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In a landmark decision issued Friday, October 24, 2025, the New York State Supreme Court-Albany County, ruled that the state is violating its nation-leading climate law and directed the NYS-Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to put forward regulations to reduce climate emissions by February 6, 2026. The deadline under the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) to finalize regulations was January 2024.

NYS-DEC approved polluting gas plant permit renewal without complying with NY’s nation-leading climate law; toxic air pollution remains in the area with lowest life expectancy rate on Long Island

In the Northeast, our work is helping to keep us moving forward in the fight for environmental and climate justice, clean air and water, and the right to a healthy environment for all.

New York is violating the state’s climate law and must issue regulations to reduce climate pollution by February 2026

New York leaders continue investing in expensive, dirty fossil fuels despite fact that renewables perform well and lower costs

The Commission’s decision fails to protect ratepayers and takes a step backwards on the state’s goals of customer cost savings and reducing dependence on fossil fuels

Two new court decisions uphold New York’s power to enforce and implement its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) in regulating fossil-fuel generation

Court finds that the NYS-PSC’s approval of the sale of the Digihost/Fortistar power plant did not comply with New York’s Climate Law; The PSC now required to analyze the transaction under the CLCPA

While the administration denies climate science, Earthjustice is using groundbreaking state laws to continue making climate progress.

Sixty groups submitted a letter asking the Public Service Commission to step up efforts to meet New York’s renewable energy targets

Climate-killing crypto miner Greenidge Generation became a national story and test case for how states should handle the exploitative and extractive crypto mining industry

The settlement gives Greenidge Generation a five-year free pass to continue polluting communities near Seneca Lake, in clear violation of the state climate law

The climate-killing cryptominer Greenidge Generation failed its attempt to challenge DEC authority under the CLCPA but will have an opportunity to gather more evidence to support its permit renewal application back in administrative court

Regulations to reduce pollution from oil and gas and protect communities are stalled amid record-breaking heat and wildfires

The ruling finds that Greenidge Generation’s crypto mining pollution operations are inconsistent with and will interfere with the greenhouse gas emissions limits of New York’s Climate Law (the CLCPA), as the DEC found in June 2022

Ante la debilitación de protecciones federales a la calidad del aire, Nyeva York debe tomar medidas para combatir la contaminación de los camiones diésel y proteger la salud pública con la Ley de Entregas Limpias

The 2022 law required the DEC to produce a study into cryptomining’s environmental impacts by November 22, 2023; Without a completed environmental study, New York further delays meeting Climate Act goals

Governor Hochul can, by carefully selecting her nominees, fully realize the PSC’s potential to serve New Yorkers by protecting consumers and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.