U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement

Has your mayor signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement?  Global warming places an urgent threat on our environmental, economic and national security and the public health of our communities.  418 Mayors get it. What about yours? When federal leadership failed to lead, mayors across the country are rising to the occasion. While 162 countries have ratified the Kyoto Protocol to address global warming, The United States has not. Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels is taking action. "I got ticked. I was embarrassed that our country didn't sign the Kyoto Protocol, so I committed to do something on behalf of the people of Seattle." That something is the Climate Protection Act.  To date, 418 mayors - representing some 60 million Americans in 50 states - have joined with Mayor Nickels.  Has your mayor joined?

About The U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. The Agreement, initiated by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, was introduced on February 16, 2005 — the same day that the Kyoto Protocol international global warming treaty took effect for participating countries. The agreement calls for Mayors of our cities to implement carbon dioxide restrictions on a local level, and is quickly gathering support around the country, recently earning the backing of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

For more information on the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection

Agreement, please visit the official website www.seattle.gov/mayor/climate/