600 Mayors in All 50 States and Puerto Rico Take Action to Reduce Global Warming

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS

Contact: Lina Garcia of Mayors Climate Protection Center, +1-202- 861-6725, lgarcia@usmayors.org

WASHINGTON, July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, 600 U.S. Mayors have signed The U.S. Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement, an agreement where supporting mayors pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. This agreement is the only climate protection agreement of its kind among U.S. elected officials. Cedar Rapids Mayor Kay Halloran became the 600th mayor to sign the agreement.

The rapidly growing support from mayors ...

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