New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to introduce a bill banning new construction of glass skyscrapers as part of his efforts to reduce citywide greenhouse emissions by 30%.
In announcing his Green New Deal on Monday, the democratic mayor said all-glass facade skyscrapers are “incredibly inefficient” because so much energy escapes through the glass. He said buildings are the No. 1 cause of greenhouse emissions in New York.
De Blasio says the bill would require existing glass buildings to be retrofitted to meet new stricter carbon-emissions guidelines.
“If a company wants to build a big skyscraper they can use a lot of glass if they do all the other things needed to reduce the emissions,” de Blasio said. “But putting up monuments to themselves that harmed our earth and threatened our future that will no longer be allowed in New York City.”
The mayor’s Green New Deal effort also includes plans to power all of the city’s operations with clean electricity sources like Canadian hydropower, mandatory organics recycling, congestion pricing, and the phasing-out of city purchases of single-use plastic food ware and processed meat.
It's time for building owners to clean up their act. #GreenNewDeal pic.twitter.com/2rzXTWORYV
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) April 22, 2019
"This is about survival." Speaking to @errollouis about the "NYC Green New Deal" to reduce greenhouse emissions 30 percent by 2030, the @NYCMayor says the plan is about "literally whether we're going to have a livable Earth in the future." pic.twitter.com/64YNnJh64z
— Spectrum News NY1 (@NY1) April 22, 2019
We have twelve years to turn the tide in our fight to save our planet.
TWELVE.
We don't have the benefit of a federal government to lead the way and we can't wait for this president to wake up. It’s on us to make radical change.#GreenNewDeal#EarthDay
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) April 23, 2019
The fight to save our planet will be won or lost in our lifetime. Don’t believe me (or science)? Ask our first responders who were on the ground during Hurricane Sandy.
They’ll tell you we don’t debate climate change in New York City anymore.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) April 23, 2019
Look — I like a good burger as much as the next guy. But our @NYCSchools students know that livestock farming produces 20 – 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. That's why they demanded #MeatlessMondays. Saving our planet is about saving their future.#EarthDay pic.twitter.com/dWeHZ1m8nE
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) April 22, 2019
New York City isn’t waiting for the Trump administration and climate change deniers to wake up. As the first city on Earth to demand building owners do their part solve the climate crisis, we’ll cut emissions by another 30% with our NYC #GreenNewDeal. pic.twitter.com/YIPbJVT9Wi
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) April 22, 2019
I remember the devastation of Hurricane Sandy like it was yesterday. There weren’t many climate change deniers left in our city. Not after that.
This #EarthDay, we face a moment of crisis. There’s no plan coming from Washington to save our planet — we have to do it ourselves.
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) April 22, 2019
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Only a טיפש like him could win an election in NYC.
This is the same guy who told me many many years ago, when he first began his political career, that “there is nothing wrong with the NYC public school system, and therefore no need for vouchers”!!!
I could not believe what I just witnessed, a human being is able to tell me with a straight face, “there is NOTHING WRONG with the NYC public school system???? Which planet is he from, I asked?
Planet Meshuga!
De blasio is trying to pander to the leftists in this city. I spoke to a contractor a few days ago the developers and builders in the city are very nervous about this. There are so many fees and regulations when trying to build or maintain any type of building. This new bill many in the building industry feel will cause them to stop building or maintaining existing properties.
Our wonderful mayor is the No. 1 cause of greenhouse emissions in New York.
Lo flippin L. This is this moron’s way of trying to bump his popularity as a 2020 candidate, using the same failing strategy as the other wackos: out-left everyone and thou shalt win. Except they’re too flipping crazy not to see that the whole country thinks they’re flipping crazy.
New York states tax revenue went down 3.7 billion dollars last year. With more kookie ideas like this he will force more businesses to leave in order to do business in a more friendly environment, NYC and NYS will both go bankrupt in relatively short order
Seems like our dear beloved mayor has a lot of time on his hands to think… too much time… perhaps that run for President would help alleviate the boredom?
Libtards are on a course to ruin the city/ country much faster than 12 years…. and all i hear in nyc is silence
“We have twelve years to turn the tide in our fight to save our planet”
Deblasio and AOC in 2032
I have a great idea for deblasio
Stop flying on planes and it will cut down on carbon emissions
Oh wait he’s supposed to be the exception
The “12 years” became famous in 2018. He should keep up – in 2019 that becomes 11 years. But none of them actually believe this, so “12 years” has simply become a code phrase for “us” against “them” – which it stays “12 years” for untold number of years to come.
This is a nice effort and all, but it’s too late. New York City will be underwater within the next 100 years, as will all coastal cities around the world.
What we should be doing instead of fighting with skyscraper manufacturers and meat processing plants is figuring out ways to grow crops in desert climates, control overpopulation, and spread out our communities more evenly across the globe. Over 80% of the world’s population lives in tight, urban environments.
Oh, and, we should be seriously looking into exoplanets that can sustain life, and figuring out ways to make interstellar travel a real possibility.
I feel like the mayor would be a really good narrator for a horror movie or novel. When I hear him talk about these types of issues (or other “social justice” issues) he has a captivating vigor and poetic tone with his voice.
This guy is totally Nuts!!!
Why is he a mayor of NYC, the capital of glass sky scrapers?
Is he also thinking about leveling Manhattan and rebuilding it the “green” way???
Nope. It’s all the hot air from loony politicians, that is causing global warming.
The guy is a syco
Improving building standards does make sense. But the plan exempts most buildings in the city! Another problematic aspect that is being ignored is that many old buildings still use dirty fuel oil for heating and the city is now opposing increased pipeline capacity that would allow the easy retrofit of those buildings to allow the much more cleaner gas heating.
Canadian hydropower is itself very damaging to the environment. And it is too expensive to be used to heat buildings.
We’re for sure not going to survive twelve more years of this nut
If we only have 12 years, we better build up our military since it’s going to take a LOT to get the rest of the polluting world to stop killing us.
I wonder why “12” though. Are there term limits for the mayor or something?
Don’t let these Lefties Lie without responding:
One city like NYC or even our country, Using less Glass on new Buildings HAS NO IMPACT while the Other Countries like China, India and Indonesia, Africa, SouthAmerica, Arabia, Russia, are not implementing same policies.
Carbon is not a Pollutant, Carbon is the Building Block of LIFE. If you want to save Carbon, stop breathing. And stop Aborting Babies.
Green Energy Policies are just a means for Rich Democrats in Private Jets and SUV’s to TAX YOU AND ME, while they use Tax Loopholes to evade taxes.
Wake up and counter the lies.
Get lost anywhere outside NYC, except the White House.
While I don’t have much confidence in the city council I would hope they strike this down as the looney idea that it is.
By the way did he even cite one study that supports this claim? He just says it and that becomes gospel?
And all of boro park and williamsburg Haredim vote for this cuck