Green Rush for Worldwide Major Cities in fighting carbon emissions

While world leaders squabble over how to cut greenhouse gases, local officials of cities are starting to take the initiative with programs aimed at reining in emissions.

Los Angeles USA plans to spend $230 million on 1,700 miles of bicycle paths. This comes on top of subsidies for installing solar panels and incentives for planting trees and switching to electric vehicles. Toronto Canada plans to invest more than $1 billion in public transport and eco-friendly air-conditioning systems for buuildings by 2017. Copenhagen Denmark will spend $1.6 billion by 2012 on bike paths, green energy projects, and retrofitting city buildings.

Given the smaller jurisdictions, local officiasl can green-light eco-projects faster than natoinwide shemes can be implemented.

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