In a blow to the mayor’s climate agenda, the Boston Zoning Commission voted to block a proposal that seeks to accelerate the timeline for when new buildings would be required to adhere to net-zero emission standards, from 2050 to 2025.


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Originally Published: <time datetime="2024-08-14 20:27:36">August 14, 2024 at 8:27 p.m.</time>

In a blow to the mayor’s climate agenda, the Boston Zoning Commission voted to block a proposal that seeks to accelerate the timeline for when new buildings would be required to adhere to net-zero …{ai:summary}<p>The Boston Zoning Commission dealt a setback to the mayor’s green vision, rejecting a plan to mandate net-zero emission standards for new buildings by 2025 instead of 2050. The city’s ambitions for a cleaner future just hit a brick wall.  
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Boston Mayor Wu’s net-zero climate plan for new buildings blocked by Zoning Commission

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