Minnesota Mayors Think Global (Warming) and Act Local (Cooling)

Mayors from six Minnesota cities including Minneapolis, St Paul and Duluth have taken up the challenge to protect our state from the effects of global warming. These are the Minnesota mayors who have signed the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.

Mary Hamann-Roland Apple Valley MN
Herb Bergson Duluth MN
Nancy Tyra-Lukens Eden Prairie MN
R.T. Rybak Minneapolis MN
Ardell F. Brede Rochester MN
Chris Coleman St. Paul MN

Nationwide, as of September 8, 2006 294 mayors representing over 49.2 million Americans have accepted the challenge.

Read more about the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement from the guy that started up the challenge, Mayor of Seattle Greg Nickels.

Here are some of the plans that Minnesota has come up with:
Minneapolis Environmental Report -Towards Sustainability

Minnesota Climate Change Action Plan