In response to the failure to include the Climate and Community Protection Act in the SFY2017-2018 budget,
NY Renews released the following statement:
“In
the face of the disastrous rollback of federal climate programs,
Governor Cuomo and the Senate Majority Coalition had a chance to defy
the Trump administration’s dangerous
denial of science by including bold and unprecedented climate action in
this year’s final budget. They failed to take this opportunity.
We
applaud Speaker Heastie and the Assembly for continuing to demonstrate
visionary leadership in the increasingly urgent fight to stabilize our
climate. Including the Climate
and Community Protection Act (CCPA) in their one-house budget bill
demonstrated clearly the Assembly’s commitment to building a safe, just,
and prosperous New York for all New Yorkers.
Governor Cuomo and the Senate leadership do not seem to understand the urgency.
The
inclusion of the CCPA in the state budget would have given the state’s
climate goals the force of law and extended action to all sectors of the
economy, including transportation,
which emits the most climate pollution. It would have done so while
protecting frontline communities and ensuring the creation of good union
jobs in a growing renewable economy.
As
California did over a decade ago, the Governor and legislative leaders
must set these key climate, labor, and equity goals into law. In an era
of federal attacks on our
climate, our health, and our economy, we strongly urge New York’s
leaders to demonstrate that they can rise to the occasion and boldly
lead the country in the opposite direction of the Trump administration,
by protecting the most vulnerable communities, ensuring
green jobs are union jobs, and giving the state’s climate goals the
enduring force of law.”
Source: Environmental Advocates of New York
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