Seattle: Global warming fighter Nickels loses his job over snowstorms?

Seattle's mayor concedes in primary battle | Seattle Times Newspaper

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, viewed as a national leader on environmental issues but dogged by criticism at home for the city's mishandling of December snowstorms and for his support of a multibillion-dollar downtown tunnel, conceded defeat Friday in a primary vote.
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Nickels has been hailed nationally as a visionary on environmental issues, helping persuade nearly 1,000 mayors around the country to abide by the standards of the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.