Twenty-one U.S. cities — including New York, Las Vegas, and Denver — will measure the carbon dioxide they produce as part of an international effort to quantify, and then reduce, greenhouse gas emissions. The cities will join the U.K.-based Carbon Disclosure Project, which already is working with 1,300 major corporations to slash their carbon footprints. The cities will measure and report the carbon emissions of municipal services such as police, fire and waste disposal, as well as estimating greenhouse gas emissions from their cities as a whole. Once emissions are quantified, the cities will work with emerging energy-efficiency companies to cut fuel and electricity use. The Carbon Disclosure Project represents 385 global institutional investors managing a total of $57 trillion in assets.
U.S. Cities to Join Global Carbon Disclosure Project
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