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| DATE | 2021-01-31 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [ Docs ] Are you COLD? Well,
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On 1/30/21 11:26 PM, Liz Moore wrote:
> This is the WORST possible time to do this to NYC. People are leaving the city in droves which means that any extra money that landlords may have had to do this will not be available. Idiots
>
It is making a shortage of gas. Additionally, they expect to end gas
heat by 2030 which is Fing Nuts
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jan 30, 2021, at 8:28 PM, Ruben Safir via Docs wrote:
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>> Are you COLD? Well, De Blasio is turning off the heat city wide! NO
>> MORE GAS
>> https://www.politico.com/.../de-blasio-to-ban-gas-hookups...
>> The city will officially ban fossil fuel connections in new construction
>> by 2030, a major step toward phasing out a reliance on gas and oil that
>> other liberal cities have pursued across the nation.
>> Mayor Bill de Blasio will announce the new policy, reviewed in advance
>> by POLITICO, during his State of the City address on Thursday. The city
>> will first establish intermediate goals for the policy in the short term
>> and work to ensure the ban doesn’t negatively impact renters and
>> low-income homeowners.
>> 
>> De Blasio last year pledged to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in
>> large building systems by 2040 and to block any new fossil
>> infrastructure, like pipelines, in the city. But it was unclear at the
>> time how he would achieve those lofty goals as cities are mostly
>> beholden to the state or federal government when it comes to new energy
>> infrastructure — from siting new power plants to building offshore wind
>> farms.
>> But banning gas hookups in new or renovated buildings is one of the few
>> ways cities can exert local authority to cut greenhouse gas emissions —
>> and New York will now pursue the measure.
>> The ban is among a list of policy items that environmental advocates are
>> pushing Democratic mayoral candidates to commit to before the June
>> primary. Some of those groups are likely to push the city for a ban
>> ahead of 2030.
>> "It’s a very positive development," said Pete Sikora of New York
>> Communities for Change, one of the groups behind the candidate pledge.
>> "We want to see a deal between the mayor and the Council as soon as
>> possible to pass this law and for it to go into effect just about
>> immediately. It’s a climate emergency and there's no time to waste."
>> --
>> So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
>> that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
>> proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
>> http://www.mrbrklyn.com
>> DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
>>
>> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
>> http://www.brooklyn-living.com
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>> Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps,
>> but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://www.mrbrklyn.com
DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
http://www.brooklyn-living.com
Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps,
but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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