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New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson discusses his new job as executive director of Sustainable Westchester, which begins when he leaves office at the end of 2023.
Washington state is crafting its ambitious cap-and-invest law to reduce the state s emissions by 95% by 2050 and is seeking comments from the public. The Climate Commitment Act was passed in Olympia in 2021 and compliance begins in 2023. The measure aims to cut emissions by requiring businesses emitting at least 25,000 tons of carbon pollution to bid for allowances. .
A new study said climate change made this summer s drought conditions in the Northern Hemisphere twenty times more likely. The findings underscore concerns among Minnesota farmers. The study was issued by a group of scientists under the World Weather Attribution. .
Offshore wind is becoming an increasingly popular way for coastal communities to hit their carbon-neutral goals. According to a report from the U.S. Department of Energy, state policies could procure more than 39,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2040. .
Offshore wind has the potential to provide more than 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of electric energy in the United States two times the present generation of the entire U.S. electric grid
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The topic dates back a year ago, Goddard said, when the council opted not to fly a pride flag. There s no doubt that this is a community-wide appeal, a very passionate one, Goddard said. And it s clear we have each other s backs in this town.
The New York Civil Liberties Union sent the city a letter Wednesday advising Rye officials they would not open themselves to litigation and urged them to fly the pride flag. As long as the City keeps and has kept control of what flags it wishes to fly, what is flown on the flagpole is the speech of the City of Rye, wrote Lucia Hermo, Hudson Valley chapter deputy director, and Beth Haroules, senior staff attorney.