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From YouTube: Boston Climate Summit Press Conference
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Mayor Walsh welcomes mayors across the country and abroad for an International Mayors Climate Summit hosted at Boston University. The summit will focus on actions being taken by mayors to address climate change globally and in their own communities
A
A
C
C
Let
me
just
as
people
are
coming
in
first
and
foremost,
I
want
to
thank
all
my
fellow
mayor's
for
joining
us
here
today.
This
summit
was
an
incredible
opportunity
for
all
of
us
to
work
together
and
really
make
some
real
progress
and
I
think
every
mayor
that
spoken.
She
was
excited
about
how
inspiring
this
this
this
this
summit
was,
and
I
truly
appreciate
it-
I-
want
to
thank
I
wanna.
Thank
my
all
the
United
States
Mia's
in
Massachusetts
Mia's,
but
also
in
particularly
give
a
shout
out
to
the
international
leaders
for
joining
us.
C
Today
we
were
represented
by
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Strasbourg,
France,
Peterborough,
England,
Montpelier,
France,
Montreal
China
in
other
places.
So
I
want
to
thank
all
of
those
mayors
who
made
this
journey
to
be
with
us
today.
I
also
want
to
make
a
special
thank
you
to
Boston
University,
President
Brown
and
his
team
here
who
hosted
this
conference.
They
did
an
incredible
job
last
night
in
this
and
today
for
having
this
conference
here
at
Boston.
C
University
I
want
to
thank
secretary
Kerry
and
administer
Makau
administer
McCarthy
Gina
McCarthy
for
her
inspiring
were
as
if
they're
inspiring
words
and
really
talking
about
the
groundwork
that
was
laid
during
their
time
in
the
Obama
administration.
Much
of
that
is
what
we're
talking
to
do
today
and
what
they
continue
to
do
every
single
day.
What
we
did
today
was
was
really
important.
We
talked
about
amazing
thing.
C
That
was
one
of
the
main
topics
that
came
out
of
today
and
a
little
over
a
year
ago,
when,
when
the
president
pulled
out
of
the
Paris
agreement,
what
he
didn't
realize
that
he
was
lighting
a
fire
under
America's
me,
as
in
that
moment,
brought
us
closer
together
and
inspired
us
to
take
further
action
on
the
climate
and
inspired
more
than
400
mayors
across
America
to
join
climate
mayors.
It
inspired
even
more
mayor's
to
join
climate
mayor's
electric-vehicle
RFP
RFI.
C
Excuse
me
that
mayor
Garcetti
is
leading
and
I
want
to
thank
him
for
that
and
I
hope
that
it's
gonna
inspire
other
cities
to
join
renewable
energy,
RFI's
that
we
we
did
today
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
Already
we
have
Mirek
our
city
involve
Los
Angeles,
Mayor,
Turner,
mid
Dyer,
mayor
Emanuel,
mega
D
to
join
the
effort,
and
we
hope
this
list
will
grow
and
I'd
be
willing
to
bet
that
by
Monday,
when
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors
is
done
in
Boston
they'll
certainly
be
more
than
nine
nine
cities
on
that
list.
C
C
If
you
have
any
questions,
but
first
I'm
going
to
bring
mayor
Garcetti
to
the
podium
mayor
Garcetti,
you
know
recruited
me
to
join
climate
mayor's
right
out
and
asked
me
to
be
one
of
the
co-chairs
of
the
group
and
right
after
the
United
States,
allegedly
pulled
out
of
the
Paris
c40
mayor
guy
said
he
was
on
top
of
it
and
and
reached
out
right
away
and
said
what
can
we
do?
He's
been
a
champion
on
a
lot
of
issues,
but
in
particular
on
the
climate
I
want
to
thank
him
for
his
friendship.
B
Can
both
be
sad
about
the
finals,
because
neither
of
our
teams
are
there.
So
thank
you
so
much
mayor
Walsh.
Thank
you
for
your
friendship.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
I
know
how
much
work
goes
into
convening
people
in
your
home,
and
we
owe
you
a
double
debt
of
gratitude,
because
you
did
that
not
just
for
this
today,
but
you're
doing
it
for
the
United
States
Conference
of
Mayors.
So
let's
give
him
another
round
of
applause.
