Editing Greg Nickels (section)

==Environmental record==
[[File:Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels and Al Gore, circa 2006.jpg|thumb|Mayor Nickels with former Vice President and environmentalist [[Al Gore]]]]
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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofseattle.net/environment/|title=OSE Home - Environment - seattle.gov|website=www.cityofseattle.net|access-date=July 22, 2018|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203083624/http://www.cityofseattle.net/environment/|archive-date=3 February 2007}}</ref> Nickels spearheaded the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, an accord between over 600 US cities committed to reducing greenhouse emissions.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6366349.stm | work=BBC News | title=Climate of hope: US cities lead the way | date=2007-02-15 | access-date=2010-05-04 | archive-date=February 26, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226200703/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6366349.stm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://usmayors.org/climateprotection/ClimateChange.asp Mayors Climate Protection Center: The Agreement<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230209/http://usmayors.org/climateprotection/ClimateChange.asp |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> Nickels won the 2006 Climate Protection Award from the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/cppd/awards/2006winners.html#ia|title=2006 Climate Protection Award Winners - Climate Protection Partnerships - US EPA<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=July 22, 2018|archive-date=October 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019143742/http://www.epa.gov/cppd/awards/2006winners.html#ia|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattle.gov/news/detail.asp?ID=6321&Dept=40|title=Nickels and Sims Receive Prestigious Sierra Club Award|first=Citywide Web|last=Team|website=www.seattle.gov|access-date=July 22, 2018|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618003928/http://www.seattle.gov/news/detail.asp?ID=6321&Dept=40|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nwf.org/news/story.cfm?pageId=F777103D-B055-8244-8576E7AA592F7999|title=Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels Honored for Conservation Leadership – National Wildlife Federation<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825141258/http://www.nwf.org/news/story.cfm?pageId=F777103D-B055-8244-8576E7AA592F7999|archive-date=August 25, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>