New York mayor prods businesses in city's $2b emissions clean-up
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New York mayor Michael Bloomberg threw down a challenge to big business when he announced his city would spend $2.3 billion to cut greenhouse gas emissions from municipal buildings and operations by 30 per cent in 30 years.
The city aims to cut 1.68 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents a year from 2006 levels by 2017, with measures ranging from improved heating and cooling systems to fixing methane leaks at water treatment plants and using that gas to run electric generation equipment.
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