New York, NY –
Mayor Bloomberg will be convening an international conference of large cities trying to reduce global warming. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein has more.
Because of their density and high use of mass transit, cities tend to be more environmentally efficient than suburbs or rural areas. Now the Bloomberg adminsitration is exploring ways to further reduce carbon emissions by setting up an "office of sustainability."
The move comes in advance of an international conference of large cities to be held in New York next Spring. The Mayor has already injected himself into the national debate on gun control. The city council is also looking at the issue of climate change, and will today hold hearings on the matter today.
Award–winning journalist Andrea Bernstein is the Director of the public radio Transportation Nation project, a partnership with WNYC, The Takeaway, Marketplace, WAMU (Washington, DC), WMFE (Orlando), KUHF (Houston), YPR (Montana and Wyoming), and KALW (San Francisco). She is also a regular guest–host on the Brian Lehrer show.
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