February 17, 2005

Nickels wants city to meet Kyoto goals

SEATTLE — Mayor Greg Nickels announced Wednesday that the city will meet the goals of the Kyoto Protocol, and he will challenge cities across the U.S. to do the same.

Nickels will lead a green coalition of mayors at the next meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Ten other cities have agreed to join Seattle in bringing an urban climate protection agenda to the June meeting. In order to ensure Seattle meets these goals, the mayor also announced the creation of a Green Ribbon Commission on Climate Protection.

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