B
And
for
being
an
environmental
champion,
together
with
this
extraordinary
group,
I
have
no
doubt
this
group
could
solve
many
of
America's,
if
not
the
world's
problems,
and
to
see
mayor's
here
from
Honolulu
to
Edmonton
Strasbourg
Guangzhou,
to
see
really
the
world
come
together
at
the
local
level.
It's
because
there
isn't
a
lot
that
separates
us.
We
live
in
cities
with
people
who
have
the
same
health
concerns
same
economic
aspirations
and
the
same
anxiety
and
worry
about
the
health
of
our
planet
and
I.
B
I
think
there
were
a
lot
of
sad
people
a
year
ago,
when
we
had
a
president
who
became
the
only
world
leader,
the
only
world
leader
to
say
he
was
going
to
withdraw
from
the
Paris
climate
Accords,
but
instead
of
crying
Republicans
Democrats
independents
across
this
country
who
lead
local
government
said
we
don't
have
to
cry.
The
power
is
with
us.
B
This
is
a
country
in
which
Washington
is
not
given
cities,
power,
cities
give
Washington
power
and
in
fact,
most
of
the
work,
no
matter
who
the
president
is
on
buildings
and
the
building
codes
on
energy
and
energy
grids
on
transportation
and
transportation
networks
happened
through
the
work
that
we
do
and
what
can
we
do
to
say
if
he's
out
were
in
and
to
date
we
have
over
400
cities,
four
hundred
and
six
cities
in
47
states.
Just
as
this
mayor
probably
go
around
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors
asking
everybody
to
join
the
Aref
I'm
gonna.
B
Look
for
those
last
three
states,
North
character,
Kota,
South,
Dakota
and
Mississippi-
to
find
somebody.
So
we
can
make
it
all
50
states,
but
it's
an
extraordinary
list.
People
in
the
smallest
of
towns
and
the
biggest
of
cities
representing
nearly
70
million
Americans,
who
are
committed
to
making
sure
we
do
the
right
work.
We
know
that
climate
change
is
real.
We
feel
its
impact.
We
don't
have
the
luxury
of
attacking
made-up
problems,
because
we
have
real
ones
that
we
have
to
address
from
rising
tides
to
droughts
and
fires,
to
hurricanes
and
displacement.
B
This
is
the
work
of
our
time
and
of
our
age
and
I'm
so
excited
about
this
RFI,
which
is
request
for
information
for
the
uninitiated.
But
essentially
it
is
an
initiative
that
allows
cities
to
come
together
to
say
we
collectively
want
to
increase
our
market
power
and
our
political
voice
to
bring
more
greener
and
cleaner
energy
to
our
people
and
to
our
world.
We've
done
that
with
electric
cars.
Already
by
saying
to
car
manufacturers,
you
don't
have
to
think
about
bidding
in
one
city
for
one
set
of
cars
or
vehicles.
B
All
of
these
cities
need
them
so
change
the
cars
and
vehicles
you're
making
so
that
they
can
be
less
polluting.
It's
the
same
thing
with
energy
here
today
to
allow
us
to
go
to
a
hundred
percent
renewable
power
across
this
nation
to
be
able
to
get
to
a
level
where
our
global
emissions
coming
out
of
this
country
are
reduced
year
after
year.
B
So
we
love
being
inspired
by
the
brilliance
coming
out
of
this
city
and
I
know
the
other
cities
are
going
to
be
making
those
same
sorts
of
pledges
and
I
know.
We
can
get
this
done
because
in
Los
Angeles
we
cut
our
global
greenhouse
emissions.
In
2016
the
last
year
we've
been
able
to
measure
by
11
percent
the
equivalent
of
taking
a
nearly
three-quarters
of
a
million
cars
off
the
road
and
the
same
year.
When
people
say
that's
a
threat
to
the
economy.
Our
unemployment
rate
went
down
14%
emissions
down,
11
unemployment,
down
14%.
B
B
So
that's
what
climate
mayor's
is
all
about
in
a
nutshell:
sharing
the
best
practices
pushing
each
other
to
catch
up,
to
surpass
each
other
to
leapfrog
forward
as
a
group
and
to
make
sure
that
we
save
our
cities,
save
our
country
and
save
our
planet
and
I
am
so
proud
to
be
able
to
introduce
the
woman
who
was
part
of
the
class
of
2013.
