In May 2005 Mayor Kay Barnes signed the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, an initiative to implement the Kyoto agreements on a local level in the absence of federal leadership.  Unfortunately the Chamber of Commerce got involved in the legislative process and the result was a toothless ordinance with few real targets for greenhouse gas reduction.

However, the city is still going through the motions.  This Thursday you can get a peek at the process when the Climate Protection Plan Steering Committee holds a public meeting.  Keep in mind that KC's rate of cycling is less than half the national average, so this would be a great opportunity to ask the city for a strategy to increase that rate.

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