Gov calls for changes to state’s climate law

NY Renews, an environmental justice coalition, last month in a statement from Executive Director Stephan Edel, called on the Legislature to reject any amendments that weaken the CLCPA’s mandates.

“It contradicts years of previous analysis produced by NYSERDA and fails to account for policies like rebates or energy bill credits that could be implemented to deliver real benefits to New Yorkers to address affordability,” the statement read. “Governor Hochul: Don’t pull a Trump and destroy New York’s climate law. Rolling back our Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act mandates would undermine energy affordability, public health, and environmental justice.”

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