In what might be considered an embrace of the urban archipelago concept, Seattle Mayor Greg “still unopposed” Nickels starts thinking lofty. In the face of a federal government that doesn’t believe in the Kyoto Protocol (or, for that matter climate change global warming), Nickels is planning to propose coalition to save the planet one city at a time. For the launch party, the mayor brought in heavy hitters to frame the problem:

[Earth Day founder Denis] Hayes described the effects of global warming that are already being seen in Europe. He described small indicators such as bees that no longer hibernate and a 2003 heat wave that killed thousands in Europe. . . . Some see evidence of global warming in the Pacific Northwest where the snowpack provides water, hydroelectricity and irrigation. According to reports, the Cascade snowpack is down 50 percent since 1950. [seattle p-i]

Sure. Europeans see the benefit of cleaning up the planet based after a winter of active bees and a summer of dead elderly. We don’t get the point until it messes up our ski and snowboarding plans.

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