Port Authority Announces Plans To Be Greener By 2010
March 28, 2008
The Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners announced plans at a Downtown Manhattan meeting Thursday to become the region’s first carbon-neutral agency of its kind by 2010.
Its goal is to cut emissions by making systems more energy-efficient and expanding mass transit options. It will also invest in new environmental technology like wind farms or methane capture facilities.
“Investing in the regions green economy as part of a climate change mitigation strategy has lots of benefits. It makes significant action possible now,” said Port Authority’s Executive Director Anthony Shorris. “It allows for efficient resource allocation with money flowing to the projects that create the most emission reduction per dollar.”
“We believe that this total policy, looked at comprehensively, represents one of the most aggressive attempts by any public agency to put its resources, its capital, and its know-how into making a substantial change in the level of carbon emissions that comes from a major transportation network,” said Port Authority Chairman Anthony Coscia.
The new goal builds on the agency’s existing plan to reduce the overall carbon dioxide impact by five percent each year and 80 percent by 2050.
Source: NY1
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