Today, the NY State Senate took decisive leadership on climate and energy and brought New Yorkers closer to cleaner energy.
In addition to lower bills by passing the New York HEAT Act (S2016A/A4592A).
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On May 25, NY Renews coalition organizations launched a series of distributed rallies statewide. Check out some of the press coverage here.
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This month, New York can pass two bills that create much-needed systemic change. The Climate and Community Protection Fund (S.5360/A.6263) would connect the Climate Action Fund established in the 2024 budget with the funding streams, labor protections and other requirements for effective CLCPA implementation.
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Heading into the end of session, the coalition that spurred what became New York’s climate law is going on the attack against National Grid.
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To guarantee that disadvantaged communities don’t get the short end of the stick, environmental coalitions like New York Renews have been fighting for the the creation of the Climate and Community Protection Fund, which would direct $10 billion proceeds from a variety of sources—including Cap-and-Invest—to communities, workers and small businesses.
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NY Renews coalition said,“NY Renews thanks the Senate for its Earth Week bill package, which includes legislation that will help get lead and toxic products out of our homes, expand NY’s food scraps and food donation recycling programs, protect wildlife, and defend the health and quality of our waterways. “
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After Hochul proposed a bare-bones version of the plan in February — leaving the stickiest decisions up to her executive agencies — the Senate counter-offered a detailed version that would ban the trading of emissions allowances, limit exemptions for energy-intensive businesses, and steer revenues from the program into four spending areas, as demanded by the NY Renews coalition
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Environmentalists are urging state lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul to include a fleshed out cap-and-invest program in New York’s budget, but the details may get left on the chopping block
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“The climate crisis is an existential crisis, which is already impacting every single worker,” said Katherine Nadeau, NY Renews steering committee member and program director of Catskill Mountainkeeper. “And we need the governor and the legislature focused on not only responding to climate impacts but also working to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.”
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A proposal to place an economywide cap on greenhouse gas emissions in New York is becoming a potential sticking point in budget negotiations as the overtime clock continues. Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated that legislative sign-off for a rebate from the proposed cap-and-trade scheme, dubbed “cap and invest” is a major priority. But Assembly leadership has maintained it has no interest in getting it done in the budget.
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Powered by fossil fuel money, New York governor Kathy Hochul and state senator Kevin Parker tried hard to weaken the state’s climate law last week, especially its provisions on methane, as Julia Rock reported. Thanks to a well-organized and left-wing climate movement, they failed.
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“Our coalition will continue to defend against changes to our state’s Climate Act, including changes to the definition of renewable energy as is being pushed by fossil fuel interests in Albany,” NY Renews said in a statement. “We will continue fighting to ensure that any ‘cap and invest’ proposal includes environmental justice safeguards."
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“NY Renews is proud to stand with a movement that stopped — for now — changes to New York’s progressive 20-year methane accounting method as written in law. Our coalition will continue to defend against changes to our state’s Climate Act,” read a prepared statement from NY Renews, one of the state’s major climate coalitions.
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Katherine Nadeau, who’s deputy director of the environmental nonprofit Catskill Mountainkeeper and helped develop the state’s 2019 climate law, called the new proposal “magic math,” adding that she worried it “would only embolden” the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to obstruct climate action and send the wrong message to other states.
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New York State Senator Pete Harckham (D, WF - 40TH, Westchester & the Hudson Valley), chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee, says this proposal would be counterproductive to the state's 2019 climate law.
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At least a dozen environmental groups have sent memos opposing Parker’s bill, S6030, since it was introduced on Monday including Sierra Club, Earthjustice, NY Renews, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Food and Water Watch and Environmental Advocates NY.
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More than 300 climate activists came to the state Capitol on March 28 to urge the Governor and state lawmakers to include NY Renews’ Climate, Jobs and Justice Package in the final budget due April 1
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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.
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I 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.
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In 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.
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