We
were
all
elected
together.
We've
got
these
mayoral
classes.
B
I
first
met
her
at
the
White
House,
when
President
Obama
welcomed
us
with
Vice
President
Biden,
to
talk
about
the
state
of
our
cities
and
lovely
Warren,
the
mayor
of
Rochester
distinguished
herself,
in
an
incredible
room,
Bill
Peduto
was
there
too
bunch
of
us
were
there
and
she
has
been
working
to
make
sure
that
Rochester
is
a
model
for
resiliency
to
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions
and
we
were
so
thrilled
when
she
joined
climate
mayor's
last
summer.
So
please
welcome
lovely
one.
D
Thank
you,
Mary
mayor
Garcetti
I
would
like
to
also
thank
mayor
Walsh
and
his
team
for
hosting
today's
international
mayor's
climate
summit.
I
want
to
thank
both
mayor,
Garcetti,
mark
Garcetti
and
Mayor
Walsh.
Both
have
provided
incredible
leadership
for
our
nation.
At
a
time
when
Washington
has
not
today,
I
learned
best
practices
from
cities
around
the
world.
That
I
will
be
able
to
take
back
home
to
Rochester
the
combined
efforts
of
participating
cities.
D
Mayors
acting
on
climate
can
make
a
real
difference
on
global
climate
change
here
in
the
US,
it's
more
important
than
ever
that
we
engage
at
the
local
level
when
the
federal
government
in
the
bracing
policies
that
will
make
matters
worse.
Last
March
in
Rochester
we
had
a
major
windstorm,
followed
by
a
major
snowstorm,
followed
by
major
flooding
of
Lake
Ontario,
all
within
a
few
weeks
of
each
other.
The
flooding
and
storms
wiped
out.
One
of
our
beaches
impacted
our
businesses,
marinas
and
citizens.
D
As
the
mayor
of
Rochester
I
understand
that
climate
change
is
real,
I
can
see
it
with
my
own
eyes,
but
as
a
mother
I
understand
that,
if
we
don't
change
how
we
do
business,
how
we
use
energy,
my
daughter
in
future
generations
will
not
have
a
planet
Earth
to
enjoy.
The
children
in
Rochester
in
children
across
the
country
and
world
deserve
no
less
from
us.
This
is
why
we
adopted
a
climate
action
plan
with
the
goal
to
reduce
our
greenhouse
gas
emissions
by
40
percent
from
2010
levels.
D
By
2030,
we
completed
a
new
solar
array
that
would
divert
more
than
2,000
tons
of
carbon
dioxide
per
year
from
the
atmosphere
and
reduce
our
reliance
on
the
grid.
We
are
looking
at
opportunities
to
expand
community
solar,
transitioning
to
LED
lights,
solar,
roofs,
green
roofs
in
single
stream,
recycling,
installing
electric
charging
stations
across
our
city
purchasing
energy-efficient
vehicles
in
rolling
out
bike,
sharing,
ride-sharing
and
car
sharing.
These
initiatives
are
cost
effective
in
a
long
run
and
they
save
taxpayers
money
but,
more
importantly,
they
preserve
our
community
for
future
generations.
D
D
So
as
we
talk
about
climate
change
as
mayor's,
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
citizens
are
able
to
participate
in
this
joint
effort
to
protect
our
planet,
and
that
is
why
we
are
currently
working
on
developing
a
commuter
community,
solar
array
that
would
allow
our
low
to
moderate
income
residents
the
ability
to
subscribe
and
save
money
on
their
utilities.
We're
also
looking
at
energy
efficiency
when
it
comes
to
the
construction
of
affordable
housing
and
so
much
more
again.
D
I
want
to
thank
mayor
Walsh
for
hosting
us
here
and
for
his
leadership
and
mayor
Garcetti
I
know
we
are
returning
home
with
a
more
robust
understanding
of
how
climate
change
is
affecting
cities
around
the
world
and
how
we
can
work
together
to
make
our
world
a
world
that
our
children
can
be
proud
of
for
generations
to
come
now,
as
my
distinct
honor
to
introduce
mayor
ivanson
from
the
City
of
Edmonton
Canada.
