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Eric Garcetti on Energy & Oil
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Led more than 400 mayors to adopt Paris Climate agreement
[On climate change]: "As mayor, Garcetti oversees the busiest container port in the Western Hemisphere, the largest municipal utility in the country, and one of the busiest airports in the world," the announcement
said. "Garcetti co-founded Climate Mayors and led more than 400 U.S. mayors to adopt the Paris Climate agreement."
Source: The Jewish Exponent on 2021 Ambassador Confirmation Hearing
, Jul 12, 2021
Can't get our climate goals with India hitting its goals
An ambassadorship in India would allow him to work on such issues as pandemic relief, climate change, trade and immigration, offering him new foreign policy
experience. "We can't get our climate goals without India hitting its climate goals. We can't see the economy truly reopened to international commerce and tourism until COVID is under control," Garcetti said Friday. "We're all very closely connected."
Source: Los Angeles Times on 2021 Ambassadorial Confirmation Hearing
, Jul 9, 2021
20,000 green jobs for L.A.
Garcetti will create 20,000 clean energy, energy efficiency and clean water jobs during his term, with a focus on building retrofit, solar installation and design, component manufacturing, and maintenance jobs.
Garcetti's proposal uses local government tools such as L.A.'s green building ordinance, solar Feed in Tariff program and Low Impact Development ordinance to spur as much as $2 billion in investment.
Source: 2013 Mayoral campaign website www.ericgarcetti.com, "Issues"
, Jun 6, 2013
Observe Paris Climate Agreement in city, if not federally.
Garcetti signed the Letter from ClimateMayors.org
Statement from the Climate Mayors in Response to President Trump's Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement: As 407 US Mayors representing 70 million Americans, we will adopt, honor, and uphold the commitments to the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement. We will push for new action to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius target, and work together to create a 21st century clean energy economy.
We will continue to lead. We are increasing investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We will buy and create more demand for electric cars and trucks. We will increase our efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create a clean energy economy, and stand for environmental justice. And if the President wants to break the promises made to our allies enshrined in the historic Paris Agreement, we'll build and strengthen relationships around the world to protect the planet from devastating climate risks.
Opposing argument from the Heritage Foundation, 6/1/2017:
President Donald Trump has fulfilled a key campaign pledge. The Paris Agreement, which committed the U.S. to drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was a truly bad deal. Here are four reasons Trump was right to withdraw.- The Paris Agreement was costly and ineffective--$2.5 trillion in gross domestic product by the year 2035.
- The agreement wasted taxpayer money. The Obama administration ended up shipping $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to corrupt governments, not those who actually need it.
- Withdrawal is a demonstration of leadership. The media is making a big to-do about the fact that the only countries not participating in the Paris Agreement are Syria and Nicaragua. But misery loves company, including North Korea and Iran, who are signatories of the deal.
- Withdrawal is good for American energy competitiveness. The best way for American energy companies to be competitive is to be innovative, not build their business models around international agreements.
Source: Statement from 407 US Mayors on ClimateMayors.org 19-LTR-CM on Apr 15, 2019
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