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An interview with Jim Hunt, Chief of Environmental and Energy Services of Boston City, Massachusetts, is presented. Hunt states that as part of the cabinet of Mayor Thomas Menino, his priority is to make sustainability be institutionalized in the city. He says that climate change is very real in the city because they are much vulnerable to extreme weather and increase sea level. He argues that Boston focuses on mitigation such as reduction of greenhouse gases.

The article reports on the United States' climate-change policies. According to the article, about 13 bills have been introduced in the U.S. Congress that take varied approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions such as tax on fossil fuels and a mandatory system in which carbon dioxide emissions are capped. A group of senators has introduced the America's Climate Security Act that combines elements of 12 previous climate-change proposals.

The article reports on the initiative of the Committee on Climate Change to deal the climate changes issue in Great Britain. It states that the committee has launched its report that contains reduce greenhouse gas emissions policy including a 30% emission reduction by 2020, using 1.7 million electric cars and three new nuclear power stations. However, the most disturbing policy for industrial sector is the added carbon leakage that is an unintentional consequence of trading schemes and policies.