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Rocky, other mayors study global-warming effects
They see evidence of shrinking glaciers during Alaska visit
Since then, the glacier has retreated hundreds of feet, almost too far to walk to, Shafer said.
"I feel sad to come out here anymore," she said of the glacier's retreat. "Don't you think that's awfully fast?"
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and more than 30 other U.S. mayors from 17 states had the chance to ponder that question Sunday and consider whether the glacier's retreat is linked to global warming. They are attending a three-day conference, "Strengthening Our Cities: Mayors Responding to Global Climate Change."
The sessions are being sponsored by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives, the municipality of Anchorage and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Sunday was the day for demonstrating the effects of warming, which are more pronounced near the Earth's poles, according to researchers.
Anderson said the issue grabbed him after he read a book by former Vice President Al Gore, "Earth in the Balance." He then became concerned by the lack of effective action to deal with the problem, he said, even as other issues, such as the elimination of ozone-depleting substances, were addressed.
"I kept expecting to see that kind of international problem-solving on the issue of global warming," he said. "Unfortunately, this country, along with Australia, has utterly failed in that regard."
Neither has signed the Kyoto Agreement, in which countries pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
"The problems are urgent and require urgent and effective actions," he said.
Anderson said improved air quality, enhanced public health, fuel price fluctuations, national security, energy independence and global warming all could be addressed by focusing on two solutions: more conservation and efficiencies, and clean, renewable sources of energy.
Just as the world moved from the horse and buggy era to the Industrial Revolution, it must change again, away from fossil fuels, he said.
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