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Urban Green Live
Episode 13: New York's Bold 2022 Climate Agenda
January 18, 2022 -
Other
Urban Green Gala 2022
20 Years of Green: Urban Green’s 202
September 29, 2022 -
Urban Green Weekly
2022 Committees | Community Survey
As the new year gets underway, we'd like to welcome a new class of members to our 2022 Monthly Programs and Emerging Professionals Committees! And thank you to our 2021 committee members—your innovation and hard work helped us navigate the challenges of the past year.
January 5, 2022 -
Urban Green Weekly
Happy Holidays! | NYC's All-Electric New Buildings Law
We are so grateful for your participation and support in 2021, and look forward to celebrating our 20th Anniversary with you in 2022! Help us continue our critical work by becoming a member or by making a tax-deductible donation.
December 22, 2021 -
In the News
Mayor de Blasio Signs Landmark Bill to Ban Combustion of Fossil Fuels in New Buildings
“We’re here today due to a simple and powerful truth: furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters emit more carbon in NYC than all uses of electricity combined,” said John Mandyck, CEO of Urban Green Council. “This law begins to change that reality — to tackle our largest source of carbon — so we get to the climate future we want with better air to breathe.”
December 22, 2021 -
In the News
Mayor de Blasio Signs Landmark Bill to Ban Combustion of Fossil Fuels in New Buildings
“We’re here today due to a simple and powerful truth: furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters emit more carbon in NYC than all uses of electricity combined,” said John Mandyck, CEO of Urban Green Council. “This law begins to change that reality — to tackle our largest source of carbon — so we get to the climate future we want with better air to breathe.”
December 22, 2021 -
In the News
Mayor de Blasio Signs Landmark Bill to Ban Combustion of Fossil Fuels in New Buildings
“We’re here today due to a simple and powerful truth: furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters emit more carbon in NYC than all uses of electricity combined,” said John Mandyck, CEO of Urban Green Council. “This law begins to change that reality — to tackle our largest source of carbon — so we get to the climate future we want with better air to breathe.”
December 22, 2021 -
In the News
New York City Bans Gas Heating and Stoves from New Buildings
The New York City Council voted to pass a bill on Wednesday that will address the Big Apple’s biggest source of planet-warming emissions: the fossil fuels burned in its buildings.
December 15, 2021 -
In the News
New York City Banned Gas in New Buildings. Here’s What You Need to Know
“Furnaces, boilers and hot water heaters emit more carbon in New York City than all uses of electricity combined today, so electrifying those systems becomes our biggest way to fight climate change,” said John Mandyck, CEO of the Urban Green Council.
December 15, 2021 -
In the News
N.Y.C.’s Gas Ban Takes Fight Against Climate Change to the Kitchen
Con Edison, along with proponents like Urban Green Council, a nonprofit group that promotes sustainable building, argued in Council hearings that the city’s grid could handle the increase, partly because its biggest strains come in summer, from air conditioning.
December 15, 2021