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| Fri, 15th Jul 2022 19:02:00 |
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DC passes ‘aggressive’ climate legislation |
It’s Friday, July 15, and Washington, D.C., policymakers want to limit natural gas in new buildings.
Washington, D.C.’s 13-member city council unanimously approved two bills this week to push forward the district’s decarbonization goals. For the first time, the legislation enshrines D.C.’s carbon neutrality target into law and sets limits on the use of natural gas in new buildings.
The two bills represent “one of the most aggressive climate change regimes in the country,” said Doug Siglin, D.C. coordinator for the nonprofit advocacy group Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund.
The first bill, the Climate Commitment Amendment Act, requires the District of Columbia to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, codifying and strengthening the ambition of a 2017 pledge from Mayor Muriel Bowser. To get there, the law sets interim greenhouse targets for every five years, ultimately aiming to slash greenhouse gas emissions 85 percent below 2006 levels by 2040.
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