Le vélo sans petite culotte

lundi, juin 27, 2005

Viva Seattle!

Gotta love Seattle!
George Bush peut faire ce qu'il veut avec Kyoto (rien), le maire de Seattle s'en balance. Et si les villes américaines ratifiaient Kyoto?

Les meilleures idées sont les plus simples(via Grist). En intro de l'entrevue:
He's managed to get roughly 300 mayors nationwide -- from the Northwest to the deep South and everywhere in between -- to agree that it's a good idea for U.S. cities to meet or beat Kyoto Protocol targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, despite the Bush administration's rejection of the treaty. Municipal leaders attending a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting in Chicago on Monday unanimously endorsed Nickels' initiative calling on cities to do their part to stave off climate change. Before the conference vote, 165 mayors from 37 states had individually signed on to the initiative; now Nickels hopes many more will follow suit