County to consider climate agreement

April

The Rockland County Legislature will consider a request to join the U.S. MayorÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Climate Protection Agreement when it convenes Tuesday.

The LegislatureÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Environmental Committee voted to sign the agreement when it met April 16, and then referred the matter to the full Legislature for consideration.

Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell, D-West Nyack, and Legislator Connie Coker, D-South Nyack, who chairs the environmental committee, pitched the resolution.

More than 400 mayors representing more than 61 million Americans have already committed to the agreement, which seeks to attack the problem of global warming on a local level. The Climate Protection Agreement encourages local communities to reduce their emissions by certain percentages below 1990 levels by 2012.

Clarkstown Town Board member Shirley Lasker has also sought to get her municipality signed onto the agreement, proposing a resolution during an April 10 workshop. The board will discuss the matter May 15 during its regular meeting.

The Legislature will meet at 8 p.m. at the Allison-Parris County Office Building, 11 New Hempstead Road, in New City.

This entry was posted on Sunday, April 29th, 2007 at 7:00 am by Laura Incalcaterra.
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