NYC Vows to Start ‘ Phasing Out ’ Hot Dogs to Save the Planet as Part of Their Own $14B Green New Deal
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On Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-N.Y.) slapped his signature on his city’s blueprint for combatting climate change. Following in the footsteps of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), the city passed a Green New Deal to mobilize the city’s resources to combat climate change.
Unfortunately for hot dog lovers, the plan includes a goal of eliminating processed meat from all city-owned property.
According to NYC’s Green New Deal, hot dogs must go if New Yorkers want to maintain a “livable climate.” The plan details the city’s goal of “reducing the purchasing of beef and phasing out the purchasing of processed meat” from all city-owned facilities.
Similar to Ocasio-Cortez’s plan to “fully get rid of farting cows,” New York City aims to reduce the need for cows because of their production of the greenhouse gas methane.
“You’re not going to find climate deniers in New York City because we suffered through (Hurricane) Sandy. We also believe the estimates that tell us that we have only 12 years to get it right. Let’s be clear, we have until 2030 to change things fundamentally, or our lives won’t be the same,”
de Blasio said in an Earth Day event yesterday celebrating the new legislation for the city. Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, who happens to be vegan himself, celebrated the new law.
“I’m in for a Green New Deal. From grassroots advocates, who have been sounding the environmental alarm for decades, to my fellow local elected colleagues, our shared mission is to make aggressive moves that combat the climate change crisis threatening the very existence of our planet.
I am particularly thrilled that this City has taken up our mantle to reduce our overconsumption of meat through the phasing out of processed meat purchasing and the reduction of beef purchasing; make no mistake, addressing the carbon-intensive activity of meat production is a sustainable solution for the health of our bodies and our planet alike. Nearly 50 years after the first Earth Day celebration, the clock is ticking on our ability to secure a sustainable future for our children and grandchildren.”
Adams announced earlier that he plans to run for office of Mayor in 2021. In 2017, Adams worked with de Blasio to implement “Meatless Mondays” at 15 schools in Brooklyn, a program the mayor expanded to all 1,700 public schools in New York City this March.
... Leaders like de Blasio and Adams believe by drastically reducing New Yorker’s consumption of meat will lead to positive changes to local weather and global climate.
... Leaders like de Blasio and Adams believe by drastically reducing New Yorker’s consumption of meat will lead to positive changes to local weather and global climate.
