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From YouTube: Fossil Fuel Free Executive Order Signing - 7/31/23
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is joined by Green New Deal Director Oliver Sellers-Garcia to sign the Fossil Fuel Free Executive Order, eliminating fossil fuel usage for new construction and major renovations of City buildings.
A
Since
my
kids
have
been
born,
we
have
been
watching
year
after
year,
the
heat
records
get
broken
and
they
just
turned
six
and
and
eight
recently
and
I
know
this
month
as
we're
concluding
July
is
set
to
be
the
hottest
month
on
record
in
120
000
years
on
the
planet.
So
our
window
of
time
is
short
and
closing
all
the
projections
about
2050
or
decades
from
now.
A
We
might
as
well
be
talking
about
something
that
doesn't
exist,
and
so,
wherever
we
can
at
whatever
scale
is
possible,
we
have
to
be
accelerating
those
deadlines
and
doing
whatever
we
can
with
all
that
we
have
today.
This
executive
order
is
a
long
time
coming.
It
is
dealing
with
what
is
fully
within
the
city's
control
in
terms
of
public
buildings
that
will
be
newly
built
or
undergoing
a
major
reconstruction
and
renovation
and
committing
that
they
will
be
fossil
fuel
free.
A
We
didn't
even
want
this
to
be
something
that
is
signed,
while
several
major
Renovations
were
already
ongoing.
That
would
then
kind
of
sneak
through,
but
we
wanted
to
go
back
and
even
ensure
that
the
major
building
projects
in
process
now
would
also
comply
with
and
have
the
processes
so
that
they
can
meet
this
standard
and
we're
not
building
things
now
that
we
have
to
retrofit
shortly
after
so,
I
want
to
thank
the
entire
team
for
all
of
their
work.
It's
been
an
intensive
and
Collective
effort.
A
Most
of
all
I
want
to
thank
our
residents
and
activists
and
Advocates
who
have
been
at
this
for
a
very
long
time
and
are
continuing
to
push
on
off
fronts,
to
make
sure
that
Boston
can
lead
speaking
of
action
at
the
city
level.
I
couldn't
be
more
excited
to
welcome
and
thank
the
new
Chicago
mayor
mayor,
Brandon
Johnson,
who
is
here
with
us
today.
A
This
this
is
what
gives
me
hope
is
that
there
are
cities
around
the
world,
but
around
the
country
who
have
real
hefts,
who
have
real
scale.
Whose
actions
will
make
a
real
difference
and
we
were
so
excited
to
see
the
election
results
come
in
in
my
city
of
birth
to
to
see
the
leadership
that
Chicago
will
have
and
look
forward
to
working
together.
Do
you
want
to
say
a
word
Mayor,
while
you're
here
come
on
up.
B
Thank
you
so
much
Madam,
mayor
Wu,
and
to
all
of
you
who
are
here
this
afternoon.
It
brings
me
tremendous
pride
and
joy
and
humility
to
know
that
the
leadership
here
in
Boston
is
setting
an
example
of
what
real
leadership
has
to
look
like
in
this
moment
in
order
for
posterity
to
have
a
shot
at
real
sustainability.
The
actions
that
we
put
forth
today
will
ultimately
provide
that
type
of
security,
as
mayor
was
already
articulated.
B
Health
security,
economic
security,
job
security,
housing
security,
I
mean
these
are
the
pathways
that
we
have
to
continue
to
create
in
cities
Across
America,
in
order
to
make
sure
that
our
economies
as
well
as,
of
course,
the
people
who
make
up
these
great
cities
now
only
have
support
that
they
need,
but
the
ability
to
be
able
to
live
freely,
and
particularly
in
an
environment
that
is
healthy,
I
will
just
say
this,
but
I'm
so
impressed
with
the
velocity
of
of
your
leadership.
I
know.
B
Sometimes
it
does
feel
like
government
moves
a
little
slow,
but
if
you
think
about
the
birth
of
this
particular
City,
Chicago
is
186
years
old.
The
fact
that
you've
been
able
to
do
it
in
a
year
and
a
half
and
I'm
in
my
week,
12.
no
one
should
judge
this
mayor
about
her
ability
to
actually
move
with
expediency,
because
what
you
did
in
a
year
and
a
half
it
took
other
folks
a
lifetime
to
figure
out.
So
congratulations
to
your
leadership
and
to
the
team.
