World mayors sign environmental accord

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World mayors sign environmental accord

SAN FRANCISCO – Mayors from around the world yesterday signed an international agreement calling for increased use of public transportation and drastic cuts to the amount of trash sent to landfills.

The signing of the "Urban Environmental Accords" capped the U.N. World Environment Day Conference in San Francisco. The nonbinding accords list 21 specific actions that can make cities greener.

San Francisco is the first U.S. city to host the annual conference.

Associated Press

From http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050606/news_1n6region.html (scroll down)

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1. I just returned from an international conference in a small, Mexican city.

That town, Mazamitla, Jalisco, has just built a world-class landfill.

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2. Link to the accords:

http://www.wed2005.org/3.1.php

[mom cat]

3. Send a copy of these to your mayor and city Council. They are great!

Does any one know which cities have already signed on to this?

[mom cat]

4. PDF version at this link:

http://www.wed2005.org/pdfs/Accords_v5.25.pdf