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Even mainstream news outlets are causing fake pizza panic

It's not just right-wing outlets spreading the false claim that NYC wants to regulate the carbon emissions of pizza ovens.

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Emily Atkin
Jun 29, 2023
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On Tuesday, Arielle and I published a newsletter seeking to correct the viral claim that New York City is proposing carbon regulations for pizza ovens. Because they are not.

The proposed regulations, which cover commercial wood- and coal-fired ovens built before 2016, never even mention the words “carbon,” “carbon emissions,” or “climate.” The regulatio…

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