B
A
C
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor
Wu,
and
thank
you
Mayor
Johnson
for
the
kind
words
you
also
have
a
wonderful
team
in
Chicago
with
Angela
Tovar
and
everyone
who's
doing
amazing
work
in
Chicago,
so
I
am
Oliver
sellers,
Garcia,
Green,
New,
Deal,
director
for
the
city
of
Boston,
and
what
mayor
Wu
will
be
signing
very
soon
as
an
executive
order
that
requires
all
new
buildings
and
Renovations
that
are
City
buildings
to
be
fossil
fuel,
free
for
heating
and
cooling,
hot
water
and
cooking.
That
means
no
more
fossil
fuels.
C
We
recognize
that
decarbonizing
buildings
is
a
huge
Challenge
and
what
this
represents
is
really
looking
around
and
finding
where
we
have
different
tools
across
the
city
and
using
them
to
accelerate
our
action.
There
and
City
facilities
play
an
enormous
part
in
that
this
executive
order
recognizes
that
as
the
owners
of
380
buildings
with
16
and
a
half
million
square
feet,
we
have
an
important
role
to
play.
C
So
what
we're
doing
here
is
we're
very
intentionally
empowering
different
agencies
across
the
government
to
find
where
they
are
uniquely
positioned
to
deliver
on
decarbonization
and
taking
advantage
of
that
I
just
want
to
mention
two
other
things
about
this
executive
order.
One
is
that
it
covers
major
Renovations.
It's
not
just
new
buildings.
New
buildings
are
the
exciting
thing
to
talk
about,
but,
as
you've
heard
us
say,
over
and
over
again,
most
of
the
buildings
that
we
have
now
are
the
ones
that
are
going
to
be
around
in
2050
and
obviously
in
2040
and
2030..
C
We've
got
to
work
with
what
we
have.
The
other
thing
is
that
I
want
you
to
keep
your
eye
on
what
these
projects
are
going
to
look
like
over
time,
because
it
does
represent
a
change.
It's
not
just
swapping
out
one
piece
of
equipment
for
another.
It
means
that
we're
going
to
have
to
think
of
different
ways
of
implementing
some
of
these
projects
and
that's
a
good
thing,
because
benefits
such
as
a
tighter
envelope
also
bring
Energy
Efficiency
and
air
quality
benefits.
It's
all
part
of
the
same
thing,
so
in
closing
I.
C
Just
also
want
to
thank
our
partners
here
in
the
city.
Operations
has
just
been
absolutely
wonderful,
leading
on
this
Chief
Dion
Irish
and
his
Deputy
Morgan
McDaniel,
who
hear
from
in
a
minute
the
public
facilities,
division,
property
management,
division,
the
environment,
team,
Capital,
planning
and
BPS
all
have
really
come
together
to
sort
of
reset
ourselves
a
challenge
to
make
this
work,
and
it's
really
a
wonderful
result
here
so
I'm
delighted
to
pass
it
to
Morgan
McDaniel
Deputy
Chief
of
operations.
Thank
you.
D
Hey
everyone
pleasure
to
be
here
today:
I'm
Morgan,
McDaniel,
Deputy,
Chief
of
operations,
I'm
standing
in
for
chief
Dion
Irish,
who
couldn't
be
here
today.
The
operations
cabinet
is
so
happy
to
have
collaborated
in
drafting
this
executive
order.
It
was
built
with
the
expertise
from
our
public
facilities
department
and
Property
Management
Department,
which
is
so
important
because
they're
the
ones
who
will
be
implementing
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
this
executive
order
in
their
work
every
day.
Moving
forward.
D
The
city
is
already
investing
in
beautiful
fossil
fuel,
free
buildings
and
we're
really
proud
of
that.
We
have
new,
builds
coming
up
that
are
fossil
fuel
free,
like
the
upcoming
Dorchester
Community
Center,
as
well
as
Renovations,
converting
from
fossil
fuel
to
Electric
like
the
Irving
School,
the
FY
24
to
28
Capital
plan
includes
over
130
million
dollars
for
projects
that
will
comply
with
this
executive
order
and
Advance
decarbonization.
E
E
Think
today
we're
in
another
moment
where
we
need
to
bring
Clarity
and
imagination
to
how
we
build
all
of
our
City's
buildings,
and
so
it
means
we've
got
to
imagine
every
building
as
being
more
than
just
a
place
where
you
go
to
work
or
you
go
to
study,
but
as
a
piece
of
our
climate
Justice
plan,
and
that
means
every
single
one
of
us
has
got
to
be
involved
and
including
every
city
agency.
So
that's
why
this
is
really
important
buildings
really
matter.
E
All
of
us
are
doubtlessly
sure
that
70
of
our
City's
greenhouse
gas
emissions
come
from
buildings.
We've
heard
this
a
million
times.
