Monday, April 30, 2007

Home heating oil city's biggest pollutant

NYC air quality continues to get worse, and one critic charges that PlaNYC doesn't do anything to lessen the impact of the biggest offender:

MORE BAD AIR DAYS FOR CITY

While praising the overall thrust of the mayor's ambitious plan, Vetter said it doesn't adequately address the most common pollutant: home heating oil. Twenty-nine percent of all New York City emissions come from heating fuel - more than the amount from vehicle traffic and power plants combined.

Graphic from NY Post

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Big oil...killing Americans both at home and abroad.

Anonymous said...

Maybe this is something Team Gioia can look into.

Pre-Gioia
Hunters Pt: Pollution from 45,000

Post-Gioia
Hunters Pt: Pollution from 145,000

Why its best to live upwind from this on the waterfront with Mrs Fund Raiser.

georgetheatheist said...

Eric and the Missus: Juan and Eva Peron wannabees.