Mayors Presents CGE with $15,000 Climate Protection Award from U.S. Conference of Mayors
On September 15, 2011 Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl was awarded the 2011 Climate Protection Award. The Climate Protection Award is an initiative sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and Walmart which recognizes mayors for innovative practices in their cities that increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The City of Evanston was able to stand out and be selected from the pool of 130 applicants for this award partly by reducing municipal greenhouse gas emissions by 22% since the 2005 baseline.
Along with the recognition that comes with this award, Walmart also provided a $15,000 check to Mayor Tisdahl that she donated to the not-for-profit organization, Citizens’ Greener Evanston.