{"id":1020,"date":"2011-04-22T18:39:10","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2011-04-22T18:39:10","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T18:39:10","slug":"dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\"\"<\/a>
Source: Inhabitat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At a standing-room-only speech in Harlem yesterday,\u00a0 Mayor Bloomberg launched the update to New York City\u2019s sustainability initiative PlaNYC<\/a>.\u00a0 That plan has two bold goals:\u00a0 achieving the cleanest air of any big city in America and cutting greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030.<\/p>\n<\/dt>\n<\/div>\n

I\u2019m thrilled that the Mayor announced a dramatic step forward for clean air. The Clean Heat Campaign<\/a> will phase out New York City\u2019s most polluting heating fuels \u2013 heating oil no. 6 and no. 4 \u2013 through a combination of clear deadlines and a campaign to encourage buildings to upgrade to cleaner fuels and efficiency.<\/p>\n

The stakes for public health are high.\u00a0 About 10,000 buildings burn heating oil so dirty that it causes more<\/em> soot pollution than all of the cars and trucks in New York City combined<\/em>.\u00a0 The new regulation finalized yesterday will eliminate the dirtiest of the fuels, number 6 oil, by 2015 and the next-dirtiest grade by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We think the health and business case for upgrading to clean heat is so compelling that these deadlines can be beat. \u00a0To get information into the market, EDF launched a web page<\/a> that maps the buildings in the city burning dirty oil, provides a step-by-step guide to upgrading to clean fuels, identifies incentives, and tells success stories from \u00a0individual buildings.\u00a0 We\u2019re committed to do what we can to make the transition to clean fuels as quick and affordable as possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though clean heat got a lot of well-deserved media attention, PlaNYC includes other big steps forward:<\/p>\n

– Commitments to clean energy, including one to \u201cdevelop a smarter and cleaner electric utility grid for New York
\nCity\u201d \u2013 an idea that we think holds real promise to help expand the market for solar, efficiency and other clean energy sources;<\/p>\n

–\u00a0A new energy efficiency finance non-profit, using federal stimulus dollars to make local loans;\u00a0and<\/p>\n

–\u00a0For the first time, the plan addresses food, recycling, and solid waste.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Around the world, cities are struggling with soot, smog, and climate impacts from how we make and use energy.\u00a0 Just two years ago, the planet\u2019s population switched from primarily rural to more than 50% urban \u2013 by 2030, nearly 5 billion people (60% of the world\u2019s population) will be living in cities.\u00a0 How those cities make and use energy will define our planet\u2019s ability to solve climate change \u2013 and will dramatically affect public health.\u00a0\u00a0 Today, with this announcement, I see hope for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At a standing-room-only speech in Harlem yesterday,\u00a0 Mayor Bloomberg launched the update to New York City\u2019s sustainability initiative PlaNYC.\u00a0 That plan has two bold goals:\u00a0 achieving the cleanest air of any big city in America and cutting greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030. I\u2019m thrilled that the Mayor announced a dramatic step forward for clean …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254,9],"tags":[27322],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-efficiency","category-new-york","tag-clean-heat-nyc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City - Energy Exchange<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City - Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At a standing-room-only speech in Harlem yesterday,\u00a0 Mayor Bloomberg launched the update to New York City\u2019s sustainability initiative PlaNYC.\u00a0 That plan has two bold goals:\u00a0 achieving the cleanest air of any big city in America and cutting greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030. I\u2019m thrilled that the Mayor announced a dramatic step forward for clean ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Energy Exchange\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-22T18:39:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/04\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Darrell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Darrell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andy Darrell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9764119e05755670536f0cefc44d8e76\"},\"headline\":\"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-22T18:39:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":415,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/38\\\/files\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Clean Heat NYC\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Energy Efficiency\",\"New York\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City - Energy Exchange\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/38\\\/files\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-22T18:39:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9764119e05755670536f0cefc44d8e76\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/38\\\/files\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/38\\\/files\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/2011\\\/04\\\/22\\\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/\",\"name\":\"Energy Exchange\",\"description\":\"Accelerating the clean energy revolution\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9764119e05755670536f0cefc44d8e76\",\"name\":\"Andy Darrell\",\"description\":\"Chief of Strategy, Global Energy and Finance Andy develops solutions that combine policy change and private investment, with a particular passion for ways to deliver efficient solutions to reduce pollution in large cities.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.edf.org\\\/people\\\/andrew-h-darrell\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.edf.org\\\/energyexchange\\\/author\\\/adarrell\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City - Energy Exchange","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City - Energy Exchange","og_description":"At a standing-room-only speech in Harlem yesterday,\u00a0 Mayor Bloomberg launched the update to New York City\u2019s sustainability initiative PlaNYC.\u00a0 That plan has two bold goals:\u00a0 achieving the cleanest air of any big city in America and cutting greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2030. I\u2019m thrilled that the Mayor announced a dramatic step forward for clean ...","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/","og_site_name":"Energy Exchange","article_published_time":"2011-04-22T18:39:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/04\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Andy Darrell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Darrell","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/"},"author":{"name":"Andy Darrell","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#\/schema\/person\/9764119e05755670536f0cefc44d8e76"},"headline":"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City","datePublished":"2011-04-22T18:39:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/"},"wordCount":415,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/04\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg","keywords":["Clean Heat NYC"],"articleSection":["Energy Efficiency","New York"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/","name":"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City - Energy Exchange","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/04\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg","datePublished":"2011-04-22T18:39:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#\/schema\/person\/9764119e05755670536f0cefc44d8e76"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/04\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2011\/04\/bloomberg_greenbulding_planyc1-300x219.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2011\/04\/22\/dramatically-cleaner-air-within-reach-for-new-york-city\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dramatically Cleaner Air Within Reach For New York City"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/","name":"Energy Exchange","description":"Accelerating the clean energy revolution","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/#\/schema\/person\/9764119e05755670536f0cefc44d8e76","name":"Andy Darrell","description":"Chief of Strategy, Global Energy and Finance Andy develops solutions that combine policy change and private investment, with a particular passion for ways to deliver efficient solutions to reduce pollution in large cities.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.edf.org\/people\/andrew-h-darrell"],"url":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/author\/adarrell\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}