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After Pandemic, New York’s Buildings Face Daunting Decarbonization Mandate

GreenTechMedia

Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the passage of perhaps the most ambitious law ever adopted by a U.S. Local Law 97, one of 10 bills in the sweeping Climate Mobilization Act , requires New York City’s 50,000 largest buildings to reduce their carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and by 80 percent by 2050.

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Part 2: Revisiting the Key Findings of an influential Carbon Trading and Environmental Equity Study – Additional Details

Low Carbon Prosperity

Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence from California’s cap-and-trade program (2011-2015) ) In this Part 2, I provide some extended details on the assessments presented in Part I. The paper reports that 52% of facilities considered reported emission increases between 2011-12 and 2013-15.

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Part 2: Revisiting the Key Findings of an influential Carbon Trading and Environmental Equity Study – Additional Details

Low Carbon Prosperity

Carbon trading, co-pollutants, and environmental equity: Evidence from California’s cap-and-trade program (2011-2015) ) In this Part 2, I provide some extended details on the assessments presented in Part I. The paper reports that 52% of facilities considered reported emission increases between 2011-12 and 2013-15.

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? Banking on green financing

Climate Tech VC

Green banks have been a part of the “sustainable investing” conversation in the US since the early 2000s, with a national green bank first proposed during the Obama-Biden administration in 2009. Since 2011, green banks have driven $14.8B in investments —$4.2B Since 2011, green banks have driven $14.8B