Posted on 04/17/2019 7:25:09 PM PDT by EdnaMode
New York City is about to embark on an ambitious plan to fight climate change that would force thousands of large buildings, like the Empire State Building and Trump Tower, to sharply reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
The legislation, expected to be passed by the City Council on Thursday, would set emission caps for many different types of buildings, with the goal of achieving a 40 percent overall reduction of emissions by 2030. Buildings that do not meet the caps could face steep fines.
The effort comes as New York, among other states, has undertaken a number of initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, and as the country debates the merits and necessity of the Green New Deal, the congressional proposal to tackle climate change and create new high-paying jobs in clean energy industries.
But New York City’s move — opposed by real estate industry executives in part because of the associated costs to meet the new targets — may be unprecedented, according to John Mandyck, the chief executive of the Urban Green Council, an umbrella group that includes real estate developers and environmental groups, among others.
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and if the buildings just shut down ,OMG all the tax dollars
AOC’s Green New Deal test run ?
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If anyplace in the world deserves and needs bankruptcy, its NYC
Well bless their heart.
Haha. Good point. :P
“Well that should be great for the economy. Not.”
Will be a huge boom for my industry (construction).
Contractors, Engineers, Architects, and building equipment/material manufacturers are all excited.
Global Warming: the religion of the stupid
London England makes you pay a lot of money everyday if you drive your dirty polluting car/truck into central London
Well, they better hope that the temperature is moderate until (if) someone sane takes over there.
It is going to be miserable when it gets hot or cold.
Lunatics
and when the landlords triple the rent to pay for these pipe dream schemes?
Just throwing in “Trump Tower” was enough to get the orgasmic reactions of the AOC-alytes screeching in agonistic glee.
The Rulers of NYC think they’ll still be around in 2030 ,LOL
Housing for regular folks is already stupid expensive in NYC. Enact this and watch those costs go completely out of sight.
But hey, if it lets the city council virtue signal, it’ll be GREAT!
I knew about cow farts but buildings? That’s a new one on me.
That's exactly the plan. On a summer day, expect sweat pouring off of worker's foreheads and bodies instead of turning up the AC, and in winter, expect employees to bring blankets with them instead of turning up the heat. All for this phony "global warming" scam.
would set emission caps and they’ll just make this up ,it will be all politics
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