NEW YORK, NY – City officials have announced they will be requiring pizzerias with coal and wood fired ovens to cut their carbon emissions by up to 75%.
That could possibly mean an end to delicious coal-fired and wood-fired pizza across the city if the restaurant ovens can’t comply with the city’s new strict climate demands.
Accirdubg ti DCNF, Fox News host Jesse Watters and “pizza-slinger” protester Scott LoBaido ripped Democratic Mayor Eric Adams of New York City Tuesday over his proposal to ban certain pizza ovens.
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection proposed requiring wood and coal-fired pizza ovens installed before 2016 to have emission control devices, according to the New York Post. LoBaido went viral after video of him emerged throwing slices of pizza while protesting the proposed regulation at New York City’s city hall.
Even pizza guru Dave Portnoy got in on the fight against the coal and wood fire pizza regulations.
Portnoy ripped a ‘pink-haired liberal’ who he said had to be behind the decision to ban coal and wood fired ovens in the city.
Some of New York City’s most popular pizzerias use those ovens.
“All New Yorkers deserve to breathe healthy air and wood and coal-fired stoves are among the largest contributors of harmful pollutants in neighborhoods with poor air quality,” DEP spokesman Ted Timbers said in a statement. “This common-sense rule, developed with restaurant and environmental justice groups, requires a professional review of whether installing emission controls is feasible.”
The potential regulation may necessitate pizzerias that have ovens installed before May 2016 to purchase expensive emission-control devices. One owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn has already invested $20,000 in an air filter system, anticipating the implementation of this new requirement.
The costs to maintain and operate under the new regulations would cost pizza makers tens of thousands for compliance and thousands of dollars annual for maintenance and upkeep.