The announcement today of Governor Hochul’s Executive Order for a one-year moratorium on data center development is a testament to the power of communities across the state who are organizing to protect themselves from the many-headed hydra of tech billionaire greed, higher electricity costs, and the poisoning of our air, water, and land that data center development entails.
Read MoreSession saw critical climate law rollbacks — and grassroots action that secured solar energy wins, lower energy bills, and a moratorium on data centers in New York State
Read MoreMoratorium could be first in the nation pending the governor’s signature
Read MoreDelayed deadlines and weakened emissions standards will lead to thousands of deaths and higher energy bills over the next five years
Read MoreAs Gov. Hochul Rolls Back Major Protections in NY’s Climate Law, Coalition Demands End-of-Session Action to Boost Solar Production and Curb Energy Bills
Read MoreIn response to the Governor’s premature budget announcement and the climate law deal, as previously reported in POLITICO, NY Renews Executive Director Stephan Edel issued the following statement on behalf of the coalition.
Read MoreOrganizations representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers demand climate action, not rollbacks
Read MoreSession saw critical climate law rollbacks — and grassroots action that secured solar energy wins, lower energy bills, and a moratorium on data centers in New York State
Read MoreEnviro Groups Respond to Governor Hochul’s Earth Day Push to Gut the Climate Law
Read MoreAs the state legislature passes another budget extender, New York legislators and climate and environmental justice advocates gathered at the Capitol in Albany today to remind Governor Hochul and state legislative leadership about the true cost of climate law delays.
At press conferences and rallies on Long Island and in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, NYC, and Albany, New Yorkers called for cleaner air, lower bills, good jobs, and justice for communities at the frontlines of the climate crisis.
New memo from NY Renews shows Governor Hochul’s proposed rollbacks to Climate Law will worsen energy affordability crisis, result in massive economic losses, and lead to negative health impacts
Read MoreIn response to the news that the Governor is proposing New York delay greenhouse gas emissions regulations to 2030, and extend other climate law requirements, as well as shift the way the state accounts for climate-heating emissions, NY Renews Executive Director Stephan Edel issued the following statement on behalf of the coalition.
Read MoreNew nuclear reactors are not a climate solution and are a sure path to wasting ratepayer money, driving up our bills, and failing to reduce emissions in the near term.
Read MoreIn response to the one-house budget proposals released by the New York State Assembly and Senate, NY Renews Executive Director Stephan Edel issued the following statement.
Read MoreNearly 1,000 advocates from the immigration, economic, and climate justice movements unite around a shared demand: Gov. Hochul must defend New York and fund our future
Read MoreGovernor Hochul is gaslighting the public. She’s equipping her agencies to gut the climate law — backed by bad data that ignores years of the state’s own modeling and research — and echoing the Trump administration’s alarmist rhetoric by saying that rollbacks to the climate law are justified because she “cannot let the state go dark.”
Read MoreGovernor Hochul’s Executive Budget leaves New Yorkers without bold, ongoing investments in clean air, clean energy, or climate justice. In an era of accelerating climate catastrophe, the Governor’s approach is a markedly unbalanced approach that leaves us with more questions than answers.
Read MoreWhat kind of future will the children of New York face in a state where toxic fossil fuels and costly, dangerous nuclear power produce the bulk of the energy we use, and continue to destroy the livability of our planet?
Read MoreAfter the New York State Supreme Court ruled that Governor Hochul’s administration must issue regulations that comply with the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets by February 2026, NY Renews Executive Director Stephan Edel released the following statement on behalf of the coalition.
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