JANUARY 2022 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM NEW YORK'S A Airport VoicIRPORTe COMMUNITY
COVID KITS ARRIVE
JFK HANDLES MILLIONS
Cargo crews synchronize to expedite distribution
AIRPORTS
SUSTAINABILITY
“CLEAN DOZEN 2.0”
MEETS FED GOALS
BY JEFF YAPALATER
FIRST SHIPMENT OF COVID HOME TESTS KITS ARRIVE IN N.Y. Persuant to the mandate by Governor Hochul to have children tested upon
arriving to schools after the holidays, test kits are rushed by air cargo to JFK Airport for guarded escort to distribution centers on
New Year's Day.
The Port Authority has take a big lead
in the fight against climate change and
the disastrous impact failure to act will
bring to our region and world.
It’s Board of Commissioners is committed
to climate change initiatives as
passed by the Paris Climate agreement
in 2018 by an initial series of “Clean
Dozen” initiatives, which were later, augmented
by the “Clean Dozen 2.0” series.
At the PANYNJ November Board
meeting, two critical policies encompassing
the new goals were introduced by
Port Chief Development Officer Derek Utter,
and voted affirmatively by the board,
for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas
emissions by 2050. And the second policy
would commit the agency to the goal
of cutting direct greenhouse gas emissions
in half by 2030.
Each of these policies is consistent
with ambitious new climate goals recently
adopted by the Biden administration.
Once adopted, the Port Authority will be
the first U.S. transportation agency to set
a net-zero target for all emissions.
Utter spoke to the Board about the important
issues of sustainability and the
move to reducing green house gases and
carbon emissions.
The initial steps would begin with
the transition from diesel to electric over
years GSE. This has already begun by
some JFK airport companies and airlines
and in plans for others. Utter shared the
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COVID TESTING LOCATIONS
See page 22
FREE COVID TEST KITS
See page 18
JIM STEVEN ON JFK REDEVELOPMENT
See page 13
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