From Green Right Now Reports
Friday will be a milestone day for the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement with the planned announcement that the group has reached 1,000 signatures. Mayors representing 85 million Americans will have signed the pledge to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in U.S. cities in line with Kyoto Protocol standards.
U.S. Conference of Mayors President Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels will make announcement during the Conference’s Leadership Meeting from Oct. 1 to Oct. 3 at the Westin Seattle Hotel, where 60-plus U.S. mayors will discuss the continuing recession and “green” economic recovery with White House and Obama Cabinet Officials.
Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Mayor Thomas Leighton won the 2009 Mayors’ Climate Protection Awards, the U.S. Conference of Mayors announced today.