Fossil fuels

The city launched the program as part of the Ithaca Green New Deal initiative, which aims to completely eliminate the city's net carbon emissions by 2030.

The laws set standard wages for renewable energy jobs, set higher energy efficiency standards and incentivize thermal energy infrastructure and research.

"It’s good economic sense because that is the future. And that’s where you’re going to see all the economic development and jobs being created.”

The group said it occupied the bank to protest its investment in the fossil fuel industry.

Solar energy is plentiful in the summer, but when cold winter mornings return, a Cornell researcher has found the Northeast will still rely on fossil fuels for heat.