Thank
you.
I.
E
We
do
the
same
thing
in
Canada,
I
just
came
as
a
matter
of
fact
from
the
Federation
of
Canadian
Municipalities
conference
up
in
Halifax,
where
we
ringing
Lee
endorsed
and
recommitted
over
2000
members
of
our
organization
to
the
Paris
agreement.
So
Canada
is
still
in
in
a
big
way
at
the
local
government
level
and.
E
E
It's
very
very
clear
to
me
that
municipal
leadership
in
this
country
and
research
partners,
like
folks
at
Boston,
University
and
researchers,
who
we
heard
from
today
and
industry
leaders
who
are
already
investing
in
this,
are
going
to
make
the
change
regardless
of
the
decisions
of
any
one
country,
even
even
this
administration,
and
so
that
is
absolutely
hope
inspiring
for
those
of
us.
Who've
been
watching
things
unfold
in
the
United
States
that
mayor's.
E
Who,
of
course,
are
the
leaders
who
matter
the
most,
making
practical
decisions
and
investments
on
the
ground
in
our
communities
in
partnership
that
we
have
the
most
stake
and
that
to
see
mayor,
Walsh
and
mayor
Garcetti,
amer,
Warren
and
all
of
all
of
these
other
mayor's
here
and
the
climate
mayor's
Network
in
person
is
absolutely
inspiring,
and
so
on
behalf
of
my
colleagues,
the
big
city,
mayors
of
Canada
and
other
local
government
leaders
and
and
Canadians
at
least
the
ones
that
I
get
to
represent.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
It's
extraordinary.
E
We
had
done
something
similar
prior
to
an
event
that
we
held
in
Edmonton
a
couple
of
months
ago.
We
had
800
climate
scientists
from
the
IPCC
come
together
and
if
you
can
believe
it,
this
was
the
first
time
they
came
together
to
talk
about
cities
and
climate
science.
Most
of
their
work
has
been
focused
on
global
systems.
E
Of
course
that's
important
and
regionalized
effects,
but
now
they're
really
putting
a
renewed
focus
on
cities
and
the
science
that
will
make
an
impact,
whether
it's
the
hardening
of
infrastructure
or
urban
heat
island
effects
or
public
health
and
air
quality
issues
in
our
cities
and
as
the
world
urbanized,
as
that
science
will
be
essential.
But
the
other
theme
from
today
that
I
really
took
away
and-
and
it
was
resonant
at
that
event
as
well-
was
that
the
innovation
that
will
come
from
it
that
will
be
generated
largely
in
cities.
E
That's
where
the
solutions
will
be
found,
that's
where
the
industries
and
jobs
of
tomorrow
will
emerge,
but
it's
already
happening
today.
It's
very
much
happening
here
in
Boston.
It's
happening
in
many
of
the
cities,
as
we've
heard
about
today
and
so
again,
there's
extraordinary
hope
to
come
from
that.
E
But
the
commitment
we
all
must
have
as
leaders
and
as
citizens
is
to
making
science-based
decisions
and
pursuing
science-based
policy,
and
so
we
brought
forward
the
Edmonton
declaration,
which
came
out
of
that
event
for
consideration
by
the
mayors
and
the
mayor
of
Pittsburgh
has
signed
on
and
he
was
at
our
event.
Washington
DC
has
signed
on
and
so
we'll
be
bringing
that
to
the
attention
of
mayor's
at
the
US
Conference
here
in
the
next
couple
of
days.
But
finally,
you
know
this
has
hit
our
community
as
well.
E
C
F
C
This
is
absolutely
a
climate
summit.
If
you
listen
to
everything
that
secretary
Kerry
talked
about,
he
went
into
detail
about
his
work
in
1988
and
the
inability
of
Congress
back
then
to
act
on
dealing
with
the
issues
of
climate.
He
spoke
about
the
degree
to
degrees
higher
right
now.
If
we
don't
take
action
by
the
middle
of
the
century,
it'll
be
three
by
the
end
of
the
century
before
degrees.
His
whole
conversation
was
focused
on
the
climate.
