Despite the Ninth Circuit Court ruling against Berkeley’s gas ban for new buildings, cities and states are finding legal pathways to decarbonize buildings.
Hear — from the people who are making this happen — about the many policy approaches, including building codes and building performance standards, that are still available to states and localities to protect their residents from the impacts of fossil-fuel use.
This panel discussion will include:
* Jonny Kocher and Denise Grab from Rocky Mountain Institute, which is a longtime leader in designing effective climate policy
* Cliff Majersik from the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), which designed the successful strategy in Vancouver, WA
* Daniel Carpenter-Gold from the Public Health Law Center
This is crucial: In many cities in North America, 60 to 80% of climate pollution now comes from residential, commercial, and industrial buildings.
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