American Cities’ Climate Sacrifices Are for Nothing
By Robert Lyman & Tom Harris
January 31, 2022
City councils across the United States have fallen hook line and sinker for the climate scare. To date, 163 American cities have declared “climate emergencies.” As of last October, 130 U.S. cities, with a combined population of 55 million, had officially joined the Cities Race to Zero, a UN-backed campaign to push urban leaders to develop and achieve so-called “net-zero” emission targets. In 2017, Austin, Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland all pledged to be net-zero by 2050.
Mayors seem particularly susceptible to climate panic. For example, Climate Mayors is a network of more than 470 U.S. mayors, representing 48 states and 74 million Americans, who are committed to demonstrating “climate leadership.” In October of last year, the C40 network of mayors, “collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis,” doubled down on net-zero targets. Portland, Seattle and Washington DC, all members of C40, pledged to be net-zero by 2050. San Francisco even said it will be net-zero by 2040. The majors of Los Angeles, New York City, Newburyport, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Monica and Washington D.C., all C40 members, went so far as to sign a pledge to make all new buildings “net-zero carbon” by 2030, and all buildings, old or new, be net-zero by 2050.
And then there is the promise by the mayors of Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Pittsburgh and Seattle to “divest from fossil fuel companies and champion investments in the green economy.” They don’t indicate a target date for such an impractical financial initiative
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