Striving for a Greener Future

The new Town Supervisor of Yorktown, Don Peters (Democrat), has pledged to sign the Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement. The agreement, which states that the town will reduce carbon emissions to at least 7% below 1990 levels by 2012, was developed by the Sierra Club as part of it's Cool Cities campaign. Yorktown will join 780 other Cool Cities nationwide and 30 in New York state, including neighbors Peekskill and Mt. Kisco. Following the agreement would put the towns in keeping with the targets proposed for the entire country in the Kyoto Protocol, which was never ratified. Yorktown residents have also started a Cool Cities campaign, Green Yorktown, to raise awareness of and support for the town's efforts.
SOURCES: North County News: Peters Pledges to Serve and Protect, Cool Cities: New York
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