To Fight Climate, Talk To The Mayor
America’s Cities Are the Only Hope for Climate Change Action; They can do what Donald Trump says he won't
Johanna Partin, November 16,, 2016 (Time)
“…[Climate policy cannot] wait another four years or another election cycle for more aggressive action…Increased investments in fossil fuel infrastructure over the next four years will lock-in unsustainable carbon emissions for decades to come…[But the] new administration needs to start paying attention to the numbers. Clean energy employment grew 12 times more quickly than overall job creation in the U.S. in 2015, and this trend is growing…This is why cities must be—and will be—at the fore of climate action going forward…Since cities are responsible for nearly three-quarters of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions, and the majority of the world’s population lives in cities, cities are the right places to focus, and…the cities of the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, are stepping up and moving fast…” click here for more
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