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Media Contacts , 786-999-2138 NEW YORK – As part of the State of the City address, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that beginning this year, New York City will phase-out fossil fuel connections in new construction by 2030. The City will establish intermediate goals in the short-term and ensure this does not negatively impact renters and low-income residents.
A statement follows from Donna De Costanzo, Director, Eastern Region, Climate and Clean Energy Program at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council): “New York City ramps up its groundbreaking climate leadership, pledging to phase out the burning of fossil fuels for heating and other purposes inside new homes and other new buildings by the end of this decade. With this step, the nation’s largest city affirms the need to transform our skyline to run on clean electricity and move toward a fossil fuel-free world. We welcome Mayor de Blasio’s announcement and look forward to working with city offici
john h. adams. john h. adams. at a time when contaminated water ways and polluted air threatened too many of our communities, john h. adams co-founded the natural resources defense council to encourage responsible stewardship of our natural resources. a staunch defender of the wonders of our planet he served as executive director and later president of the nrdc, challenging americans to live up to our responsibilities to leave something better to our children with an urgency matched by few others. john adams, decades-long commitment to safe guard the earth has left our air purer,
that we aspire to be a more just, more equal, more perfect union. when we award it to a jasper johns, it says we value the original, and the imaginative. when we award it to a warren buffett, it says we know life to be humble and wise, and maybe make a little money along the way. [ laughter ] and when we award it to former president george h.w. bush, it says we celebrate an extraordinary life of service and of sacrifice. this year s medal of freedom recipients reveal the best of who we are, and who we aspire to be. in 1970, john adams and a handful of unpaid attorneys and law students salvaged some old
john devoted his career to the labor movement, adding working folks to its ranks and fighting for fair working conditions and fair wages, as the head of the aflcio he was responsible for dozens of unions with millions of working families. family, faith, fidelity to the common good. these are the values that made john sweeney who he is, values at the heart of a labor movement that has helped build the world s greatest middle class. and finally we recognize our last recipient, not simply for the years he spent as our 41st president, we honor george herbert walker bush for service to america that spanned nearly 70 years. from a decorated navy pilot who nearly gave his life in world war ii to u.s. ambassador to the united nations from cia director