Posted on 08/02/2023 8:53:46 AM PDT by lowbridge
The executive order was announced in a press release and will eliminate "the Use of Fossil Fuels in New Construction and Major Renovations of City Buildings."
The goal is "accelerating climate action by requiring that all new municipal buildings and major renovations operate without fossil fuels." The press release also claimed the move would reduce "emissions from Boston’s building sector while creating high-quality jobs, improving public health and quality of life, and advancing racial and economic justice."
All new buildings in the city must be planned, designed, and constructed using non-combustion for cooking (stoves/ovens), HVAC, and hot water apparatuses.
The mayor claimed that recent weather means that there isn't much time to make quick political changes.
“Week after week, we see the signs of extreme heat, storms, and flooding that remind us of a closing window to take climate action,” said Wu. “The benefits of embracing fossil fuel-free infrastructure in our City hold no boundary across industries and communities, and Boston will continue using every possible tool to build the green, clean, healthy, and prosperous future our city deserves.”
The ordinance also sets emission standards for what are categorized as "large existing buildings," which also require all covered and municipal buildings to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
The announcement boasted work by Oliver Sellers-Garcia, who is the city's first "Green New Deal director," a role the city created to make sure it was aligning with a radical climate agenda first promoted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2019.
The role officially "works across the City to advance climate action through strategies that address social, racial, and economic inequality."
“As part of the Green New Deal for Boston, we are taking an all-of-government approach,
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This is pure unadulterated insanity.
WTF? Just when I think the left can’t come up with anything more stupid……
And they expect to heat those buildings during winter how? Electricity made from fossil fuels? Hypocrites. Par for the course, the City of Boston is a member of the C40 group (WEF).
Maybe Boston can use their parks for wind mills?
More people die of cold than heat. It ain’t gonna be funny when Boston blacks out in the middle of a nor’easter.
All electric lets them shut you off at the “Smart Meter” if your social credit score drops too low. That is what the mayor means by social justice.
RINOs helped get these radicals elected.
So in other words there won’t be any new construction and major renovations of City Buildings.
““Week after week, we see the signs of extreme heat, storms, and flooding that remind us of a closing window to take climate action,” said Wu. “
She’s right. Autumn is right around the corner and she won’t be able to use summer weather as a strawman anymore.
BTW - Boston temperatures are in the low to mid 70’s this week.
EC
BINGO!! It’s ALL ABOUT CONTROLLING US!!
BOSTON MAYOR IS A RETARD......................
I thought yellow people understood engineering?…
It’s for Boston municipal buildings only at this point. The Biden Administration put out a report showing how decarbonization could be done in federal buildings and found that it INCREASES emissions because offsite power is dirtier than using natural gas onsite. The actually used the new term “debenefit”. But it won’t stop them from trying it.
Destroying one more liberal outpost.
Legacy Americans must rise up and take back our nation from foreigners who our exploiting the immigration process & who have no loyalty to our Constitution.
So if the electricity comes from coal or natural gas based sources, they have to turn all electricity off to the building?
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