Time is Running Out for New York to Pass Health and Climate Legislation as Wildfires Approach
Canada wildfires to cover Northeast skies as New York legislators return to Albany with days left in session, clean air and climate legislation remain on the table
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Nydia Gutierrez, ngutierrez@earthjustice.org
The following statement is attributed to Liz Moran, New York Policy Advocate for Earthjustice:
“Lawmakers are returning to Albany on Wednesday as New York braces for a wave of smoky air from climate-change induced wildfires. With the legislative session in its final days, New Yorkers are counting on the legislature to pass two common-sense bills that would reduce air and climate pollution, create good jobs, and cut costs: the Clean Deliveries Act and NY HEAT.” said Liz Moran, New York Policy Advocate for Earthjustice. “Year after year, everyday people are choking from wildfire smoke and counting on our legislature to lead. Now it’s up to the Senate and Assembly to put New Yorker’s health and safety first by passing these bills.”
About Clean Deliveries Act
The Clean Deliveries Act establishes an indirect source review (ISR) program for certain warehouse operations and requires the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to conduct a study regarding zero emissions zones.
About NY HEAT Act
The Home Energy Affordable Transition Act, also known as the NY HEAT Act, gets at the heart of what is causing these ballooning energy rate hikes — archaic state laws that force New Yorkers to pay hundreds of millions of dollars each year to subsidize new fracked gas hookups and pipelines. Changing these laws will avert billions in anticipated costs. Additionally, NY HEAT would limit households’ energy burdens by allowing utilities to provide cheaper and clean heating alternatives at no additional cost to customers — a win-win for New Yorkers and the environment.
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