President Clinton praises Mayor Villaraigosa’s Environmental Leadership
Yesterday was a big day for Mayor Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, and our continued push to make our city greener. We were honored to be joined by former President Bill Clinton, who appeared with the Mayor and praised Los Angeles’ plan to modernize our energy use by refitting the city’s incandescent street lights with more efficient LEDs. With 140,000 residential street lights slated for retrofitting over the next five years, the initiative is the largest effort by a US city to reduce energy consumption and reduce pollution. The project should cut carbon emissions by 40,500 tons and save the city $10 million annually, effectively paying for itself.
ABC7 Los Angeles was there to report on the event and has some great coverage. Check it out:
Click here to watch video coverage by ABC7
President Clinton directed his praise to Mayor Villaraigosa’s efforts to make LA a more efficient city, pointing out that “This is like taking 6,000 cars off the road.” He added, “If every major city followed your lead, we could eliminate two and a half coal-fired power plants.”
Click here to read more about Mayor Villaraigosa’s energy accomplishments on his issues page.
More coverage by NBC Los Angeles can be found here.
Tags: Environment, Green Technology, LED Lights, Mayor Villaraigosa, President Clinton
February 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am
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February 26th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Hai
Hello Our Dear President Bill Clinton. I am so excited and happy that you strongly support Our Great Mayor Villaraigosa. As always, I am a truth friend of Democracy and a dear fan of wonderful leaders like you.
Hello friends, for over two years I honestly have worked so hard, Heart and Soul, to support and strengthen our Democracy. I have come to have deep appreciation for the hard work and the dedications from our wonderful leaders as well as The Free and The Brave. I also have received great support from so many friends. I will always cherish your wonderful support and treasure your kind words.
I am very hopeful that more and more of us will give strong support to Our Great Mayor Villaraigosa. Please work very hard to re-elect our friend and Dear Mayor Villaraigosa. Thank you so much.
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