Urban Green Council report: How New York City could cut emissions by 90 percent by 2050. - Slate Magazine

Urban Green Council report: How New York City could cut emissions by 90 percent by 2050. - Slate Magazine: "The report takes as its starting point this foundational statistic: 75 percent of the readily measured carbon emissions in New York City come from buildings. That makes it very different from the nation as a whole, where agriculture and transportation are among the biggest culprits. At first glance, this looks like an obstacle: Inefficient buildings are much harder to replace than inefficient cars. And New York is already one of the country’s greenest cities per capita, which would seem to make a 90 percent cut more difficult than it would be elsewhere."

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