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Irvine Sets Example in Move to Protect Ozone

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Irvine's proposed restriction on compounds that deplete the ozone may not solve the critical global problem that products containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) cause, but it is a sincere and more than symbolic effort at least to control the release of the dangerous chemicals in one corner of the world.

Irvine is not the first governmental body to move toward control of CFCs. Other cities and some states have banned plastic foam food packaging that contains CFCs, and some have barred auto air conditioners and recharging cartridges that contain CFCs. But nobody here knows of an ordinance as comprehensive as the one under consideration in Irvine. A public hearing on the ordinance will be held June 29.

Cities Begin Action on the Environment

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 7 – Expressing impatience with the slowness of national governments, municipal leaders from around the world agreed today that local governments must take action on their own to address global warming and other broad environmental threats.

After hearing a procession of speakers who warned the problems were too serious to wait, the mayors and other community leaders decided to form a new group, the International Council for Local Enviromental Initiatives, to provide mutual help in coping with common concerns like water pollution, toxic waste, deforestation and the greenhouse effect.

Proposed Agenda for Meeting of the executive Committee International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Proposed Agenda for Meeting of the Executive Committee

International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

January 11-13, 1990

London, United Kingdom

01-ICLEI-Planning Document #1

02- ICLEI-Planning Document - Proposed Agenda & Schedule

03- ICLEI-Planning Document - Strategic Plan

04- ICLEI-Planning Document - Minutes of September 1990 Meetings

05- ICLEI-Planning Document - Financial Status

06- ICLEI-Planning Document - Proposed Charter Revisions

07- ICLEI-Planning Document - Proposed Articles of Incorporation

08- ICLEI-Planning Document - Proposed By-laws

09- ICLEI-Planning Document - Proposed Membership Dues Structure

10- ICLEI-Planning Document - Proposed budget & Cash Flows

11- ICLEI-Planning Document – Fiscal Sponsorship

12- ICLEI-Planning Document – City Host Proposals

13- ICLEI-Planning Document – Officers/Secretary General

Ozone Depletion; the Greenhouse Effect. The North American Conference for a Stratospheric Protection Accord. July 21 -22, 1989. The University of California Irvine.

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Ozone Depletion; the Greenhouse Effect.

How they're caused.

What they mean for your city.

What your city can do.

The North American Conference for a Stratospheric Protection Accord

July 21 -22, 1989The National Academies of Sciences and Engineering

University of California Irvine

Going on the Offense Over Ozone

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

To the mixed reaction of business people who will be affected by it, Irvine officials Tuesday formally announced their intention to help protect the planet's ozone layer by restricting the use of solvents and other compounds.

Although other cities, including Los Angeles, have banned the use of plastic foam containers that have chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, Irvine's proposed law goes after virtually all "ozone-depleting compounds."

"We think It is the most far-reaching ordinance in the United States, and we think it will set the standard nationally and globally," Irvine Mayor Larry Agran said at a news conference Tuesday.

World faces turmoil: economist

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

LOW-LYING countries like Bangladesh could disappear under rising oceans within 100 years, a Perth conference was told yesterday.

That was one of several chilling warning delivered not by a radical “greenie” but by a speaker at the International Union of Local Authorities World Congress.

Mr. Jeb Brugmann, an economist and field programs director of the Centre for Innovative Diplomacy in Massachusetts, said rises in ocean levels caused by the Greenhouse Effect could send a human flood of refugees through India.

"This could begin extremely volatile mass migrations in the Indian sub-continent:' he said.

Such migrations would increase as people were forced to leave expanding areas of desert such as the Sahara and Central Asia and areas of extreme drought such as parts of South America.

24 Cities Creat group to Protect Ozone Layer

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

A two-day conference in Irvine exploringdepletion of the Earth's ozone layerended Saturday with establishment of thefirst nationwide group of elected officialsaimed at eliminating substances harmful tothe atmosphere.

Representatives of two dozen U.S. andCanadian cities said creation of the NorthAmerican Congress of Local Governmentsfor a Stratospheric Protection Accord represents a new and potentially sweepingmovement in the campaign to stop depletion of the ozone layer.

City Activism: When foreign policy begins at home

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

SO EXASPERATED was one city in southern California with the general lack of action to protect the ozone layer that it has passed its own law restricting the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) within its 7,000-acre jurisdiction. From next summer on, businesses in Irvine that use ozone-depleting compounds must adapt their equipment to prevent the stuff from entering the atmosphere. Irvine is the first city to enact such a ban, though others, including Los Angeles, have placed restrictions on plastic food-packaging that contains CFCs. A mote in the global eye, maybe, but not unusual behaviour for Irvine.

California city puts ozone-eaters on diet

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

IRVINE, Calif.-This southern California suburb on Tuesday became the first city in the country to approve a sweeping ordinance aimed at sharply reducing the release of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone-depleting compounds into the atmosphere.

The measure, stoutly opposed by a number of the city's high-technology and aerospace-related firms, on businesses to meet a series of stringent environmental requirements by next July 1 or face misdemeanor charges.

