{"id":1129258,"date":"2021-12-17T18:43:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T23:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129258"},"modified":"2021-12-17T18:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T23:43:41","slug":"nyc-city-council-bans-gas-in-new-buildings-in-the-name-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-city-council-bans-gas-in-new-buildings-in-the-name-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC City Council Bans Gas in New Buildings in the Name of Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-city-council-bans-gas-in-new-buildings-in-the-name-of-climate-change%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1129258&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-665882056-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The New York City Council on Wednesday voted to ban natural gas lines in new buildings as a way to combat so-called climate change. Outgoing Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign a bill into a law that will ban new gas stoves, boilers, and heaters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re making it clear that the next generation of buildings will be electric buildings,\u201d Ben Furnas, de Blasio\u2019s director of climate and sustainability, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/in-significant-climate-change-action-new-york-city-bans-new-gas-hookups-173727046.html\">told<\/a> Yahoo News. \u201cWe\u2019re sending a message to the world that if you can do it here, you can do it anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very big deal,\u201d Furnas said. \u201cThe places that have done this already don\u2019t have four seasons, and they don\u2019t build as big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yahoo News praised the development and promoted \u201cenvironmental justice:\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"24.254143646409\">\n<p>While the initial effect on greenhouse gas emissions will be modest, it will grow over time. Burning fossil fuels for heat and hot water accounts for 40 percent of New York City\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Mayor\u2019s Office of Sustainability. A <a href=\"https:\/\/rmi.org\/stopping-gas-hookups-in-new-construction-in-nyc-would-cut-carbon-and-costs\/\">study by the think tank RMI<\/a> found that by 2040, the new law will reduce emissions by the equivalent of taking 450,000 cars off the road.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of gas for heating, hot water and cooking, those services will be provided by electric stoves and heaters. Although New York City\u2019s electricity generation portfolio is not 100 percent clean, switching from burning gas on-site to using electricity has a lower emissions output.<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s supporters also characterized it as a victory for environmental justice, because it will reduce local air pollution, which is especially prevalent in lower-income and Black and Latino neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a historic step forward in our efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels,\u201d Furnas told the <em>New York Times.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are prioritizing people over profits and over properties,\u201d Democrat Alicka Ampry-Samuel, a New York City Council member and the bill\u2019s lead sponsor, said at a rally before the vote in front of New York City Hall.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6106194690265\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VICTORY! NYC is about to ban gas in all new buildings. An historic moment, as we move toward moving off all fossil fuels! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GasFreeNYC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GasFreeNYC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6XJLswyREz\">pic.twitter.com\/6XJLswyREz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Communities for Change (@nychange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nychange\/status\/1471167511769096195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The law will take effect in December 2023 for buildings of six stories or less and in 2027 for taller buildings. Yahoo reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>While environmentalists hope other cities will follow in New York City\u2019s footsteps, the politics of transitioning away from fossil fuels are much more favorable in New York, where Democrats currently hold a supermajority on the city council and in both chambers of the state Legislature.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans in 20 states have passed laws that oppose limiting the use of clean, affordable natural gas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Penny Starr on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York City Council on Wednesday voted to ban natural gas lines in new buildings as a way to combat so-called climate change. 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