The Christian Science Monitor
Left on the Cutting Room Floor
April 17, 2008
When a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor asked Nancy for her reaction to the President's climate policy speech, she replied, "President Bush said that by agreeing to Kyoto Protocol goals, the US would have limited its economic growth and shifted US jobs to other countries. Well today, we're facing a recession and more US jobs have shifted overseas although we've done nothing as a nation to tackle global warming." Unfortunately, it didn't make it into the CSM article.
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Legal settlement funds created from litigation over an old Con Edison plant just might become new building blocks of urban sustainability. Literally blocks. "Greening A Block" proposes to transform a block on the Lower East side into a showcase of energy efficiency and renewable energy. Older environmental benefits programs, like Greenpoint/Williamsburg and West Harlem, never scaled up from model to mantra. Now "Greening a Block" seeks to re-energize the idea of place-based programs to deliver real, tangible benefits. This is an exciting prospect. Download Report »
The Climate Rescue Report
In 2004, the Mayor's NYC Energy Report called for the creation of 2,600 megawatts of new electric power by 2008. The Climate Rescue Report offers a menu of local legislative bills for creating an energy policy and emerging energy economy that are safe, secure and sustainable. Nancy Anderson, Executive Director of the Sallan Foundation, met with contributors to the Climate Rescue Report and contributed to its scope and approach to effective policy analysis. Download Report »
Read the testimony of Sallan's Executive Director about Mayor Bloomberg's PLANYC 2030 to combat global warming while the City grows.
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NYC HPB Panel: The Policy Makers' Perspective, Anderson's Introduction
Our speakers have all tackled projects of real public significance, developed powerful new ideas about how we should build our cities, and ...
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Anderson's Opening Remarks at NY Tackles Climate Change
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Nancy Anderson, Ph.D.
Can't Wait
2008 will be a landmark year in American politics, but not for federal climate legislation. The springtime follies in the Senate will mean we must wait until next year, or perhaps longer, for any comprehensive national law. Until then, cities will remain the leaders and the laboratories in fighting climate change.
Out of this ferment from below progress will be made — and some errors too — while we learn how to cut our carbon footprint, to measure our successes and calculate the costs.
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Joanne Derwin
Growing Green Collar Jobs in NYC
This is a critical moment for advancing a green collar jobs vision. Over the past year, New York City has taken bold steps to address pressing environmental problems. Long strides have been made toward confronting the threat of global warming, planning for future energy use, and improving our infrastructure to accommodate new residents. At the same time, there is growing recognition that greening New York City can be an engine for economic growth, community reinvestment, and job creation.
New York City's large-scale environmental initiatives, such as plaNYC 2030, have the potential to create and upgrade thousands of jobs — in building retrofits, energy efficient building maintenance, energy management, clean energy, urban forestry, storm water management, recycling, and brownfield remediation.
A growing green economy can help the city meet formidable economic challenges.
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Nora Sherman
An Industry Finds Its Voice
As policy makers’ interest in energy-efficient building operations grows, the New York City real estate and property management industry is charged with transition - can the community find a common voice as it navigates these challenges?
Changes to the energy management practices of the commercial real estate industry represent tremendous opportunity to cut the City's carbon footprint in the next several decades. Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC promises to revolutionize the way that energy is used in the City’s largest properties, first, through offering incentives and, later, mandating appropriate activities and technology. Among the city’s initiatives is a proposal for an Energy Planning Board that will “work with the State and Con Edison to centralize planning for the City’s supply and demand initiatives.” But the Bloomberg proposal does not indicate how the leaders of the real estate industry and representatives of the workforce will participate in the great changes that are to take place.
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