Nations to Stem Growing Crisis Spurs Action by Civic Leaders Launch Effort to Save Ozone: Inability of Delegates at Irvine Conference

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Irked by stumbling internationalefforts to stem a growing atmosphericcrisis, leaders from two dozen U.S. cities launched a grassroots campaign Friday in Irvine to restrict compounds that destroythe Earth's protective ozone layer.

Officials from · cities across the nation expressed hope that they can work on the municipal level to vanquish a foe that has so far confounded nations.

The assorted city council members and civic administrators are expected today to adopt a two-page "Stratospheric Protection Accord" calling on local governmentsthroughout the United States, Canadaand other foreign countries to approve policies banning ozonedepleting compounds.

Irvine council votes landmark ban on all chemicals that harm ozone

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In a move hailed by environmentalists and decried by many high-tech manufacturers, the Irvine City Council voted 4-1 last night to severely restrict the use of ozone-depleting chemicals within the city's limits.

The measure, which will affect everything from the way air conditioners are serviced to how computers are manufactured, is one of the nation's toughest.

"This ordinance is a landmark," said Irvine Mayor Larry Agran, who first proposed theordinance last May. "It's the most far-reaching of its kind in the country."

Ordinance no. : an Ordinance of the City of Irvine Governing the manufacture, distribution, Sale and Recycling of Products Which Utilize Ozone-depleting Compounds.

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WHEREAS, available scientific evidence indicates thatchlorofluorocarbons ("CFCs"} and Halons, when discharged intothe environment, deplete the earth's protective ozone layer,allowing increased amounts of ultraviolet radiation topenetrate the earth's atmosphere, thereby posing a long-termdanger to human health, life and the environment byincreasing such harms as skin cancers, cataracts, suppressionof the immune system, damage to crops and aquatic life, andrelated harms;WHEREAS, the release of Halons in testing fireextinguishing systems is a primary source of the release ofHalons into the earth's atmosphere;WHEREAS,. CFCs are widely used in refrigeration and airconditioning systems in a form commonly known as "Freon";WHEREAS, there is currently no economically feasibletechnology available as a substitute for the Freon used inrefrigeration and air conditioning systems, and the Halonused in certain fire extinguishing systems;

World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future; September 5-8, 1990, The United Nations, New York, USA

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In order to secure an environmentally sustainable future, the world's local governments must begin to restructure social and economic life at the local level.

The problems of solid waste, water pollution, transnational air pollution, climate change, stratospheric ozone

depletion, forest and soil loss, and environmental degradation in the developing world cannot adequately be addressed without a thorough mobilization at the local government

level.

By the end of the 20th century more than half of the world's population will live in urban areas. As the centers of industrialized life, cities are the major sources of garbage, sewage, chemical wastes, greenhouse gases and ozone depleting compounds. Standards for

dealing with these wastes can be set at the national and international government levels, but such standards can only be implemented in an effective and timely way with local government assistance. Globally, local governments...

U.S., Canadian cities join together to launch battle against air pollution

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In the chocking heat of a Washington summer, the U.S. Congress is going to battle over President George Bush’s clean-air proposals to cut toxic pollutants that cause smog and acid rain.

But meanwhile, city officials from Canada and the U.S. – weary of lengthy national and international debates over urgent pollution issues – held their own conference this weekend to save the environment.

World Congress of Local Governments for a Sustainable Future: Acting Locally for a Sustainable Future

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

In order to secure an environmentally sustainable future, the world's local governments must begin to restructure social and economic life at the local level.

The problems of solid waste, water pollution, transnational air pollution, climate change, stratospheric ozone

depletion, forest and soil loss, and environmental degradation in the developing world cannot adequately be addressed without a thorough mobilization at the local government

level.

Follow these pioneers

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Bravo to Irvine, Calif. for acting on the environment where national governments have been loathe to tread.

Irvine is frustrated by the plodding pace of national measures to phase out use of chemicals that deplete the earth's ozone layer. So this small city is adopting what may be the world's toughest measures against the use of such chemicals. It is showing precisely the sort of resolve this newspaper has repeatedly called on Montreal city hall and the Quebec government to demonstrate.

Irvine is, for example, requiring repair shops and garages to capture and recycle chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in refrigerators and in the air conditioners commonly used in automobiles, homes and businesses. It is banning halons, the most damaging to the ozone layer of all chemicals, in fire extinguishers. And it is phasing out the use of CFCs In such Industrial processes as cleaning computer circuitry.

California MeasureCity Adopts Banning CFCs

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

City officials have approved a ban next year on plastic food containers, coolants, solvents, and other products containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that deplete theEarth's ozone layer.

According to a city ordinance adopted Tuesday, local businesses will not be allowed to buy, sell, or use products containing CFCs, as of July l , 1990.Scientists say CFCs are destroying the Earth's ozone layer, which screens the sun's ultraviolet rays. Researchers say exposureto large doses of ultraviolet rays is harmful to humans, as well as a variety of plants and animals.

