A bipartisan group has urged the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to electrify the Port Jefferson branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The railway currently runs on diesel.
Environmental, civic, and social justice organizations today called on Governor Hochul to modernize New York’s landmark recycling law, commonly known as the “Bottle Bill.”
Governor Hochul, in advance of Earth Week, announced that the State Public Service Commission has approved a new framework for the State to achieve at least ten gigawatts of distributed solar by 2030, enough to annually power nearly 700,000 average-sized homes.