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Articles by Danielle Spiegel-Feld
NYC’s responsibility to combat climate change
Since the Supreme Court’s recent decision in West Virginia vs. EPA circumscribing the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under a provision of the Clean Air Act, the Biden administration has projected confidence that it retains options for tackling climate change. However, the administration faces a difficult task.
Up on the Roof | Urban Omnibus
The Kingsland Wildflowers at Broadway Stages green roof in Greenpoint. Photo by Dustin Partridge, courtesy of the Green Roof Researchers Alliance In the absence of federal climate action during the Trump administration, cities and states across the US are pushing ahead on mitigation and adaptation. Last spring, the New York City Council passed an ambitious climate legislation package focused on buildings, which are responsible for almost three quarters of all local emissions.
Let buildings make trades to meet New York City's carbon mandate
The landmark building-efficiency legislation passed by the City Council this month will go a long way toward meeting the city's climate goals. But it could impose major costs on owners of large buildings. With expensive retrofits and seven-figure fines looming, the city should allow the required emissions reductions to be achieved at the lowest possible cost. A trading program would help. The City Council opened the door to emissions trading by calling for a study on creating such a program.
Let buildings trade to meet New York City's carbon mandate
The landmark building-efficiency legislation passed by the City Council this month will go a long way toward meeting the city's climate goals. But it could impose major costs on owners of large buildings. With expensive retrofits and seven-figure fines looming, the city should allow the required emissions reductions to be achieved at the lowest possible cost. A trading program would help. The City Council opened the door to emissions trading by calling for a study on creating such a program.
Only half the bag solution: With thin plastic bags banned, municipalities around New York must ensure that they assess a fee on paper, or the unintended consequences could be severe
Plastic bags at grocery store checkout counter. (darak77/Getty Images/iStockphoto) Last week, New York followed California by becoming the second state in the country to ban single-use plastic bags. The prohibition, which was included in the state budget, has been hailed by politicians and environmentalists alike as a major victory for our neighborhoods, parks and waterways that are increasingly besieged by plastic pollution.
City Needs to Nourish Green Roofs on Co-ops and Condos
Scott Stringer is city comptroller. Danielle Spiegel-Feld is executive director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land of Use Law at New York University School of Law. A longer version of this article appeared in Crain’s. By transforming barren roofs into verdant spaces, we can improve water quality, slash energy use, foster biodiversity, and provide more enjoyable space. The canopy of plants on green roofs drink up stormwater, reducing runoff by more than 50 percent.
Greening the city from the top down
When storm clouds gather, 62 square miles of roofs keep us dry in New York City. Unfortunately, most of the dozens of inches of rain that hit New York each year cascades into our gutters, swelling sewers and often causing raw sewage to pour into our waterways. The city is failing to take advantage of a perfectly good solution to this. By transforming barren roofs into verdant spaces, we can improve water quality, slash energy use, foster biodiversity and provide more enjoyable space.
New York City Should Grade Buildings on Energy Efficiency
If buyers and renters value energy efficiency, or at least the savings on utility bills that come with it, improving the disclosure of energy-performance information should help increase demand for high scoring properties and encourage investments and upgrades in others. But this approach breaks down when the information is not effectively disseminated. So how can New York City do a better job of communicating the energy benchmarking scores?
Local Greens
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Building a Carbon Trading System in New York City, with Danielle Spiegel-Feld
The Full Transcript Daniel Raimi: Hello, and welcome to Resources Radio, a weekly podcast from Resources for the Future. I'm your host, Daniel Raimi. Today, we talk with Danielle Spiegel-Feld, Executive Director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at New York University.
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