The city of Pittsburgh announced on Twitter Friday its intention to light up government buildings green in support of Mayor Bill Peduto’s Paris Agreement executive order.
Tonight, @CityPGH Hall, buildings & bridges across @DowntownPitt will glow green in support of Mayor @billpeduto's #ParisAgreement E.O.
— City of Pittsburgh (@CityPGH) June 2, 2017
City Hall as well as bridges and other city buildings will light up green.
The executive order outlines the city’s climate change initiatives through 2030 and comes in the heels of Mr. Peduto’s denunciation of President Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the 2015 climate agreement.
“For decades Pittsburgh has been rebuilding its economy based on hopes for our people and our future, not on outdated fantasies about our past,” the executive order read. “The City and its many partners will continue to do the same, despite the President’s imprudent announcements yesterday.”
First Published: June 2, 2017, 9:38 p.m.
