2 Percent Of New York City’s Buildings Emit Half Its CO2 Pollution. They’re Luxury Towers.

“While these cities have this horrible homeless crisis, you have these huge, empty apartments, and a lot of them are outrageously responsible for emissions,” said Ashley Dawson, author of the book Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change. “Even when people are living in their apartments, they often have more than one apartment or have a lifestyle that involves jet-setting around the world.”

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