[Energysavers] Mayors Climate Change Agreement

[Stephanie Hays-Mussoni]

Contact: Stephanie Hays- Mussoni 

Cope Environmental Center

4910 Shoemaker Road

Centerville, IN 47330

765-855-3188


NEWS  RELEASE


For Immediate Release

August 22, 2007

 

Richmond, IN - Mayor Sally Hutton will sign the U. S. Conference of Mayor's
Climate Protection Agreement on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at 5:00 P.M., at
the Richmond/Wayne County Environmental Awareness Council meeting.  The
public is invited to attend the signing in the Community Room, 2nd Floor of
the City Municipal Building, 50 North 5th Street, Richmond.

 

The U.S. Conference of Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement encourages the
federal government to enact policies and programs to meet or exceed
guidelines set by the Kyoto Protocol. Over 640 Mayors from across the
country have signed the U.S. Mayor's Conference Climate Protection
Agreement.

 

The City is already implementing or has plans for implementing most of the
12 items listed in the Climate Protection Agreement through the Indiana
CLEAN Community Challenge administered by IDEM (Indiana Department of
Environmental Management), the Richmond Comprehensive Plan 2006, and the
Richmond/Wayne County Environmental Awareness Council. 

 

Eight other Mayors in Indiana have signed the Climate Protection Agreement.
The cities are Bloomington, Carmel, Columbus, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Gary,
Indianapolis, and Michigan City. For more information on the Agreement visit
www.usmayors.org <http://www.usmayors.org/> . 

 

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Stephanie Hays-Mussoni

Interim Executive Director

Cope Environmental Center

4910 Shoemaker Rd

Centerville,  IN  47330

765-855-3188

s.hays at copeenvironmental.org



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