Democrats in Washington are obsessed with climate change and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is no different. Wu is advancing a plan that would drop the use of fossil fuels in new buildings in the city.
Everything has to be green, no matter the cost, efficiency, or choice of the people involved.
FOX News reports:
Boston eyes fossil fuel limits on new constructionsBoston is pushing forward with plans to discourage the use of fossil fuel in new buildings.Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Thursday filed an ordinance with the city council that would require new buildings that rely on fossil fuels to install solar panels and to add wiring in anticipation of future conversion to electrification with the goal of most new buildings going all-electric.Several other communities in the state have embraced similar efforts.Wu also announced the city will use $10 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds to improve energy performance at the city’s affordable housing developments.In Boston, 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from the building sector, according to Wu, who said the emissions contribute both to global climate change and to local air pollution that disproportionately harms low-income residents and communities of color in the city.The announcement comes after Massachusetts lawmakers adopted a new law last year meant to encourage communities to embrace fossil fuel-free codes for new construction.
The thing that makes this even more annoying is that the city of Boston is struggling to handle basic duties of government, like responding to 911 calls.
NBC News in Boston reported:
Report Shows Staffing Issues’ Impact on Boston Police 911 SystemA new report auditing Boston’s 911 system outlines several concerning issues, including an increase in callers not getting through to police.The Boston Police Department contracted Mission Critical Partners for the study, which found challenges with staffing, hiring, training and retaining qualified call-takers.The report paints a picture of a difficult few years for the department’s dispatch system, with a direct impact on the community.”This current state has culminated in a staffing crisis and the expense of $2,392,525.95 in overtime for both sworn and civilian staff in 2019 and $2,885,145.72 in 2020,” the report stated.”I was surprised at some of the morale, the amount of forced overtime, and it looks like there’s a lot of people dedicating a lot of time, but they have very little work life balance,” Massachusetts Sen. Lydia Edwards said of the findings.One impact of the staffing problems has been an increase in the rate of “abandoned calls,” in which a 911 caller disconnects without making contact with the call center. Out of more than 621,000 calls in 2020, more than 35,000 were abandoned.
This sort of thing is happening at every level of government. Elected leaders, for the most part Democrats, are ignoring what needs to be done, and instead are just focusing on the things that they want to do.
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