{"id":5598,"date":"2013-12-20T15:20:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/?p=5598"},"modified":"2013-12-20T15:32:53","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:32:53","slug":"edf-led-public-private-coalition-a-model-for-cities-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/2013\/12\/20\/edf-led-public-private-coalition-a-model-for-cities-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF-Led Public-Private Coalition a Model for Cities around the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/12\/Abbey-Brown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5600\" alt=\"Abbey Brown\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/12\/Abbey-Brown-251x300.jpg\" width=\"201\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/12\/Abbey-Brown-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/12\/Abbey-Brown-858x1024.jpg 858w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/energyexchange\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/38\/files\/2013\/12\/Abbey-Brown.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>By now you might have heard the story. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/people\/andrew-h-darrell\">Andy Darrell<\/a> and his fellow colleagues in EDF\u2019s New York office were staring out the window of their office near Gramercy Park several years ago when they noticed thick plumes of black smoke rising from a nearby building. \u00a0As New York regional director of the Environmental Defense Fund and a member of outgoing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/planyc2030\/html\/home\/home.shtml\">Mayor Bloomberg\u2019s PlaNYC<\/a> Sustainability Advisory Board, it struck Andy that they could actually do something about it. \u00a0Embarking on a plan that aimed to phase out the City\u2019s dirtiest heating oils, the successful EDF-led <a href=\"http:\/\/nyccleanheat.org\/\">NYC Clean Heat<\/a> campaign was born.<\/p>\n<p>This story officially entered New York City environmental lore when New York Magazine included it in the annual <i>Reasons to Love New York<\/i> issue as \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/news\/articles\/reasonstoloveny\/2013\/air-quality\/\">Reason 19. Because Our Air Is the Cleanest It\u2019s Been in 50 Years<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0The recent article describes the public-private coalition of city officials, lawmakers, non-profits and private sector banks that came together for a $100 million financing program that would help building owners make the transition to cleaner fuels. \u00a0The result: around 3,000 buildings have converted to cleaner fuels, which has been the primary driver in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/14\/air-quality-improvements-are-saving-lives-new-york-city\">reducing sulfur-dioxide pollution by nearly 70 percent<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>NYC Clean Heat and Andy Darrell\u2019s role as one of New York\u2019s leading environmental voices was also featured prominently in InsideClimate News\u2019 new e-book <a href=\"http:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/icnbooks\">\u00a0<i>Bloomberg\u2019s Hidden Legacy: Climate Change and the Future of New York City<\/i>.<\/a> \u00a0In the e-book, owing to his involvement in Bloomberg\u2019s PlaNYC advisory panel, Andy makes the case for this diverse public-private coalition to be preserved under a new administration with a priority on \u201ckeeping that table going and making sure that the chairs are representative of what New York City is.\u201d \u00a0EDF is proud of the significant work carried out in concert with the Bloomberg administration to date, and we look forward to moving this great momentum forward with New York City\u2019s new mayor \u2013 as well as other mayors around the country and world.<\/p>\n<p>Our health, environment and economy are better off when public and private sectors work together towards a common goal.\u00a0 It is our hope that this collaborative, market-based, solutions-oriented approach will be a model for other cities in their pursuits to tackle some of the most serious environmental problems of our time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By now you might have heard the story. \u00a0Andy Darrell and his fellow colleagues in EDF\u2019s New York office were staring out the window of their office near Gramercy Park several years ago when they noticed thick plumes of black smoke rising from a nearby building. \u00a0As New York regional director of the Environmental Defense &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13531,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8067,38679,11],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-york","tag-mayor-bloomberg","tag-nyc-clean-heat","tag-planyc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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