Albany –
Yesterday, the New York State Assembly – led by Assemblyman Steven
Englebright and Speaker Carl Heastie – set the bar for climate action at
a particularly crucial time for the nation
as President Trump shuns science and dismantles clean air and clean
energy, and climate programs.
The Climate and Community Protection Act
sets New York State on
the path to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050, invests in frontline
communities who bear the burden of climate change, and builds a green
economy focused on worker rights and climate justice.
Senator Tony
Avella sponsors the bill, which is expected to have
a bipartisan majority support of state Senators if it is brought to a
vote. It is co-sponsored by all the members of the Independent
Democratic Conference, including leader Klein, and members of the
Democratic and Republican conferences.
Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York (EANY), stated the following:
“Leadership
is more than saying you’re on the right side of an issue – it is
working tirelessly, relentlessly, and diligently to create solutions,
pathways forward, and to deliver on your promises.
What the Assembly did yesterday, and pushed for since the first day of
session, is true bipartisan climate leadership.
State
Senators cannot abdicate their own moral responsibility to act. This is
the time for the aggressive and outspoken tactics that have to be taken
to protect people and communities. If not
when faced with the devastating impacts of climate change, then when?
We
call on sponsors, led by Senator Avella and Senator Klein, to do
anything and everything in their power to convince their partner,
Senator Flanagan, to allow this bill to the floor for a fair
and honest vote this week. That’s the kind of climate leadership that
New Yorkers, and indeed the nation, needs.”
Source: EANY
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