Reply #1: it appears this is the only way left open

[G_j]

(good for them!!)


"They have also agreed to pressure state and federal governments to follow Kyoto's targets, and to push Congress to pass the bipartisan Climate Stewardship Act, which would establish a national emissions trading system.

”Mayors across America are making it clear: we're not going to wait for the federal government to do something to prevent the production of greenhouse gases. We're going to step up and provide the leadership at the local level, city by city,” said Greg Nickels, the mayor of Seattle.

More than half the world and 80 percent of the U.S. population live in urban areas, and cities consume 75 percent of the earth's natural resources, according to San Francisco's Department of Environment."