GORBACHEV BRINGS HIS BATTLE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH TO L.A.Byline: Rick Orlov Staff Writer Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, on a speaking tour on behalf of his environmental group, appealed Wednesday to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. leaders to join in his call for an international conference on global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. and clean water. "Billions of people are threatened by not having quality water," Gorbachev said through a translator after a meeting with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. . "It should be the right of every citizen to have a guarantee of clean, safe water." Villaraigosa and City Council President Eric Garcetti Eric Garcetti (born 1971) is the son of former Los Angeles county district attorney Gil Garcetti, and was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 2001. He was reelected in 2005. said Gorbachev and the organization he founded, Global Green, have helped the city improve its environment. "I have visited Los Angeles on many occasions and it is a great city that is making a significant contribution," Gorbachev said. The former Soviet leader also won support from the council in asking the Group of Eight nations to establish an international panel to look at environmental issues and take steps to reduce greenhouse gases. Villaraigosa told Gorbachev that he is pushing a broad agenda to make the city more environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] . Among his plans are planting a million trees, converting the city's vehicle fleet to alternative fuels, restoring the L.A. River, reducing landfill use while promoting recycling and increasing the use of renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. . rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: City Council member Tom LaBonge gives former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev a loaf of pumpkin bread made by nuns during Gorbachev's visit to the City Council on Wednesday. City Council President Eric Garcetti looks on. Tina Burch/Staff Photographer |
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