Arizona and New Mexico Launch Southwest Climate Initiative
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and New Mexico Governor Bill
Richardson signed an agreement at the National Governors
Association Winter Meeting in Washington D.C. beginning the
Southwest Climate Change Initiative. The agreement creates a
framework for the two states to collaborate on strategies to
address the effects of climate change and reduce emissions of
greenhouse gases in the Southwest. Under this agreement, the two
states will: - Develop consistent methods for measuring and
reporting greenhouse gas emissions. - Identify options for
reducing emissions. - Promote development of energy efficiency
and renewable energy technologies. - Exchange information about
ways to deal with the impacts of climate change across the
Southwest. Napolitano and Richardson said that actions to reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases might bring additional benefits to
the economy of job creation, cost savings, and improved air
quality. Both governors signed executive