On Thursday,  Feb. 25,  Jake Stewart, former manager of Austin's Climate Protection Program, presented a successful petition drive to City Council, and urged city leaders to renew the previous Council's commitment to being "the leading the city in the nation" in climate protection.¹ 

Austin's city council adopted its climate protection plan in March 2007, with a different mayor and council membership.

You can see the petition here. 

The petition's objective is to let Austin's leaders know there are plenty of folks who appreciate and support the City's hard work in this regard, and who believe in working together to achieve as much as possible.

Jake was complimentary to the Council, thanking the original signatories for their initiative some 3 years ago, and challenging today's council members to recognize that climate leadership can be leveraged to create economic stimulus and value for the whole community.

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Notes
1. In 2007 Mayor Wynn stated, "We're going to lead by example..." http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A453480 How are we doing, ya'll?

Want to sign the petition? http://tinyurl.com/austinclimateprotection/
 

Your comments appreciated.