Press Releases & TESTIMONY

New Yorkers have made it clear that they want a cleaner, healthier future. This rule is a first step toward identifying polluters spewing greenhouse gases and toxic pollution into our air. Next, we need to hold those polluters accountable for reducing their pollution. Washington is weakening pollution protections and rolling back essential reporting programs, and it’s more critical than ever that states lead the way on policies that will clean our air and make our communities healthier.

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NY Renews, the largest coalition focused on climate justice in New York State and the leading force behind the State’s climate law, opposes the Governor’s directive to the NY Power Authority (NYPA) to take resources from proven renewable energy solutions to expand nuclear energy production.

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NEW YORK — Throughout June, over 200 advocates and community members gathered with legislators at New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation’s various statewide offices to testify and urge Governor Hochul to release the regulations for the state’s cap-and-invest program. Those who testified called for a bold program to reduce climate pollution and provide energy affordability through lower energy bills and upgraded homes while creating tens of thousands of good-paying jobs. 

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New York — As New York’s 2025 legislative session came to an end, Stephan Edel, NY Renews Executive Director, released the following statement:

“The legislative session ended with a small victory in the fight to get New York off of gas—the elimination of the ‘100-foot rule’ for gas utilities, which means New Yorkers will no longer have to pay to connect new customers to the gas system. There’s no reason that New Yorkers should be subsidizing the expansion of outdated, toxic fuel infrastructure; this is one step in the right direction. We’re grateful to the lawmakers who worked overtime to pass this bill in the Senate and Assembly, and look forward to seeing it signed by the Governor this year as we look ahead to the passage of the rest of the former NY HEAT Act—now the Customer Savings and Reliability Act next session. 

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Queens, New York — Today, legislators, advocates, and community members gathered at New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation offices in Long Island City to testify and urge Governor Hochul to release the regulations for the state’s cap-and-invest program.

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Albany, NY — Today, legislators, including Assemblymembers Anna Kelles, Al Stirpe, and Claire Valdez; advocates; and community members gathered at Albany, New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation to testify and urge Governor Hochul to release the regulations for the state’s cap-and-invest program. This is the second of three in-person hearings throughout the state this month, giving New Yorkers the chance to advocate for a program that would make polluters pay for their toxic and climate-warming emissions while raising between 6 and 12 billion dollars every year to help lower energy bills, upgrade homes and small businesses to clean energy with modern heating and cooling technologies, and create tens of thousands of good-paying jobs. 

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As New Yorkers face rising unemployment, high energy bills, and extreme weather, this year’s state budget fails to address the need for new jobs, clean air, and affordable energy.

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In response to Trump’s Executive Order banning “climate superfund” and cap-and-invest laws, the NY Renews coalition released the following statement.

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