Villaraigosa vs. Global Warming
Mayor commits Los Angeles to international goal of reducing global warming pollution.
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Los Angeles is going to set the standard for green -- if Villaraigosa has anything to do with it.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be in Seattle today to join other members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in announcing a milestone in their attempts to reduce global warming.
That milestone is getting 1,000 mayors to sign the conference’s Climate Protection Agreement, in which they have pledged that their cities will meet or exceed Kyoto Protocol targets for reducing global warming pollution.
The Climate Protection Agreement calls on mayors to urge the federal government and state governments to meet or beat the target of reducing global warming pollution levels to seven percent below 1990 levels by 2012.
Mayors signing the agreement also pledged to try to reduce the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels by encouraging conservation and developing fuel-efficient technologies, such as methane recovery for energy generation, wind and solar energy, fuel cells and biofuels.
The announcement comes in connection with the conference's fall leadership meeting. Villaraigosa is the second vice president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