This
is
one
million
and
one
and
that's
why
we
at
the
Boston
climate,
Action
Network,
have
long
focused
on
buildings,
from
the
passage
of
Community
Choice
electricity
to
pushing
for
a
stronger
building
emissions
reduction
and
disclosure
ordinance
to
what
we
do
today.
Pushing
for
green
and
healthy
Boston,
public
schools
and
the
schools
really
matter
too,
because
when
you
look
at
all
of
the
city-owned
buildings,
two-thirds
of
that
square
footage
belongs
to
schools.
E
F
F
Today
is
a
momentous
moment,
as
is
all
moments
that
have
to
do
with
environmental
justice
with
mayor
Wu,
she
has
been
a
champion
since
she's
taken
office
in
the
last
two
years
and
a
great
partner
in
this
work
mayor
Wu,
detailed
in
her
remarks
about
the
impacts
that
we
were
seeing,
not
just
in
our
city
but
all
across
the
country,
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
know
is
that
those
impacts
are
not
felt
the
same
in
every
single
community.
And
so
this
order
today
is
not
just
a
commitment
in
building
a
more
resilient
Boston.
F
But
it's
a
commitment
in
racial
Justice
and
it's
a
commitment
and
ensuring
that
the
communities
who
are
going
to
be
most
directly
impacted
by
the
impacts
of
climate
change
are
going
to
be
at
the
center
of
all
of
our
decision.
Making
I
got
my
start
as
a
community
organizer
with
alternatives
for
community
and
environment,
doing
toxic
tours
in
Roxbury,
and
so
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
think.
All
of
the
other
organizers
that
are
here
with
us
today.
F
I
know
that
it's
taken
Decades
of
work,
a
lot
of
organizing
and
a
lot
of
political
education
to
get
people
to
understand
the
impacts
of
climate
change
on
our
city,
and
we
are
blessed
to
have
a
mayor
who
was
willing
to
listen
and
do
the
work
that
it
takes
to
make
sure
that
we're
a
city
that's
going
to
be
resilient
in
the
face
of
climate
change.
So
thank
you
again,
May
everyone.
Thank
you
all.
A
Two
of
the
well
Morgan
I'm
sure
we'll
have
more
examples
and
and
had
mentioned
the
bcyf
project.
The
Grove
Hall,
Community
Center,
the
two
biggest
and
furthest
along
Boston
Public
Schools
projects
are
the
Carter
school
and
the
Quincy
upper
school
both
having
been
in
the
pipeline
for
some
time.
The
Quincy
school
now
approaching
its
decade,
Mark
of
being
in
in
development.
A
D
Sure
so
our
Boston
Public
Schools
projects
are
huge
and
a
huge
portion
of
our
Capital
plan.
So
things
like
you
know,
Madison
Park
are
obviously
projects
that
we're
really
proud
of
we're.
Also
building
many
new
fire
stations,
police
stations,
EMS
stations
that
are
upcoming
projects
in
our
Capital
plan
that
are
fossil
fuel,
Free,
Library
libraries
as
well
and
I
do
want
to
mention
that
bostoning
housing
authority
has
50
million
dollars
in
their
capital
budget
for
fossil
feel
free
retrofits,
which
is
pretty
fantastic.
A
And
if
I
can
say
a
word
just
to
connect
some
of
the
dots
that
Mayor,
Johnson
and
The
Counselor
and
other
folks
have
said
already
we're
doing
this
to
help
avoid
some
of
the
worst
harms,
many
of
which
are
evident
already
and
and
especially
in
the
disparities
across
the
city.
This
is
also
a
chance
in
doing
so,
to
bring
so
much
opportunity
in
terms
of
economic
prosperity
and
the
pathways
that
we'll
be
here
for
our
young
people
and
for
our
residents.
A
We're
also
very
much
intending
that
all
of
the
work
around
vocational
and
Technical
education
with
Madison
Park
will
feed
right
in
every
single
initiative.
We
can
connect
at
Madison
Park.
Today
we
are
already
doing
whether
it's
the
20
electric
bus,
electric
school
buses
that
are
pilot
that
we
first
started
in
in
a
pilot
program
that
are
being
serviced
by
a
new
program
at
Madison
Park
with
our
high
schoolers
or
some
of
the
opportunities
that
this
will
open
up
as
well.
A
G
Can
you
talk
a
little
about
it's
wonderful?
What
this
city
Boston
is
doing
and
you're
an
instrumental
part
of
it
it
if,
if
this
were
a
city
and
I
guess
I'm
saying
what
it's
so
imperative
that
the
word
gets
out
and
isn't
out
that
every
city
and
every
country
has
to
participate
in
this?
In
order
for
this,
for
this
thing
to
work,.
