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Banned In Boston: Mayor Wu Prohibits Fossil Fuels In New Public Buildings

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rangerrebew:
WRITTEN BY GAYLA CAWLEY ON AUG 3, 2023. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS

Banned In Boston: Mayor Wu Prohibits Fossil Fuels In New Public Buildings

mayor michelle wuIn the latest push for her Green New Deal, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order that prohibits city-owned buildings from being constructed or renovated in a way that allows for the use of fossil fuels.

The order, which went into effect after it was signed on Monday afternoon, is part of the mayor’s larger effort to implement a similar ban on new residential buildings, her office said, a plan that has drawn the ire of certain real-estate groups. [emphasis, links added]


“This executive order is a long time coming,” Wu said at a City Hall press conference. “It is dealing with what is fully within the city’s control in terms of public buildings that will be newly built or undergoing a major reconstruction and renovation, and committing that they will be fossil-fuel free.”

https://climatechangedispatch.com/banned-in-boston-mayor-wu-prohibits-fossil-fuels-in-new-public-buildings/

andy58-in-nh:
All modern construction materials are either made from, or depend for their production and transportation on fossil fuels.

In the world of public policy, Stupid is winning.

Kamaji:
:facepalm2:

Fishrrman:
If the Republicans ever get control of government again (doubtful), they should consider passing a new national law, over-riding any and all existing laws in states or cities:
"The Right To Use Energy Act".

This would be worth the elimination of the filibuster to get done.

It should spell out (list may not be complete):
The right to extract and use natural energy resources for human needs:
- right to extract and use coal for power generation, heating, and other uses as may be required
- right to extract and refine petroleum for motor fuels and to produce such vehicles powered by such fuels
- right to extract and refine petroleum into products intended for industrial and other uses
- right to extract and use natural gas for heating, power generation and industrial and agricultural uses
- such rights to extend to both individuals and corporations

The only way to prevent the DCommunists from preventing the use of such resources will be laws that guarantee them.

Actually, it should be an actual amendment to the Constitution.
(or part of the "reconstituted" Constitution adapted by the new Heartland Republic of America...)   8-)

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