Cool Cities Event Wednesday

September, 11, 2007 , by Robin

This summer, Raleigh pledged to be a Cool City when our City Council passed the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. The Agreement follows the lead of the Kyoto Protocol and mandates a 7% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels. As of now, I believe that there are 23 Cool Cities in North Carolina and 667 in the 50 States and Puerto Rico.
Tomorrow, Mayor Meeker, Council Member Russ Stephenson, and Sierra Club representatives will formally address the townsfolk in Nash Square (the park with the firefighter statues.) The event will be at 10:30 AM. I am hoping they will give us some tangible information about what it means for Raleigh to be a Cool City. I also hope that a significant number of people show up to show that we care about our city’s effect on climate change. If you make it, let me know how it goes. Like most of us, I will be at work.
For more information, read:
Tom Jensen’s NC Cool Cities Blog
The US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement initiated by the Mayor of Seattle in 2005.