The measure, approved by a 4-to-l vote, is believed to be one of the most comprehensive ever adopted, city officials say.

California City Restricts CFC Use, Production

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES, July 19-The city of Irvine, in a move applauded by environmentalists and denounced by some manufacturers, has approved what is thought to be the nation's most comprehensive ordinance restricting the use of chlorofluorocarbons and other compounds known to deplete Earth's ozone layer.

The ordinance, approved 4 lo 1 Tuesday night by the City Council, will affect producers or users of CFC's in Irvine, a planned community about 55 miles south of Los Angeles that is home to many high-technology industries. Irvine Mayor Larry Agran predicts many jurisdictions will follow Irvine's example.

The Talk of the Town; Note and Comments

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

When Tip O'Neill said, "All politics is local," he was talking about the way political issues are shaped by local interests. Defense policy, for example, logically calls for an overview of national-security needs, yet it is often dictated by employment levels in factories that happen

to depend on defense contracts and are in the district of an influential congressman. In such cases, local interest debases the issue with a shortsighted and self-serving perspective. But there's another kind of local politics, and it works in a way that's almost completely opposite. For instance, the City Council of Irvine, California, recently passed legislation restricting the use of chlorofluorocarbons within the city limits. This legislation will cause hardships for local businesses and raise the cost of some consumer goods for local people, and these sacrifices will not be rewarded by any special environmental benefits to the citizens of Irvine. Everyone in the world, and for generations...

Fighting city hall to become global

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Cambridge, Massachusetts. Like a lot of folks, Jeb Brugmann wants city officials out of city hall. Unlike most, he'd like to see them visiting foreign governments, setting up trade agreements, sister city projects and cultural exchange programs.

"Over a thousand U.S. cities are deeply involved in world affairs issues," Brugmann says. And while some of those activities-divestment from firms doing business in South Africa and the shipment of development aid to Central American villages--might seem distinctly partisan, Brugmann insists there's a payoff. "Getting city governments involved in international affairs in general can mean big dividends for both local governments and international businesses, in general."

Saying No to CFCs

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Environmentalists and governments everywhere agree that something must be done to halt the widespread use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCS) and othersubstances that are destroying the earth's protective ozone layer-and just about everybody agrees that nobody is doingenough. Last week the Southern California city of Irvine (pop. 110,000) did more than most.

Proposal for the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

On September 5-8, 1990 local government officials from 43 nations gathered at the United Nations in New York to establish an international agency of local government called the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (Local Initiatives). With support from local government organizations such as the national league of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors and their worldwide counterparts, Local Initiatives is governed by an Executive Committee of local government and environmental experts from the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Switzerland, Zimbabwe, ivory Coast, the United Kingdom, Norway, Finland, the Soviet Union, Turkey India, The Philippines, Australia, and elsewhere. The agency is currently developing formal affiliations with the United Nations and the world’s preeminent organization of local governments, the International Union of Local Authorities (IULA).

Frustrated by global Ozone Fight, California City Offers Own Plan

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

IRVINE, Calif., July 18 -The ranks of American states, counties and cities impatient with the pace of international efforts to protect the earth's ozone layer are swelling. The latest action comes from conservative Orange County, where the City Council of Irvine voted 4 to 1 tonight to approve what Is believed to be the most far-reaching measure yet to control ozone-depleting chemicals.

The Irvine ordinance will prohibit the use of nearly will chlorofluorocarbons, or CFC's, and related compounds In any industrial process, except in the manufacture of drugs and medical devices and when military specifications call for them. It will ban the sale and use of styrofoam food packaging, ifthe chemical compounds were used in their manufacture, and it will prohibit the use of building insulation containing the compounds.

How mayor's global view plays in land of the GOP

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

RVINE, Calif. - The local newspaper here, the Irvine World News, was graced with its global title by executives of Irvine Co. who wanted to communicate the "new world of

Irvine" to Southern Californians settling this Orange County frontier in 1972.

It does not print international news.

But the paper couldn't be better named from the perspective of Larry Agran, this city's mayor. The 44-year-old, Harvard-educated chief executive has set a global agenda for this Southern California town of 100,000 people.

Letter – Mayor Bernard Sanders to President Ronald Regan - October 26, 1982

Mon, 13 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Office of the Mayor

Burlington Vermont 05401

Bernard Sanders, Mayor

October 26, 1982

As Mayor of the City of Burlington, Vermont, the largest City in our State, I thought it appropriate to inform you that at our Board of Alderman's meeting last night, the Board unanimously rejected our City's participation in any crisis relocation plan involving evacuation of the City as a result of nuclear war. I should point out to you that what is especially significant about this decision is that there are three distinct philosophical groupings on our Board - five Republicans, three Democrats and five Independent/Citizens Party members. Not one member of the Board spoke out or voted for crisis relocation. I am enclosing a copy of the resolution passed.

It seems to me that the major point our City is making is that we believe it to be totally irresponsible to allow people the false hope that they could survive a nuclear war, or that a...