Yale Environment 360
Better Than Here?
October 05, 2009
Yale Environment 360 tackles the question of what's Europe got that the US doesn't when it comes to living sustainably. Nancy Anderson weighs in with a comment. Join the discussion.
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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 »
In California, leasing residential rooftop solar equipment beats buying it
Download Testimony »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
Every day we see news stories about melting ice caps, record hot weather and Kyoto compliance in other countries. Download Speech »
Ed Ott
Blue/Green — Making It Work Takes Work
Since the first Earth Day events of the 1970’s, progressive labor activists and many environmentalists have dreamed of a grand coalition of blue-collar workers and so-called greens. This coalition would, we hoped, expose the inherent exploitation by market capitalism of the Earth and its inhabitants. After the loss of millions of industrial jobs from North America, several large-scale environmental disasters (Exxon Valdez, Bhopal, Love Canal) and the real threat of global warming the blue green army was ready to march in-step. I wish!
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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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