Albuquerque Impressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions Earn Award
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Albuquerque Earns U.S. EPA Climate Protection Award
Our friend Bill Brown reports great news about Albuquerque, New Mexico's reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Since 1990, the City of Albuquerque has reduced greenhouse gas emissions from city operations by 58% and from city landfills by 73%. Albuquerque achieved First Place Honors from the U.S. Conference of Mayors' 2007 Climate Protection Awards. Albuquerque achieved these impressive reductions by increasing energy efficiency, implementing renewable energy projects, capturing landfill methane, and utilizing alternative fuels. 20% of the City's energy is derived from wind power; the City fleet ranks fourth in the nation on SustainLane's 2006 list of the 50 largest US cities whose city fleets use alternative fuels; five city swimming pools are installing solar heating systems; and the city landfill converts landfill gas into energy. Albuquerque established the nation's first municipal capital budget set-a-side specifically dedicated to energy reduction and renewable energy implementation. The City is currently working to reduce emissions even further: The City's new Energy Conservation Code requires new buildings and existing buildings undergoing significant alterations to be at least 30% more energy efficient, and Mayor Chavez recently issued an Executive Order ensuring that all new municipal buildings meet green building standards, and established a special forestry program to combat climate change by reducing the heat island effect, sequestering carbon dioxide, and buffering the effects of rapid climate change. "
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Greetings, All -- Albuquerque, New Mexico receives a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Climate Protection Award for its impressive greenhouse gases emissions reductions. Arlington County, Virginia and Austin & Dallas, Texas also demonstrate leadership in climate protection.
Full details on all the award winners are available at: http://www.epa.gov/cppd/awards/2008winners.html
-- Bill Brown
www.nmglobalwarming.org
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From TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com.
Our friend Bill Brown reports great news about Albuquerque, New Mexico's reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Since 1990, the City of Albuquerque has reduced greenhouse gas emissions from city operations by 58% and from city landfills by 73%. Albuquerque achieved First Place Honors from the U.S. Conference of Mayors' 2007 Climate Protection Awards. Albuquerque achieved these impressive reductions by increasing energy efficiency, implementing renewable energy projects, capturing landfill methane, and utilizing alternative fuels. 20% of the City's energy is derived from wind power; the City fleet ranks fourth in the nation on SustainLane's 2006 list of the 50 largest US cities whose city fleets use alternative fuels; five city swimming pools are installing solar heating systems; and the city landfill converts landfill gas into energy. Albuquerque established the nation's first municipal capital budget set-a-side specifically dedicated to energy reduction and renewable energy implementation. The City is currently working to reduce emissions even further: The City's new Energy Conservation Code requires new buildings and existing buildings undergoing significant alterations to be at least 30% more energy efficient, and Mayor Chavez recently issued an Executive Order ensuring that all new municipal buildings meet green building standards, and established a special forestry program to combat climate change by reducing the heat island effect, sequestering carbon dioxide, and buffering the effects of rapid climate change. "
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Greetings, All -- Albuquerque, New Mexico receives a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Climate Protection Award for its impressive greenhouse gases emissions reductions. Arlington County, Virginia and Austin & Dallas, Texas also demonstrate leadership in climate protection.
Full details on all the award winners are available at: http://www.epa.gov/cppd/awards/2008winners.html
-- Bill Brown
www.nmglobalwarming.org
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From TouchArt.net and OneEarthBlog.blogspot.com.
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Congratulations to the City, the People of Albuquerque, and Mayor Marty Chavez for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
If this New Mexico city in one of the poorest states can reduce greenhouse gas emissions so much in such a short time, every city can do it too.
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Photo of Martin Luther King with Alamosa Community officials in Albuquerque, New Mexico in June 2007. Photo by Charleen Touchette. -
I knew I should've taken that right turn through Alberquerque.
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- CarlosIsDown
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You should've taken the right turn through Albuquerque.
Albuquerque is the bomb. -
super!
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I have been to AustinTX, (also in the leadership list!) it is bomb ass. ALbu is def. on my list. -
ive been a couple of times its always been an oasis in the desert. very nice climate too.
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That's GREAT news.
Good work Albuquerque-
Thank you for taking the lead in our outdated country. -
I keep telling the echo-elitist Seattle natives up here that they don't have it all figured out yet... I'm proud to be an Albuquerque native!! :)
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"Since 1990, the City of Albuquerque has reduced greenhouse gas emissions from city operations by 58% and from city landfills by 73%."
This is a significant reduction considering that in the last 18 years Albuquerque and surounding cities in the valley have grown lots in the last 18 years.
Rio Rancho, on the northwest edge of Albuquerque is one of the fastest growing cities in America.
Mayor Marty Chavez, former Mayor Jim Baca, and the Albuquerque City Council deserve kudos for their leadership in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. -
New Mexico would do well to reduce emissions by getting rid of all the phukn pigs on the road (city, county, state (DPS too), tribal and every other power-trippin aRRhole hassling the people as if it was a real job) and extending that rail further north... that would do a lot more with the price of gas these days.
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