Mayors back global warming pact
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Going against the Bush administration's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, more than 130 U.S. mayors have pledged to meet or beat certain Kyoto targets by 2012. Examples include anti-sprawl land-use policies or encouraging cruise lines to turn off their engines while docked. Critics of the Kyoto Protocol claim it is unnecessary, due to an alleged or perceived lack of clear evidence that global warming is due to human activities. Participating Mayors Leaders Joining Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels to lead the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
Going against the Bush administration's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, more than 130 U.S. mayors have pledged to meet or beat certain Kyoto targets by 2012. Examples include anti-sprawl land-use policies or encouraging cruise lines to turn off their engines while docked.
Critics of the Kyoto Protocol claim it is unnecessary, due to an alleged or perceived lack of clear evidence that global warming is due to human activities.
Participating Mayors
Leaders
Joining Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels to lead the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement are:
Mayor Rocky Anderson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mayor Peter Clavelle, Burlington, Vermont
Mayor Rosemarie Ives, Redmond, Washington
Mayor Gavin Newsom, San Francisco, California
Mayor Pam O'Conner, Santa Monica, California
Mayor Tom Potter, Portland, Oregon
Mayor Mark Ruzzin, Boulder, Colorado
Mayor R.T. Rybak, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mayor Jerry Brown, Oakland, California
Participants
Full list of participating mayors
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