Bloomberg to promote electric taxis in cities

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By MIN LEE
The Associated Press


HONG KONG — City authorities are often better placed than national governments to combat climate change, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Saturday, vowing to promote the use of electric taxis as he takes over the leadership of a global coalition of major cities.

The billionaire mayor urged delegates at the C40 conference in Hong Kong to wield the power of its large collective population, which accounts for about 1 in 12 people in the world.

C40 is a coalition of 40 cities. It was founded in 2005 with the aim of reducing carbon emissions. Nineteen other cities are affiliate members.

Those cities' huge car and taxi populations mean they have a huge role to play to cutting emissions, Bloomberg said. The 19 of the C40 cities where statistics were available are home to more than 20 million cars and 25 member city governments represented in the coalition have oversight of taxi fleets controlling more than 1 million cabs.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40039918/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

[KingOfLostSouls]

1. being an opitmist

I will say if this is true and theres no catch, good one for mayor bloomberg.

he's been surprisingly forward leaning, especially after coming out in defense of the new york mosque and supporting it and calling for tolerance and understanding.