Posted on 06/28/2018 6:29:09 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
New York luxury towers owned by President Trump and his senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are reportedly part of the 2 percent of buildings that produce half of the city’s carbon dioxide pollution.
Huff Post, citing a study by environmental nonprofits, reported Thursday that Trump International Hotel and Tower, Trump Tower, and the Kushner family’s 666 Fifth Avenue buildings are some of the biggest contributors to pollution.
New York Communities for Change, the People’s Climate Movement NY, and other environmental groups compared public data on the buildings' electrical use and how much fossil fuel was burned at each site based on 30-year average temperatures.
The median energy use for office buildings in New York used 186 kBtu — kilo British thermal units.
However, Trump International Hotel and Tower reached 267 kBtu and Trump Tower hit at 208 kBtu.
The Kushner family property soared to 285 kBtu, according to the data.
The Baccarat luxury hotel in Manhattan topped the list at 386 kBtu.
“It’s the Trumps and the Kushners that are polluting this city,” said Pete Sikora, the senior adviser at New York Communities for Change. “We’re not a factory town in New York City, but if we were, our smokestacks would be buildings like Trump Tower.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
2 Percent Of New York City’s Buildings Emit Half Its CO2 Pollution. They’re Luxury Towers
Well of course Trump is a gross polluter. It’s part of why the left believe Trump is Hitler.
“”””Huff Post, citing a study by environmental nonprofits””””
Sounds like a very scientific group.
Yeah, it’s all those CO2 emitting coal fired plants buried within the buildings.
Good grief, we should be thankful that journalists rank at the bottom of science literate folks in the multiverse.
STEM profs call the bottom of their freshmen “Physics for Poets” classes journalism majors.
Harassing the Trump admin backfired so this week Trump properties is the new target. Russia, Russia, Russia.
I say that this entire premise is just more made-up BS by the TARD crowd.
Well, that’s it.
Tear down Trump Tower and build a re-settlement camp for poor widdle immigrant babies and unicorns.
Uh, sorry to break it to them, but carbon dioxide is NOT a pollutant.
So the Trump tower and hotel uses 43.5% more energy than the median for office buildings in NY? Is it 43% larger than the median? LOL.
And all the pollution of people driving there.
Well I guess they should close them down and make low income housing. Progress for the progressives!
Fake news.
Low density, luxury buildings are likely less “polluting” than higher density, lower quality properties.
“New York luxury towers owned by President Trump and his senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are reportedly part of the 2 percent of buildings that produce half of the city’s carbon dioxide pollution”
How could anything possibly further pollute that superfund cleanup dump New York City?
I’d be more concerned with the “Bull$#!+ Pollution” emanating from the New York Times, CBS, NBC, ABC, and, of course, “New York Communities for Change”.
What percentage of the population is housed in those buildings? This kind of “research” would be laughable if the average person were smart enough to see through it.
Whatever. Here’s what these ass hats don’t want to talk about...
**Kennedy is retiring
**Supreme Court uphelp Trump travel ban
**Supreme Court ruled against mandatory union imposed dues
**Amnesty bill failed
Hahahahahahahahaha
What a week!!
Per the EIA, NYS gets less than 2% of its electricity from coal.
Less than 2%.
And we have the electric rates to show for it.
Where the heck us all this CO2 supposed to be coming from?!
Having been to NYC too many times to count, having worked there, even lived there weeks on end, this is one of the filthiest cities in the nation. Trump and Kushner buildings, like other upscale properties, are among the cleanest. CO2 “pollution” is nothing compared to the filth, the stench, and the trash seen all through the city.
The rank and file liberal toadies and low information voter will eat this stuff up as gospel truth without an iota of doubt.
There are enough jokes about lawyers. We need jokes about the media.
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