Heating oil phase-out part of NYC clean-air plan
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 12:31
in Earth & Climate
(AP) -- The city will phase out the use of polluting heavy oils to heat buildings and will begin building solar power plants on capped landfills, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday in his first update to a 4-year-old environmental plan that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030.