Mayor joins global warming coalition
The Maui News and The Associated Press
WAILUKU – Mayor Alan Arakawa has joined a coalition of more than 130 U.S. mayors agreeing to live by the standards of the Kyoto global warming treaty.
Going against the Bush administration's opposition to the Kyoto Protocol, more than 130 U.S. mayors have pledged to meet or beat certain Kyoto targets by 2012.  Examples include anti-sprawl land-use policies or encouraging cruise lines to turn off their engines while docked.

Critics of the Kyoto Protocol claim it is unnecessary, due to an alleged or perceived lack of clear evidence that global warming is due to human activities.