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Mayor Michael Bloomberg was in Seattle yesterday to give a keynote at the United States Conference of Mayors. The Mayor, aka Mr. "I'm not running for president in 2008" Bloomberg, discussed NYC's efforts to be more sustainable and how governments need to invest and innovate to encourage energy efficiency. And one of the innovations would be to introduce pollution pricing. He said:

we have to stop ignoring the laws of economics. As long as greenhouse gas pollution is free, it will be abundant. If we want to reduce it, there has to be a cost for producing it. The voluntary targets suggested by President Bush would be like voluntary speed limits - doomed to fail. If we're serious about climate change, the question is not whether we should put a value on greenhouse gas pollution, but how we should do it.

The Mayor said that by implementing a greenhouse gas tax, coal-fired plants would be incentivized to change to natural gas. He also suggested the cap-and-trade style fees that most politicians support would end up costing consumers more in the end, saying, "The certainty of a pollution fee - coupled with a tax cut for all Americans - is a much better deal. It would be better for the economy, better for taxpayers, and ... better for the environment."

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.

The Angels used some timely hitting and some poor defense by the Yankees to even their best-of-five ALDS series with a 5-3 victory Wednesday night. Orlando Cabrera delivered the key hit, a two-run single in the seventh inning that give the Angels the lead for good. Bengie Molina added two hits and a home run in the eighth.

Mike Holmgren's Seahawks are an interesting bunch, considered by some to be a legitimate NFC title contender, especially in a "Terrell Owens-suddenly-gets-injured-and-the-Eagles-are-grounded-once-again" World. Seattle's defense has forced 32 takeaways on the season. At 7-6, the team is still in contention for a playoff spot (St. Louis is 5-0 in the NFC West Division, but 6-7 overall).

The win was an emotional one for the team, as their coach, Mike Candrea, lost his wife to a brain aneurysm more than a month ago. Candrea will not be getting a medal, as Olympic rules dictate. After the ceremony, Lisa Fernandez, the winning pitcher said, "I wished I could have switched places with him, because he truly deserved to be on the podium.'' Fernandez now has her third gold medal, and we at Gothamist kind of wonder if she'll make a gesture to give Candrea a medal.