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WHEREAS, state and local governments throughaut the United States are adQpting emission reduction targets and programs and that this leadership is bipartisan, coming from Republican and Democratic governors and mayars alike; and VI/HEREAS, many cities throughout the natian, both l�rge and small, are reducing global warming pollutants through programs that provide economic and quality of life benefits such as reduced energy bills, green space preservation, air quality improvements, reduced traffic congestion, improved transportation choices, and economic development and job creation through energy conservation and new energy technologies; and WHEREAS, mayors from around the nation have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement which, as amended at the 73`d Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, reads; The U.S. Mayors' Ctimate Protection Agreement A. We urge the federal government and state governments to enact policies and programs to meet or beat the target of reducing global warming pollution levels to 7% below 1990 leve{s by 2012, including efforts to: reduce the United States' dependence on fossil fueEs and accelerate the develapment of clean, ecanomical energy resources and fuel-efficient technologies such as conservation, methane recovery for energy generation, wind and solar energy, fuef cells, efficient motor vehicles, and biofuels; B. We urge the United States Congress to pass bipartisan greenhause gas reduction legislation that includes 1) clear timetables and emissions limits and 2) flexible, market-based systern of tradabfe allowances among emifting inctustries; and C. We will strive to meet or exceed Kyoto Protocol targets far reducing global warming pollution by taking actions in our own opera#ions and communities such as: 1. lnventory global warming emissions in City operations and in the community, set reducfion targets and create an action plan. 2. Adopt and enforce land-use palicies that reduce sprawl, preserve open space, and create compact, walkable urban communities; 3. Promote transportation options such as bicycle trails, commute trip reduction programs, incenfives for car pooling and public transit; 4. Increase the use of clean, alternative energy by, for example, investing in "green tags", advocating fo�the development of renewable energy resources, recovering landfill methane for energy production, and supparting the use af waste to energy technofogy;