emissions AND Seattle
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A win for Kyoto cities plan
U.S. mayors unanimously endorse climate-protection resolution |
Lisa Hymas |
14 Jun 2005 |
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| The nation's mayors have thrown their weight behind Kyoto (and thereby thumbed their noses at Dubyah). At the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Chicago yesterday, municipal leaders unanimously endorsed a resolution calling on U.S. cities to meet or beat the protocol's emissions-reduction targets. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels spearheaded the resolution, as well as a more specific campaign that's gotten 164 cities (so far) to commit to taking steps to protect the climate. ... |
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| Topics: Chicago, climate, greenhouse-gas emissions, Seattle (all these topics) |
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