What Will Kathy Hochul Do for New York Climate Policy? More Than Cuomo, Activists Hope
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Climate Activists Say Cuomo Was a Reluctant Ally on New York s Targets for Reducing Carbon Emissions
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Climate Activists Target a Retrofitted ‘Peaker Plant’ in Queens, Decrying New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
They say burning natural gas harms communities of color, exceeds New York’s carbon limits and helps make the case for a federal clean energy standard.
July 30, 2021
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez poses with community members and environmental activists opposing the Astoria Repowering Project in Queens, New York. Courtesy of New York Public Interest Research Group
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When the sky over New York City filled with smoke last week from massive wildfires burning thousands of miles away on the West Coast, prompting weather forecasters to issue air quality alerts across three states, climate advocates called the threat the latest consequence of a rapidly warming world.
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While many environmental groups cheer the policy, some oppose what they call a costly and unnecessary investment in nuclear power.
(Provided photo â David Sommerstein / North Country Public Radio) In 2019, Governor Andrew Cuomo set one of the country’s most ambitious green energy goals when he signed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. “Climate change is an undeniable scientific fact, period. To deny climate change is to deny reality,” Cuomo said at the signing ceremony. The law created a Climate Action Council to steer policy and help meet the state’s goal of 100% renewable electricity by 2040. How that goal will be reached remains an open question.