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March 22, 2013
Mayor of C40 city Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa announced Wednesday the city’s plan — approved Tuesday by the Board of Water and Power Commissioners — to be coal-free by the year 2025. Los Angeles currently meets 39% of its energy demand from two coal plants, one in Utah and another in Arizona. According to the new plan, the Department of Water and Power (DWP) will end the Arizona contract by 2015 and convert the Utah plant to natural gas by 2025.
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March 21, 2013
Major cities from around the world gathered in the C40 city of Vancouver to develop plans of action to significantly reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SCLP) from waste management, in conjunction with the Global Methane Expo on March 11-12.
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March 19, 2013
Each year the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) invites the world’s most populated cities to report information on their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies.
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March 14, 2013
This week, Bloomberg Philanthropies announced the winners of the Mayors Challenge, a contest launched last June to award $9 million to five US cities that come up with innovative ideas for solving major problems and improving quality of life. Out of a pool of more than 300 competitors, three C40 cities — Chicago, Houston, and Philadelphia — took home $1 million each to put their ideas into action.
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March 13, 2013
This week, C40 Chair and New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg held a press conference with the Mayor of Johannesburg, Mpho Parks Tau, announcing the 2014 C40 Mayors Summit. Mayor Tau said that the summit is “a historic moment for Johannesburg.” But when the mayors, their staff members, and climate experts gather in 2014, they will not be working from a blank slate. It will be the fifth summit of its kind, all of which have proven to be key moments to accelerate the C40 memberships’ efforts to further reduce carbon emissions and improve the quality of life in their cities.
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