A proposal to slice emissions from coal and wood-burning pizza ovens in New York City by 75% has caused protests from some pizza shop owners -- and some pizza lovers. Via The BBC:

A rule change proposed on Friday would require pizzerias to evaluate whether they can install emissions control devices for their kitchens stoves.

[...] The new rule proposed by the city's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will apply to coal and wood-fired ovens installed before 2016.

Officials say it will affect less than 100 of the city's pizza shops.

Restaurants will be required to evaluate their exhaust systems to determine if they can be outfitted with scrubbers capable of trapping pollutants. If so, they will be required to install and maintain them.

"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," the DEP said in a statement on Sunday as it received pushback on the rule.

"This common-sense rule, developed with restaurant and environmental justice groups, requires a professional review of whether installing emission controls is feasible."

So provide low-cost, long-term financing for the pizza shops! The idea is still sound.

But honestly, people seem not to understand that we are in a climate crisis, and we have to start somewhere. Everyone hates the extreme weather, they just don't want anything to change in order to mitigate it.