NY Renews, the coalition of environmental, community and labor groups that backed the climate law passed in 2019, is fighting to influence a cap-and-trade program proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. If they’re successful, outside observers are hopeful that a more equitable framework could be exported to other states including California, which has had a cap-and-trade program since 2013.
Read MoreI envision a world where the health and safety of our communities come before the profits of oil and gas CEOs. Our families and our children are not expendable. That’s why I’m calling on …. legislators to support and advocate for the Climate, Jobs, and Justice Bill Package to support the transformation of our energy economy to renewables and to invest in communities most harmed by the climate crisis.
Read MoreIn this legislative session, there are several excellent climate bills, from the Climate, Jobs and Justice package… to other bills calling for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies and the divestment of these fuels from a major pension fund.
Read MoreIn New York, the NY Renews coalition – the state's largest climate justice coalition – has included over $200 million in their recent state budget proposal to help build zero-emission buses, filling gaps in state and federal spending to electrify school and city buses in accordance with the state's 2035 mandate.
Read MoreOver the next few weeks, Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie will finalize the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year. When they do, they must remember their littlest constituents and include the full NY Renews Climate, Jobs, and Justice Package to ensure our children, and all New Yorkers, have a chance at a safe, healthy, secure future.
Read MoreMoreover, [the Senate Budget] establishes a “Climate and Community Protection Fund” that would direct spending into four specific buckets, as the NY Renews coalition has pushed for.
Read MoreThe Climate, Jobs, and Justice Package is a three-part plan for New York’s climate future. It would expedite the process of developing renewable energy through the Build Public Renewables Act and raise funds for climate initiatives through the Climate Change Superfund Act, which would require the state’s biggest fossil-fuel offenders to pay significant fees to the state.
Read MoreKatherine Nadeau, member of the NY Renews Steering Committee and deputy director of Catskill Mountain Keeper, says the Climate Community Protection Fund would ensure the Cap-and-Invest program would move forward correctly, and avoid increasing pollution in low-income areas or minority neighborhoods that struggle the most.
Read More“All of this is going to require both a significant investment as well as a strong, transparent, fair, and community-focused spending plan. That’s why my office introduced legislation to establish the Climate and Community Protection Fund in partnership with NY Renews, a statewide coalition representing hundreds of thousands of environmental justice, community-based, labor, faith, business, and youth organizations from across the state.”
Read More[Gas utilities] could support the Climate, Jobs and Justice Package, a suite of bills championed by NY Renews, the state’s largest climate justice coalition. In addition to securing a just transition for our state’s fossil fuel workforce, the package invests heavily in utility geothermal networks, which would employ existing gas workers to install a web of geothermal lines under our streets.
Read MoreThe groups are also asking legislative leaders to include $10 billion for a Climate and Community Protection Fund, which would help fund new green energy projects and fulfill the Climate Action Council’s final scoping plan to meet the goals of the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. That includes the creation of 200,000 new green jobs by 2030.
Read MoreRight now, across New York State, communities are advocating for the NY Renews coalition’s Climate, Jobs, and Justice Package (CJJP). The CJJP is a legislative avenue for New York to rapidly address the climate crisis, create a healthier and more equitable state, and prioritize the communities that are most impacted by climate change.
Read MoreNY Renews, a major statewide environmental justice coalition, issued a statement saying that tackling the climate crisis would require $10 billion in annual investments, a much higher sum than the $1 billion in revenues estimated by Hochul for her outlined carbon cap program.
Read More[NY Renews] has offered a detailed list of investments in climate jobs and infrastructure, energy affordability, assistance for fossil fuel workers, and more, adding up to $10 billion.
Read MoreRight now, across New York State, communities are advocating for the NY Renews coalition’s Climate, Jobs, and Justice Package (CJJP). The CJJP is a legislative avenue for New York to rapidly address the climate crisis, create a healthier and more equitable state, and prioritize the communities that are most impacted by climate change.
Read MorePassing the Climate, Jobs, and Justice package—with the goal of implementing New York’s Climate Act—could have transformative benefits for workers and communities across New York.
Read MoreSeveral state senators and Assembly members have thrown their support behind a package of bills pushed by the NY Renews coalition, which is backing a new $10 billion fund earmarked for climate spending and a fee on polluters.
Read MoreLawmakers and advocates suggested forming what they dubbed the "Climate and Community Protection Fund" and diverting $10 billion of state dollars to fund "just transition" programs and create union jobs that will aid in the development of renewable energy. Legislation to formally get that proposal in front of both chambers is pending, according to the group New York Renews.
Read MoreTo make sure that happens, New York Renews—a coalition of environmental, labor and community groups that pushed for passage of the 2019 Climate Act—drafted a bill called the Climate and Community Protection Fund (CCPF).
Read More“A program that caps and then ratchets down on greenhouse gas emissions, while raising money from polluters to spend on climate solutions, has a lot of promise,” said Katherine Nadeau, program director at Catskill Mountainkeeper and a steering committee member of NY Renews.
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