Electric taxis to help reduce carbon emmissions by Zuzana Zelenakova

Upon taking over a leadership of C40 coalition New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced his intentions to promote electric taxis. C40 is a coalition of 40 cities whose aim is to reduce carbon emmissions. It was founded in 2005 based on the idea that the biggest cities, that are responsible for major pollution, should play the biggest role in making amends to our environment. Bloomberg, the tenth richest man in the United States and the founder anf majority owner of Bloomberg LP, was reelected as a New York City Mayor in November 2009. “We've seen, I think again and again, how national governments have struggled, both at home and at the international stage, to tak! e climate change actions,” Bloomberg said at the C40 conference in Hong Kong on Saturday. “Together, we have to fill the vacuum of leadership ourselves.” He also suggested that cabs in all cities involved have common design and issue the order for the vehicles together. Bloomberg who is a firm Democrat is paying a lot of attention to the environmental issues. In order to fight global warming he introduced a plan called PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York, whose aim is to prepare the city for the projected increase in population by 2030. The increase is estimated to mount to 1 million more people living in the Big Apple. "[W]e now know beyond a doubt that global warming is a reality. And the question we must all answer is, what are we going to do about it?" he said in the keynote address at the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit. He is also known for improvement of electrical equipment in old buildings throughout the city. "Most of the things we talk about to ! improve the environment in New York City — it's a buildi! ng code. That's a city function," he said.

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