Hochul briefly mentions climate goals in State of the State address
Gov. Hochul didn’t mention her environmental priorities very much in her State of the State speech yesterday. She did highlight New York’s climate goals.
"We’ll protect the environment by planting 25 million trees, funding resiliency efforts, expand solar access, and make sure our state meets our bold emissions targets," she said.
Meanwhile, environmental advocates have called on Hochul to include a package of bills in this legislative session.
Katherine Nadeau with New York Renews says they want the state’s biggest polluters to foot the bill for infrastructure improvements.
“While New Yorkers are busy dealing with the incredibly expensive, immediate, life-changing, and at times, fatal impacts of the climate crisis, massive corporations are pulling in record profits from fossil fuels. They’re profiting from New Yorkers suffering," Nadeau said.
Advocates are also pushing for an additional $1 billion for the Climate Action Fund to support what they call 30 “shovel-ready” environmental justice projects.