page_title: Greg Nickels
section_title: Environmental record
hierarchical_section_title: Greg Nickels / Environmental record
caption_attribution_description: Item 171972, Legislative Department Digital Photographs (Record Series 4600-11), Seattle Municipal Archives. English: Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and Al Gore, circa 2006.
context_page_description: Gregory J. Nickels was the 51st mayor of Seattle, Washington. He took office on January 1, 2002 and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009, Nickels finished third in the primary election for Seattle mayor, failing to qualify for the November 2009 general election, and losing his bid for a third term as mayor. He left office on January 1, 2010.
context_section_description: In 2005, Nickels announced an "Environmental Action Agenda" with the goal of protecting air quality and public health. The primary goal of the agenda is to reduce Seattle's greenhouse gas emissions "to meet or beat" the levels stipulated in the Kyoto protocols. Nickels spearheaded the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, an accord between over 600 US cities committed to reducing greenhouse emissions. Nickels won the 2006 Climate Protection Award from the Environmental Protection Agency, the 2006 Edgar Wayburn Award for Environmental leadership from the National Sierra Club, and the 2006 National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation.
caption: Mayor Nickels with former Vice President and environmentalist Al Gore
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