1.0 link 194107 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathryn-wylde/op-ed-green-buildings---n_b_194107.html This week, Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Council Speaker Chris Quinn announced plans to introduce legislation that will require owners of 22,000 office and apartment buildings around the five boroughs to invest in building improvements that will reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions. The announcement, which came on Earth Day, seems like a winning proposition in a city where 80 per cent of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming and air pollution emanate from buildings and their tenants....

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