C
You
just
happened
to
take
one
word
he
might
have
said
out
of
context,
but
overall
the
conversation
was
clearly
about
climate
and
Gina
McCarthy.
The
EPA
commissioner,
certainly
was
a
leader,
and
if
you
listened
to
what
she
had
to
say,
I
think
she
was
very
clear
on
the
fact
that
it's
not
a
national
government
that
should
address
this
issue
and
I
think
she
was
talking
about
all
paths
in
future
national
governments.
It's
at
the
state
of
the
mayors
that
have
the
ability
to
make
real
change.
F
C
I
didn't
he
said
you
know
he
didn't
say
that
he
what
he
said
was
that
he
said
they
could
all
it
could
be
very
different.
He
actually
talked
about
the
agreement
ending
in
January
of
2020
and
the
potentially
could
be
a
change
in
Washington,
where
we
wouldn't
be
ending.
That
would
be
actually
see
it.
Staying
in
that
agreement,
that's
exactly
what
he
said.
G
B
B
We
can't
yet
buy
in
Boston
and
Los
Angeles
off
the
same
grid,
but
you
could
have
companies
that
we're
doing
things
of
scale
and
you
have
connections
from
the
middle
of
the
country
that
flow
out
both
to
the
east
and
west,
for
instance,
for
wind
power
and
other
things,
so
whether
it
would
be
in
bayson
solar,
whether
it
be
looking
at
wind
power
or
even
storage,
I.
Think
a
lot
of
this
is
going
to
be
about
storage
and
storage
solutions.
B
H
You
know,
let
me
just
say
we're
always
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
be
innovative.
I
will
tell
you
that
when
we
increased,
where
we
sign
our
first
power
purchase
agreement
on
Earth
today
increasing
the
solar
purchase
from
30
megawatts
to
50,
it
reduced
the
current
contract
price
for
us
by
8%
saving
the
city
of
Houston
40
million
dollars
over
20
years.
If
there
are
ways
by
entering
to
a
renewable
RFI
in
an
innovative
way,
we
can
do
even
more
we're
certainly
going
to
take
advantage
of
that.
E
So
I
can't
speak
for
the
federal
government,
but
having
spoken
with
them,
I
can
tell
you
that
they
see
the
development
of
the
economy
and
the
preservation
of
the
environment
going
hand
in
hand.
But
the
country
has
to
have
the
fiscal
strength
simply
by
getting
a
full
value
for
our
products
in
order
to
be
able
to
fund
some
of
the
kind
of
transition,
initiatives
and
innovation
projects
that
it
will
take
to
meet
the
the
goals
of
the
pan-canadian
framework
on
clean
growth
and
climate
change,
which
add
up
to
the
NDC
commitments
under
under
Paris.
E
E
And
if
you
are
getting
a
haircut
on
something
you're
selling
today
and
that
compromises
your
ability
to
invest
in
transition
and
you
could
actually
set
it
back
and
slow
it
down
well,
at
the
same
time,
putting
the
environment
at
more
risk
by
moving
the
commodities
by
rail
that
are
more
safely
moved
by
a
pipeline.
No
system
is
perfect,
but
pipelines
crisscross
our
part
of
the
world,
just
like
Texas
and
and
they're
by
and
large,
safe
and
preferable
to
rail
and
more
carbon
efficient.
G
C
Doing
that
right
now,
with
with
what
can
you
be
specific
on
the
on
that
we're
doing
right
now
at
the
Green
River
Commission,
where
we
have
private
entities,
private
developers
at
the
table,
working
to
reduce
carbon
emissions
and
working
with
us
in
the
city
of
Boston
working
with
the
state?
But
if
you
have
a
specific.
C
It
was
clear
it
was
clear.
Sorry,
it
was
close
spoken
today
about
any
and
actually
at
the
meeting
yesterday,
the
Green
River
Commission
about
70%
of
the
carbon
it's
being
produced
out
of
the
buildings
in
downtown
office
buildings
in
town,
and
what
we
have
to
do
is
continue
to
bring
down
the
missions
and
work
with
our
communities.
I
mean
the
mayor
of
Rochester
just
spoke
about,
you
know
trying
to
work
on
with
low-income
families
and
the
issues
of
replacing
their
boilers.
