Climate Progress Report: Meeting Kyoto and Beyond
December 08, 2009
December 08, 2009
SEATTLE, Dec. 8 -- The office of the Seattle Mayor issued the following news release:
Mayor Greg Nickels today announced that Seattle's greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 were 7 percent below 1990 levels, meeting the targets of the Kyoto Protocol. The reduction in climate pollution is even more remarkable considering Seattle's population grew 16 percent since 1990.
"We should all be proud of achieving the Kyoto goal. We have shown the world that reducing climate . . .
Mayor Greg Nickels today announced that Seattle's greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 were 7 percent below 1990 levels, meeting the targets of the Kyoto Protocol. The reduction in climate pollution is even more remarkable considering Seattle's population grew 16 percent since 1990.
"We should all be proud of achieving the Kyoto goal. We have shown the world that reducing climate . . .