June 18, 2007

Resolution #81: Adopting EPA’s Energy Star Challenge to Reduce Energy use in Public and Private Sector Buildings endorses the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Challenge as a key strategy in meeting the goals of the Conference of Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement and will make available tools and resources to its members to assist them in their efforts to develop plans to meet the goals of the ENERGY STAR Challenge in all buildings in the city.

Resolution #82: Gridwise™ and Smart Grid Policies endorses the implementation of GridWise TM /Smart Grid Policies and urges mayors from around the nation to join this effort and to add intelligent energy systems to their climate change and energy efficiency efforts. Connecting smart buildings with a smart gird will have a greater impact on energy efficiency, further the reduction of GHG emissions, and increase the reliability, security and economic viability of the US Electric grid.

Resolution #12: Endorsing Federal Policies to Increase Residential Energy Efficiency Using Strategically-Planted Trees affirms the effectiveness of strategically-planted shade trees in improving energy efficiency and encourages the development of federal policies to expand proven residential tree-planting programs in cities and communities across the country.

Resolution #51: Develop New Models Strengthening Low-Income Home Ownership Integrating Weatherization, Home Rehabilitation and Related Program Resources supports the federal government granting Mayors the ability to request waivers from the HUD, HHS and DOE that simplify and encourage integration of program resources including the stream-lining of program requirements to support models of low income homeownership that build on lessons learned by Mayors participating in the WRAP Partnership to provide low- and moderate-income homeowners alternatives to predatory lending when they seek energy efficiency, accessibility, and health and safety home-improvements.

Resolution #83: Promoting Domestic Sources of Energy for America recognizes the importance of fueling America’s economic engine through a steady supply of inexpensive energy such as that which could be provided by Alaska and endorses, pending completion of appropriate environmental review, a project to bring Alaska gas to market and that any such project must ensure full pipeline safety to protect the public and environment.

Resolution #84: Promotion of Clean, Renewable Energy Sources urges the United States government to develop, adopt, and implement a comprehensive energy policy focused on (1) reducing the United States’ dependence on fossil fuels, (2) dramatically increasing the production of energy and fuel from clean, sustainable, and renewable sources, and (3) appropriate pricing of fossil fuels to reflect actual societal and environmental costs and to encourage conservation.

Resolution #85: Providing Comparable Incentive for the Development of Renewable Energy by Public Entities urges Congress to extend the CREB program for multiple years beyond 2008 in conjunction with and for the same term as it extends the production tax credit and investment tax credit for the for-profit utility sector and to eliminate the volume cap on the CREB program and modify the allocation methodology to create more parity among large and small renewable projects.

Resolution #86: Formation of a Federal Tax Policy for Energy Independence, Clean Technology Development and Climate Protection calls on Congress to pass comprehensive tax legislation that provides new and/or increased tax preferences for the development and application of technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including but not limited to alternative energy technologies such as wind, solar and biomass; energy retrofits for industrial and commercial buildings and homes; alternative transportation fuel technologies such as hybrid, electric and hydrogen cars, trucks, and buses; and development incentives for public transportation and mass transit systems,

Resolution #87: Endorsing the U. S. Mayors Federal Climate Policy Framework endorses an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2050 and urges the U.S. Congress and the federal government to incorporate a Federal Climate Policy Framework which consists of 5 actions – National Reduction Target, Climate Friendly Transportation and Land Use Policies, Climate Friendly Energy Policies, Climate Friendly Federal Government Facilities and Operation, and Managing Climate Impacts on Local Communities - into the development of all federal policies and programs on climate protection.

Resolution #88: Supporting the Creation of an Energy and Environment Block Grant calls on Congress and the Administration to create an Energy and Environmental Block Grant at the Department of Energy, modeled after the very successful Community Development Block Grant program and encourages Congress to authorize and appropriate the Energy and Environment Block Grant starting at $4 billion annually.