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1 SALT LAKE CITY GREEN Presented by: Salt Lake City Mayor Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson Ensuring a Sustainable Community

2 “In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." - From the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy

3 Environmental programs and goals that help preserve the health and vitality of our community, today and in the future. Salt Lake City Green

4 Salt Lake City Green Initiatives Municipal EMS Alternative transportation Zero Waste e2 Businesses High Performance Buildings Climate Protection Open Space Smart Growth

5 Alternative Transportation MASS TRANSIT

6 Alternative Transportation PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

7 Alternative Transportation BICYCLING

8 Transit Oriented Development and High Performance Buildings Future Intermodal Hub

9 Pollution Prevention and the Salt Lake City Green Fleet CITY FLEET

10 Salt Lake City Green Fleet CITY FLEET

11 Zero Waste and Recycling Residential Recycling Program –Paper of all types –Boxes –All plastics 1-7 –Aluminum –Steel food cans –Milk and juice cartons

12 Zero Waste and Energy ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING RENEWABLE ENERGY

13 Zero Waste and Energy Renewable Energy

14 Zero Waste and Water Conservation

15 Open Space and Watershed Protection

16 e nvironmentally and e conomically sustainable businesses e2 Businesses

17 Climate Change “ WASHINGTON, DC, March 28, 2001 (ENS) - The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, confirmed today that the country will not implement the Kyoto Protocol. "We have no interest in implementing that treaty," Whitman told reporters.

18 Climate Change “Global warming is threatening the world’s ski resorts… Downhill skiing could disappear altogether at some resorts, while at others, a retreating snow line will cut off base villages from their ski runs as soon as 2030.” - CBS News. Dec. 3, 2004

19 2004 Salt Lake City Government Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions 2004 corporate emissions reductions total 21,500 tons of eCO2. (81% of goal to reduce by 26,500 tons of eCO 2 ) 104,500 99,500

20 Conclusion Salt Lake City is taking real action and seeing real results in our efforts to create a sustainable community.


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