C
We
have
a
program
in
the
city
of
Boston
that
has
100%
boiler
replacement
program
for
low-income
families
in
the
city
of
Boston.
So
we
have
those
programs
in
place.
We're
working
with
mass,
save
and
men
are
doing
audits
on
homes
working
to
have
more
energy
efficiency
around
people's
homes.
They
save
the
money
in
the
Salem
cost
I
think
even
some
degree.
Some
of
our
utility
companies
do
a
grading
system
of
how
you're
doing
with
you
I
got
mine
yesterday.
C
How
you
doing
with
the
efficiency
in
your
home,
so
I
think
some
of
those
programs
can
actually
cities
can
actually
Institute
programs
to
help
low-income
families.
Where
you
know,
private
development
doesn't
necessarily
need
the
city
to
help
them
with
a
program
we
can
lay
out
a
plan
and
how
we
want
to
move
forward,
but
we
can
actually
help
low
income
residents
and
I
know
that
I
know
that
LA
and
used
in
other
cities
they're
all
in
Pittsburgh
they're
all
doing
this
stuff,
so
I
think
that
that's
how
we
help
the
lower
income,
families.
H
Just
one
example
of
that
we
are
part
of
the
reinventing
cities
program,
for
example,
in
a
community
in
Houston
low
income.
There
have
been
300
acres
in
that
community
that
have
been
contaminated,
no
development
at
all.
What
we
are
doing
and
there's
a
proposal
out
right
now
of
taking
those
300
acres
and
turning
those
300
acres.
H
Two
usable
like
a
solar
form
and
a
part
of
our
request,
is
to
ask
the
private
sector
to
come
with
with
ideas
how
to
utilize
this
300
acres,
reimagine
reinvent
it
turn
it
into
useful
Perth,
purposeful
income
producing
and
then
pump
some
of
those
revenue
back
into
that
low-income
community
and
create
job
opportunities
for
people
right
there
in
that
neighborhood.
Once
that
happened,
we
envisioned
that
it
will
transform
that
entire
community
and
where
has
been
underserved
and
under-resourced
for
years,
it
will
be
reinvigorated
and
will
be
benefitting
benefiting
people
directly
in
those
communities.
A
Going
to
also
add
in
terms
of
in
Knoxville
Tennessee
we've
worked
for
years
to
help
low-income
families
become
more
energy,
have
their
homes
or
apartments
become
more
energy-efficient
and
using
CDBG
and
home
dollars,
and
before
when
there
are
simulus
dollars.
Whenever
we
directly
work
with
low-income
families
or
through
our
nonprofit
or
private
housing
developers,
we
require
certain
certifications
like
Energy,
Star
or
earth
craft.
We
have
some.
We
had
in
Knoxville
some
of
the
first
LEED
certified,
affordable
housing,
new
construction
that
was
built
in
our
state.
A
Also,
more
recently,
working
with
partners,
we
received
a
fifteen
million
dollar
grant
from
the
Tennessee
Valley
Authority
for
the
sole
purpose
of
helping
low-income
families.
I
get
energy
retrofits
for
their
homes,
so
almost
1300
families
were
received.
These
free
weatherization
efforts
and
energy
retrofits.
So
a
big
part
I,
think
of
all
of,
but
all
of
us
do
is
to
particularly
target
low-income
families.
We
know
you
might
have
affordable
rent,
you
might
have
affordable
a
mortgage,
but
if
you
have
a
high
utility
bill,
then
you
don't
have
affordable
housing.
H
G
C
C
How
do
we
proceed
moving
forward
as
far
as
solutions
in
different
conversations,
I
think
if
this
conference
went
on
for
three
or
four
days,
I'm
sure
that
issue
would
have
been
probably
brought
up,
but
it
was
not
a
topic
in
this
conversation
because
of
the
length
of
the
conversation,
but
Boston
is
looking
at
it
I'm
sure
there
are
other
cities,
possibly
looking
at
as
well.
I,
don't
know
if
anyone
wants
to
try
and
jump
on
this
we're
looking
at.
Are
you
doing.
F
Probably
should
be
really
Salt:
Lake
City,
Mayor
Jack
Cuba
scoopski
is
my
City
Council
and
I
passed
a
resolution
and
urging
Congress
to
adopt
a
carbon
fee.
