Green Cities

In July of 2005, I wrote a short piece about local green initiatives noting that various places, including Chicago, San Francisco and Charlotte, were implementing environmentally-friendly programs:

"With the administration still dragging its feet on joining the worldwide battle against global warming, a growing number of U.S. cities have decided that environmental activism begins at home..."

Two years later, the movement is continuing apace. Here's a bit from a recent piece by John David Sutter of the Oklahoman...

"Tulsa has become the 500th city in the country to make a formal pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming....it is the 500th city to sign the agreement. At least one city from every state has signed the agreement, which requires participating cities to slash their city's carbon dioxide pollution by 7 percent between 1990 and 2012."