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SALT LAKE CITY GREEN Presented by: Salt Lake City Mayor Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson Ensuring a Sustainable Community
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“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
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Environmental programs and goals that help preserve the health and vitality of our community, today and in the future. Salt Lake City Green
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Salt Lake City Green Initiatives Municipal EMS Alternative transportation Zero Waste e2 Businesses High Performance Buildings Climate Protection Open Space Smart Growth
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Alternative Transportation MASS TRANSIT
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Alternative Transportation PEDESTRIAN SAFETY
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Alternative Transportation BICYCLING
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Transit Oriented Development and High Performance Buildings Future Intermodal Hub
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Pollution Prevention and the Salt Lake City Green Fleet CITY FLEET
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Salt Lake City Green Fleet CITY FLEET
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Zero Waste and Recycling Residential Recycling Program –Paper of all types –Boxes –All plastics 1-7 –Aluminum –Steel food cans –Milk and juice cartons
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Zero Waste and Energy ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING RENEWABLE ENERGY
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Zero Waste and Energy Renewable Energy
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Zero Waste and Water Conservation
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Open Space and Watershed Protection
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e nvironmentally and e conomically sustainable businesses e2 Businesses
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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.
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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
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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
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Conclusion Salt Lake City is taking real action and seeing real results in our efforts to create a sustainable community.
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