Mayor Menino, former VP Al Gore trumpet greenhouse gas reduction

Boston Metro

Published 21:01, March the 30th, 2009

A “Renew Boston” initiative will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the city to 7 percent below 1990 levels over the next three years, according to an announcement made yesterday by Mayor Thomas Menino and former Vice President Al Gore.

Through $6.5 million in funding from the federal stimulus package, the plan, if successful, would also take greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

A 21-member Boston Climate Action Leadership Committee has been formed to monitor implementation of the public-private partnership, designed to boost energy efficiency and alternative energy services to residents and businesses.

“We will take Boston’s leadership as a model green city to another level and foster a low carbon economy that supports investment and job creation,” Menino said alongside Gore at Boston Latin School.