Macon-Bibb County Mayor Robert Reichert is joining the Climate Mayors, or the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, a network of more than 300 U.S. mayors representing more than 61 million Americans. These mayors and cities agree to work together to strengthen local efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving our environment, and supporting efforts for binding federal and global-level policy making.
 
Macon-Bibb County was contacted by several groups and people since the announcement that the United States would withdraw from the Paris Agreement, each expressing how important it is for local communities and cities to uphold the commitments a majority of the planet had agreed to. Locally, Georgia Women (And Those Who Stand With Us) led a campaign to show how important these issues are here, and both the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Smart Growth America made the case for why cities should be leaders in protecting our planet.
 
“Our community, for the past several years, has shown overwhelming interest in improving our environment, from focusing on air quality through the Clean Air Coalition to use of our new recycling program to the installation of solar panels,” says Mayor Reichert. “If we’re going to be a progressive city, we need to take every opportunity to make bold statements that we care about our environment, and I’m delighted to say that what we’re seeing other cities do is very similar to what we’ve been trying to accomplish here in Macon-Bibb County.”