In this episode, host Daniel Raimi talks with Danielle Spiegel-Feld, executive director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at New York University. Spiegel-Feld discusses a paper she recently coauthored, which explores how a carbon trading system could be implemented in the buildings sector—the largest source of carbon emissions in the city—to help reach New York’s decarbonization goals. Spiegel-Feld describes New York City’s historical emissions policies for buildings, which stakeholders may be impacted by a new carbon trading system, and implications for environmental justice communities.

References and recommendations:

“Carbon Trading for New York City’s Building Sector” by Danielle Spiegel-Feld and Katrina Wyman; https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/carbon-trading-for-new-york-citys-building-sector

“Pipe Dreams” episode of the “99% Invisible” podcast; https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/pipe-dreams/

“Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman’s Search for Justice in Indian Country” by Sierra Crane Murdoch; https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545014/yellow-bird-by-sierra-crane-murdoch/