Cities, Towns Work to Combat Climate Change

While the United States has never fully ratified the Kyoto climate change protocol, individual cities and towns around the country are aiming to go where the nation as a whole has not.

The international climate-change agreement would have required the U.S. to reduce its carbon emissions by 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. Now, more than 900 mayors have signed a "Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement" to reach the Kyoto goal in their individual cities and towns. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Mike LaBonte - Mar 23, 2009 - 2:21 PM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Mar 25, 2009 - 10:44 AM PDT

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Mar. 25, 2009

This would have benefited from some outside perspective on the short- and long-term feasibility and impact of the mayors' agreement—the energy efficiency expert doesn't add much context and other sources are involved in the project. All around, though, this was an informative story.

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Mike LaBonte
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