132 U.S. Mayors Embrace Kyoto Treaty

A bipartisan coalition of 132 U.S. mayors are pledging to have their cities meet the Kyoto Treaty that President Bush has rejected.

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May 21, 2005, 9:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The mayors, from cities as liberal as Los Angeles and as conservative as Hurst, Tex., represent nearly 29 million citizens in 35 states...are pledging to have their cities meet what would have been a binding requirement for the nation had the Bush administration not rejected the Kyoto Protocol: a reduction in heat-trapping gas emissions to levels 7 percent below those of 1990, by 2012...many of the mayors said they were acting precisely out of concern for the economic vitality of their cities."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

FULL STORY: Rebuffing Bush, 132 Mayors Embrace Kyoto Rules

Friday, May 20, 2005 in The New York Times

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