You
know
we
want
to
try
to
avoid
kind
of
this
battle
and
really
move
in
a
positive
direction
to
help
pay
for
what
is
happening
and
we
have
congresswoman
Mia
love
who
has
signed
on
to
that
federal
legislation.
So
there
is
another
route
and
we're
urging-
and
hopefully
many
others
this
weekend-
will
urge
the
passage
of
a
bill
like
that.
F
C
Me
just
end
with
one
more
thing
because
it
was
brought
up
when
Wendy
Ann
from
from
The
Herald.
That's
the
question,
the
beauty
about
conversations
on
climate,
it's
nonpartisan
just
so
at
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors,
when
we
have
will
be
meeting
in
Boston
sign
tomorrow,
the
issues
that
we
talked
about,
we
don't
we
don't
look
to
a
lens
of
a
democrat
or
republican.
We
look
to
the
lens
of
a
city,
and
you
know
we
I've
been
in
part
of
the
conference
now
for
five
years
and
there's
never
been
one
issue.
C
That's
come
up
that
somebody
said
well
I'm,
not
supporting
that
because
he's
a
Democrat,
I'm,
a
Republican,
there's
nothing
I've,
said
so.
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
when
we
think
about
the
environment
and
so
many
other
issues,
but
today
we're
talking
about
the
environment,
we
don't
look
at
it
through
the
lens
of
Democrat
Republican.
We
look
at
it
through
the
lens
of
how
do
we
sustain
our
cities
and
how
do
we?
C
I
And
the
mayor
is
exactly
correct
when
he
says
we
don't
look
at
these
through
mayor's.
Don't
have
the
leisure
to
be
that
political,
there's,
no
democratic
way
a
Republican
way
to
fill
chuckholes
and
plow
snow
and
do
all
the
things
that
mayor's
do
it's
about
providing
services
and
helping
people
make
their
lives
better,
improving
quality
of
life
or
communities,
and
it's
just
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
partisan
politics.
I
I
do
point
out
to
my
Republican
colleagues,
sometimes
to
get
more
than
one
board
that
it
was
Republican
Teddy
Roosevelt
to
set
up
our
National
Park
System.
It
was
really
nice
guys
in
Hauer
who
the
Artic
reserve
it
was
President
Nixon,
slash,
Ford,
that
seiner
EPA,
our
entire
federal
regulatory
system
into
place,
the
nature
Species
Act,
the
Clean,
Water
Act,
the
migratory
bird
act
and
many
others
were
passed
during
that
time.
I
It
was
President
Reagan
Republican
that
went
off
to
Canada
Montreal
protocols
to
deal
with
the
ozone
hole,
and
so
traditionally
these
have
not
been
the
Land
and
Water
Conservation
Fund.
We
can't
even
get
a
vote
on
it
now
and
but
it
was
passed
by
a
voice
vote
52
years
ago,
which
means
that
there
was
very
little
controversy
about
it.
That's
where
we
tax
oil
is
coming
out
of
the
ocean
to
spend
it
on
land
to
to
improve
the
environment
of
our
cities.
So
traditionally
these
have
not
been
partisan
issues.
I
I
Head
up
our
task
force,
the
US
Conference
of
Mayors
are
headed
east
by
a
Democrat,
Republican
and
I
had
up
half
since
its
inception.
Over
a
dozen
years
ago,
the
climate
task
force
various
names
called
the
climate
task
force
and,
along
with
former
mayor
Greg
Nickels
of
Seattle,
my
Democratic
co-chair.
We
were
able
to
get
1240
some
mayors,
there's
about
99%
the
mayor's
in
this
country
of
cities
over
50,000.
Excuse
me
over
30,000
in
population
to
sign
this
agreement
to
to
improve
our
climate,
and
so
it
was
didn't
matter.
We
all
got.
I
We
got
all,
but
three
or
four
mayor's
literally
in
the
country,
to
sign
this
document
regardless
of
party.
So
this
is
a
nonpartisan
issue.
It
is
a
nonpartisan
issue,
because
everyone
in
this
country
that
I
know
cares
about
leaving
the
world
in
a
better
place
for
their
children.
That's
that's
not
a
democratic
or
a
Republican
issue.