Mayor de Blasio addresses the public, taking a stand against climate change. He provides information about the dangers of climate ways along with ways to combat it.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is pursuing an energy policy of a "circular economy of organics," aiming to minimize organic waste sent to landfills and maximize the recovery and beneficial use of all resource streams.
Local Law 1 of 2007 requires the Dept. of Citywide Administrative Services(“DCAS”) to assess all City-owned facilities with a peak electric demand of at least 500 kilowatts (“kW”) for the potential to accommodate clean on-site power generation technologies (Cogeneration and Distributed Generation).