Iowa City Mayor Ross Wilburn will sign on to the U.S. Mayors Climate Agreement to reduce the city's global warming pollution by putting into place local energy solutions which save taxpayer dollars and reduce energy use on Saturday, April 14. Iowa City* will join over 400 mayors, 5 others in Iowa, representing over 51 million Americans in 46 states and the District of Columbia that have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, pledging to reduce global warming carbon dioxide pollution in their cities to 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012.The event is scheduled for 3:30 P.M., Saturday, April 14 in the Harvat Hall Room, at City Hall, 410 East Washington Street. The Mayor will be introduced by Michael Carberry (good going, Mike!), Chair of the Iowa City Area Group of the Sierra Club and FAIR!.
Stay tuned to find out how Mayor Wilburn and the city council plan to implement this locally, given there is nothing enforceable in the agreement. I wonder if the mayor will also support efforts to make Iowa City a Green City?
* Iowa City appeared on the American Lung Association 2006 State of the Air list of cleanest cities for short-term particle pollution. Particle pollution refers to a combination of fine solids and aerosols that are suspended in the air.
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