http://spoken.phrasewise.com/articles/2006/09/21/bloomberg-sustainability-announcement en-us 40 Daniel Berlinger :: helpless :: speechless :: breathless <div class="entry" title="Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement" link="http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/21/bloomberg-sustainability-announcement/#comments"> <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/21/bloomberg-sustainability-announcement/#comments">Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement</a>: <p><em>As <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/21/breaking-bloomberg-to-announce-big-sustainability-plan-today/">we reported this morning</a>, Mayor Bloomberg is in California with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to make a major policy announcement on a long-term environmental sustainability initiative. The key components of the Mayor&#8217;s plan include:</em></p> <ul> <li>The creation of the Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability.</li> <li>The undertaking of a major greenhouse gas inventory for City government and the City overall.</li> <li>The appointment of a Sustainability Advisory Board to advise the City on environmentally sound policies and practices.</li> <li>The creation of a new partnership with the Earth Institute of Columbia<br /> University to provide the City with scientific research and advice on<br /> environmental and climate change-related issues.</li> </ul> <cite cite="http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/09/21/bloomberg-sustainability-announcement/#comments" title="Daniel's remark..." class="dRemark">[It&#8217;s about time. I wonder if this&#8217;ll have any teeth?]</cite> <br /> Source: <a href="http://www.streetsblog.org">StreetsBlog</a> </div> Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:57:35 +0000 urn:uuid:a0781c63-f15c-45ac-a95d-38bb4b4a12d3 Daniel http://spoken.phrasewise.com/articles/2006/09/21/bloomberg-sustainability-announcement advocacy environment personal http://spoken.phrasewise.com/articles/trackback/397