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SF, Oakland step up anti-climate change efforts
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/SF-Oakland-step-up-anti-climate-change-efforts-7957626.phpThe mayors of San Francisco, Oakland and four other West Coast cities unveiled an agreement Wednesday to work together to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
Under the deal, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and their counterparts in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C., will encourage widespread reporting of energy usage in large buildings in their cities and the use of zero-emission vehicles.
They will also take part in greenhouse gas-cutting measures being undertaken by Gov. Jerry Brown, the governors of Oregon and Washington and British Columbian Premier Christy Clark. Among those is an effort to create an electric car-charging network “along major highway systems from Southern California to British Columbia” and install more charging stations in cities.
“These actions cannot wait,” Lee said in a statement at the Clean Energy Ministerial in San Francisco, a forum attended by global energy ministers. “San Francisco and cities worldwide must continue to lead by taking bold actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions immediately.”
Under the deal, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf and their counterparts in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, B.C., will encourage widespread reporting of energy usage in large buildings in their cities and the use of zero-emission vehicles.
They will also take part in greenhouse gas-cutting measures being undertaken by Gov. Jerry Brown, the governors of Oregon and Washington and British Columbian Premier Christy Clark. Among those is an effort to create an electric car-charging network “along major highway systems from Southern California to British Columbia” and install more charging stations in cities.
“These actions cannot wait,” Lee said in a statement at the Clean Energy Ministerial in San Francisco, a forum attended by global energy ministers. “San Francisco and cities worldwide must continue to lead by taking bold actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions immediately.”
I suppose San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo was too busy planning his bet with the mayor of Pittsburgh over the Stanley Cup.