A
Yeah,
if
written
by
this
thing,
you
mean
our
very
survival
and
existence
on
the
planet,
I
completely
agree.
We
are
past
the
point
in
time
where
this
can
happen
comfortably
and
conveniently.
If
action
had
been
taken
decades
ago,
when
the
science
was
already
there
demonstrating
the
impacts
of
human,
man-made
actions
and
and
corporate
actions
and
the
destructive
impacts
of
climate
change,
we
would
have
a
different
set
of
options
in
front
of
us.
At
this
point.
We
are
in
rescue
mode.
A
We
are
in
crisis
management
mode
and
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
address
multiple
crises
at
the
same
time
of
racial
disparities,
of
health
and
well-being
of
jobs,
and
this
moment
in
our
economy
coming
out
of
the
pandemic,
and
so
in
fact
this
is
exactly
what
we
need
on
multiple
fronts.
As
a
coastal
city,
it
is
even
more
dire
and
urgent.
We
see
what
it
you
know,
the
going
to
the
tip
of
Florida
and
and
touching
that
100
plus
degree
water.
A
We
we're
already
see
I
mean
even
just
over
the
weekend
with
more
intense
rain
and
storms
that
Boston
is
experiencing.
Our
storm
drains
need
significant
work
to
even
be
able
to
absorb
this
new
kind
of
intensity
of
storms
that
are
becoming
the
norm
in
Boston
and
the
flooding
that
that
creates,
and
so
we're
working
on
multiple
fronts.
A
At
the
same
time,
this
is
about
everything
we
can
do
within
the
cities
footprint
and
our
Municipal
action,
while
we're
also
doing
emergency
preparedness,
while
we're
also
working
with
the
green
ribbon
commission
and
our
largest
anchor
institutions
on
on
every
front
just
to
all
at
once
everywhere
and
I
also
want
to
recognize
someone
who's
as
usual,
hiding
in
the
back
and
when
she
should
be
up
here.
Our
Commissioner
of
environment,
Allison
brizias.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
as
well.
A
D
D
D
D
C
Sure,
yes,
it's
a
good
question.
I
think
it's
obviously
a
case-by-case
situation.
Some
buildings
will
be
able
to
be.
You
know.
Energy
sustaining,
but
I.
Think
the
the
big
takeaway
that
I'll
say
with
broad
Strokes
is
that
Boston
is
a
dense
City
and
we
are
realistically
going
to
have
to
take
renewable
energy
from
the
grid,
and
that
has
to
be
a
regional
effort.
C
So
I
think
every
building
has
a
responsibility
to
be
as
efficient
as
possible
and
to
be
able
to
use
only
electricity
and
not
have
any
fossil
fuel
combustion,
which
is
what
this
executive
order
is
for.
City-Owned
buildings,
but
purchasing
renewable
energy
complements
that
and
that's
what
we
have
to
do
in
cities.
A
And
I'll
give
a
an
example
just
to
get
a
sense
of
how
we're
really
trying
to
do
everything,
whatever
form
it.
It
can
make
sense
to
to
move.
We
want
to
support
the
private
sector
or
other
anchor
institutions
as
well
so
I,
don't
know
if
you've
seen
bu's
new,
relatively
new
data
science
building
that
looks
like
all
the
books
stacked
up
together,
that
building
itself
is
actually
powered
by
a
well.
That
is
a
geothermal
well,
that
is
below
ground
one
and
a
half
times
as
far
down
as
the
building
is
tall.
A
It's
a
really
a
pioneering
energy
source
that
we're,
you
know,
have
had
a
great
partner
in
Boston
University
to
really
focus
on,
and
they
have
other
projects
that
they're
they're
trying
to
do
in
terms
of
renovating
dorms
Etc
that
will
similarly
kind
of
break
ground.
On
that
front,
we
also
you
know:
there's
parts
of
the
cities
along
the
Longwood
Medical
area
is
on
its
own
kind
of
energy
system
there
that
if
we
can
switch
that
over
then
that
whole
you
know,
high
energy
consumption
area
would
be
on
a
a
different
path.
A
A
We
will
have
we're
trying
to
do
what
we
can
in
the
short
term,
while
also
thinking
about
the
Grid
in
the
long
term,
the
more
Chargers
we
have
the
more
buildings
that
we
that
are
all
electric,
the
more
we're
going
to
have
to
work
closely
with
all
of
the
anchor
institutions
and
the
utility
companies
in
where
the
sighting
of
more
capacity
will
be
for
the
grid.
That's
something
that
we're
competent
as
technology
continues
to
improve
and,
as
the
city
is
creating
all
of
these
new
jobs
that
we'll
be
able
to
to
do
well.