Article: Columbia warms up to Kyoto pact Other cities back greenhouse gas treaty.

After President George W. Bush announced the United States would not be part of the 163-nation agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions, mayors from cities across the country joined together to endorse the Kyoto Protocol.

More than five years later, more than 260 cities U.S. cities have ratified a measure that backs the goals of the 1997 treaty. Next week, Columbia will decide whether to join them.

Members of the Columbia City Council on Monday will consider whether to sign the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, a non- binding resolution that promises efforts on a municipal level to cut emissions, conserve energy and use renewable energy.

The idea has the support of the mayor, the ...

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