San Francisco Bay Area Mayors Sign Climate Pact. By Shaun Bishop, Silicon Valley MercuryNews, March 6, 2009. "In a move signaling local cooperation in the fight against climate change, the mayors of the Bay Area's three largest cities Friday signed onto a regional agreement that outlines a series of goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions... [It] will allow the cities to pool their resources in developing green programs and increase their ability to obtain funding for projects, including money in the federal stimulus package... The compact includes 10 measurable goals, each with deadlines, on efforts ranging from promoting recycling to getting more electric cars on the road. One goal is to place 20,000 new graduates into green industry jobs by 2013. Another calls for using 3 percent less gasoline by 2013 than was consumed last year and 8 percent less by 2018."
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