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Public Power: One Big Solution to Runaway Climate Change
Public Power: One Big Solution to Runaway Climate Change

We are years behind on the pace of reaching the goals of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.

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NY RenewsOctober 1, 2024
Climate Week and New York: The People’s Climate March, 10 years later
Climate Week and New York: The People’s Climate March, 10 years later

This week marks 10 years since the People’s Climate March, then the largest climate march in history.

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NY RenewsSeptember 29, 2024
Air Pollution from Buildings Driving Health Crisis in New York
Air Pollution from Buildings Driving Health Crisis in New York

New Yorkers are increasingly suffering from respiratory and cardiovascular illness, cancer, heatstroke and early death due to the rising levels of air pollution, a report found.

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NY RenewsSeptember 28, 2024
Bronx & Environmental Justice Town Hall
Bronx & Environmental Justice Town Hall

On September 19, 2024, the Bronx Climate and Environmental Justice Network (BCEJN) hosted a Bronx-led Town Hall on climate and environmental justice at Bronx Bethany Church.

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NY RenewsSeptember 20, 2024
POLITICO Pro | Newsletter
POLITICO Pro | Newsletter

Our latest report was featured in Politico's newsletter.

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NY RenewsAugust 28, 2024
New York State’s Climate Law at Fulcrum of Several Legal Disputes
New York State’s Climate Law at Fulcrum of Several Legal Disputes

New York State is being challenged in the courts and criticized by advocacy groups for failing to live up to its own climate law, raising questions about how the landmark legislation should be applied.

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NY RenewsAugust 26, 2024
New report finds state agencies violate NY Climate Act
New report finds state agencies violate NY Climate Act

Almost every state agency violates the clear climate and equity mandates of the law, according to a new report by the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI).

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NY RenewsAugust 24, 2024
State And Feds Are Dumping Yet Another Giant Highway on The Bronx
State And Feds Are Dumping Yet Another Giant Highway on The Bronx

The state says the Cross Bronx Expressway needs to be repaired. But find out how Gov. Hochul is misusing federal infrastructure money to burden a neighborhood that has been dumped on for decades.

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NY RenewsAugust 15, 2024
Report: State Agencies Ignoring New York’s Climate Mandates
Report: State Agencies Ignoring New York’s Climate Mandates

A recent report reveals that nearly every major New York State agency is ignoring climate mandates, including four of the state’s best-funded departments.

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NY RenewsAugust 12, 2024
Major state agencies fail to comply with climate law, report finds
Major state agencies fail to comply with climate law, report finds

Advocacy group finds four agencies did not abide by landmark 2019 environmental law.

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NY RenewsAugust 8, 2024
NY Renews "Flouting the Law" Report on Capital Tonight with Susan Arbetter
NY Renews "Flouting the Law" Report on Capital Tonight with Susan Arbetter

Our report on New York State agencies ignoring the Climate Law was covered by Spectrum News 1.

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NY RenewsAugust 8, 2024
30 Years of Victory, the County Fair, the Climate Superfund Act, and the 5th Caribbean Festival
30 Years of Victory, the County Fair, the Climate Superfund Act, and the 5th Caribbean Festival

El Puente’s Daniela Castillo spoke to Radio Kingston about the Climate Superfund Act.

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NY RenewsAugust 1, 2024
Renewable advocates press for carbon pricing
Renewable advocates press for carbon pricing

POLITICO covered our support of Carbon Free New York that pushes for carbon pricing in the electric market.

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NY RenewsJuly 29, 2024
New York poised to miss more climate deadlines
New York poised to miss more climate deadlines

The state's progress has been thwarted by faltering offshore wind and major solar projects.

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NY RenewsJuly 18, 2024
Missed Deadlines Pile Up As New York’s Climate Law Turns Five
Missed Deadlines Pile Up As New York’s Climate Law Turns Five

The state is blowing past key milestones on the way to its big emissions targets.

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NY RenewsJune 19, 2024
Environmental advocates worry Hochul may pause another major policy
Environmental advocates worry Hochul may pause another major policy

Hochul has touted a cap-and-trade program, dubbed “cap and invest,” to limit emissions and achieve the state’s climate goals.

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NY RenewsJune 14, 2024
Congestion Pricing Fallout
Congestion Pricing Fallout

NY Renews, the Nature Conservancy and the Sierra Club also criticized the governor’s decision.

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NY RenewsJune 10, 2024
“Inaction On NY HEAT Mocks Our Climate Law”
“Inaction On NY HEAT Mocks Our Climate Law”

Climate movement decries the astonishing failure of the State Assembly to broker a deal to pass the New York Home Energy Affordable Transition (NY HEAT) Act last week.

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NY RenewsJune 4, 2024
Letter to Editor: Pass The New York HEAT Act
Letter to Editor: Pass The New York HEAT Act

The NY HEAT Act (A4592) would lower utility bills for many of us, and it would help shift to cleaner heating. NY Assembly must pass this bill before June 7!

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NY RenewsJune 4, 2024
Opinion: New York’s So-Called ‘Clean Fuel Standard’ Is Anything But
Opinion: New York’s So-Called ‘Clean Fuel Standard’ Is Anything But

If New York follows California’s lead on the Clean Fuel Standard, we risk running into one of the biggest concerns arising from the program—an oversupply of credits from renewable diesel and dairy biogas that negatively disrupts fuel prices and floods methane emissions into the atmosphere.

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NY RenewsJune 3, 2024
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