'President Trump—you’re on notice. Your polluting buildings are part of the problem. Cut your emissions or pay the price,' Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
New York City buildings owned by President Donald Trump face annual fines of $2.1 million starting in 2030 unless they are renovated to become more environmentally friendly.
Eight Trump properties will have to reduce their emissions over the next decade to avoid the fines, the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a press release. "Our message is loud and clear," de Blasio said in the statement."We’re taking climate change head-on with NYC’s Green New Deal and are the first city in the world to require all big buildings to cut their emissions, with the goal of a carbon neutral city by 2050. President Trump – you’re on notice. Your polluting buildings are part of the problem. Cut your emissions or pay the price.
The mayor's statement said that buildings produce almost 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in New York City. Reducing the emissions levels of"large, existing buildings" will lower city emissions output by 10 percent, according to an April press release from the city detailing the plan to decrease citywide emissions 40 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The city plans to be carbon neutral by 2050.
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