Mayors Meet to Discuss Infrastructure Problems, Climate Change
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) recently held a two day meeting of 38 mayors to discuss how mayors can successfully impact Congress and the presidential candidates regarding infrastructure and global warming, among other topics.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) recently held a two day meeting of 38 mayors to discuss how mayors can successfully impact Congress and the presidential candidates regarding infrastructure and global warming, among other topics.
The meeting underscored USCM’s Ten Point Legislative Agenda, which offers policy recommendations to address America's crumbling infrastructure, the surge in violent crime in many cities across the country and many other priorities.
USCM is also pushing the number one item of its Ten Point Plan — a $6 billion energy block grant to help implement climate protection initiatives and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in America's cities. Mayors believe that this measure represents significant progress toward a national comprehensive energy efficiency package.
More than 670 mayors have signed the U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement, which commits to reducing greenhouse emissions in U.S. cities by 7 percent from 1990 levels.
In wake of the bridge collapse in Minneapolis, USCM is also working with state governors to press the federal government into action and address the nation's infrastructure needs.
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