Hillsboro Prepares Global Warming-Reduction Strategy

In a major victory for the Oregon movement to stop global warming at the local level, the Transportation Comittee of the City of Hillsboro unanimously approved a recommendation to the full city council, which outlines a strategy for reducing the city's greenhouse gas emissions. Months in the making, the recommendation calls for Hillsboro to work with ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability to find a realistic goal for cutting emissions city-wide, and implement effective strategies to acheive that goal. The recommendation also urges Mayor Tom Hughes to seriously consider signing onto the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, and join the more than 470 mayors nation-wide who have already done so.

READ THE PRESS RELEASE ON THE RECOMMENDATION

The recommendation will be taken to the full city council on May 15th, and is expected to pass. Hillsboro - the fifth largest city in the state - will join several other major urban areas in Oregon that have meaningful emissions-reduction plans. These localities are proving to the US federal government that global warming solutions can be cost-effective, and improve community livability while helping the environment. The President and members of Congress should be paying attention; mayors and city councilors are exploring territories that the highest level of government is afraid to penetrate.

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