West Coast Mayors Form EV Consortium, Pledge Carbon Reductions
December 17, 2015
by Bengt Halvorson (Clean Car Reports) … (M)ayors of four large West Coast cities—Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland—met in Portland for a two-day summit and united to reduce carbon emissions on a regional level.
The signed declaration, by the mayors of those cities and of Eugene, Oregon, includes joint plans to cut carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050 within their cities.
It would involve more use of renewable energy sources, accelerated conversions of city fleets to electric and biodiesel vehicles, and more investment of federal funds toward public transit expansion. READ MORE
