O'Brien: New York building fossil fuel bans include commercial kitchen carve-outs
Miles O'Brien · Will America’s commercial kitchens go electric? · Apr 19, 2023 · at 7:34
Science journalist Miles O'Brien discusses the political hurdles and lobbying resistance facing kitchen decarbonization policy with Stephen Lacey.
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“You know, you go to New York, for example, which has all the local laws which are aimed at, you Burning of fossil fuels inside buildings over the next over the coming years. But there's a carve-out for commercial kitchens. The restaurant industry, the lobby, has successfully persuaded politicians that it's a bad idea because it would hurt a very important industry in a place like New York City.”
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