Our Executive Director, Stephan Edel, was featured by Politics NY as one of 2024’s power players in climate, energy and sustainability.
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The budget included no significant measures to address planet-warming emissions from buildings or transportation, the biggest sources of pollution in New York. Instead, there was a sales tax exemption for residential energy storage systems, a few million dollars to plant trees and marginal changes to speed up construction of transmission lines.
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Nearly three weeks late on April 20, Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature passed a budget that has drawn criticism from organizations specializing in housing issues and immigration, with some saying the budget falls short of what is needed to serve their communities.
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For the third consecutive year, NYS Senator James Sanders Jr. and others stood in the Atlantic Ocean as a part of the “Tuvalu Challenge” on Saturday, April 20, to celebrate Earth Day and raise awareness about the effects of climate change on coastal communities like Rockaway.
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A few days prior, negotiations on the final New York state budget wrapped without the inclusion of big ticket climate bills that sought, on several fronts, to accelerate the state’s transition to a zero emissions economy.
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As Earth Day came and went this week, some residents — and their representatives — expressed disappointment in what they see as the state’s failure to follow through on its pledge to limit the impacts of climate change.
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On Wednesday, April 17, Hofstra geared up for Earth Day by hosting a panel about the portrayal of violent and non-violent climate activism in the media.
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The Assembly rejected legislation that would have sped up New York’s transition away from gas.
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With utility rates rising and the summer heat just around the corner, far too many Staten Islanders are struggling to pay sky-high and increasing monthly energy bills.
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As our planet hurtles toward climate tipping points, beyond which climate chaos is irreversible, every dollar we spend on fossil fuels today takes us backwards.
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A bill that would extend New York state’s ban on natural gas fracking is heading to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk after the State Legislature acted recently to prohibit using liquid carbon dioxide to extract the gas from shale rock.
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Our religions tell us a better world is possible, right here on Earth. A better world in which we all have access to clean air and water and people live equitably and peacefully with each other. We call on our fellow New Yorkers of faith to urge your state legislators, including Governor Hochul, to fund the People’s Climate Justice Budget and the Climate, Jobs, and Justice Package in this year’s New York State Budget. We have no more time to waste.
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We must act now to break the patterns of decisions and investments that poison communities of color as the State figures out how to implement the Climate Act and meet its emissions and disadvantaged community mandates. However, the proposed “Clean” Fuel Standard (CFS) is a false solution to our fight for clean air.
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On Wednesday March 20, more than 500 climate activists rallied in Albany in support for NY Renews Climate, Jobs & Justice Package that they want included in New York State's 2024 budget, which is due by April 1.
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Given the ongoing climate crisis as well, residents of areas like Uniondale find themselves at the intersection of a combined economic and climate emergency, and the NY HEAT Act could be the defining factor in changing that.
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We live in the borough with the highest asthma rates in New York state thanks, in large part, to the air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels on our local highway, by our buildings, and by our local power plants. It is time this ends, and we see relief from the climate crisis that is causing catastrophes for us — like Hurricane Ida, which flooded the Major Deegan Expressway and stranded hundreds of local motorists.
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The state is considering a limit on the cost for carbon emissions allowances far lower than what’s been experienced recently in other markets.
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Across the globe, marginalized communities have historically borne the brunt of environmental degradation and climate change impacts, despite contributing the least to the underlying issues. Even here in New York’s capital city, systemic injustices are embedded in our environmental policies.
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After seeing that New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s proposed executive budget does not include additional funding for climate-related issues, the NY Businesses for Climate Justice organization sent a letter to state leaders calling for legislative action.
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Supporters of a measure to cap utility bills at 6 percent of income for New York residents facing high energy costs have calculated that enacting the policy would save 25 percent of households an average of $136 per month.
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