Anne Rabe - New York Public Interest Group - New York's Climate Legislation
According to the New York Public Interest Research Group - or NYPIRG:
New York's Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law three significant climate bills this month that help place New York in the national forefront on energy efficient standards, expansion of geothermal renewable energy, and a just transition for geothermal and solar union jobs.
The laws are
the Advanced Appliance & Buildings Standards Act,
the Utility Thermal Energy Network & Jobs Act
and a bill that will require prevailing wages for solar panel renewable energy jobs.
Other legislation supported by NYPIRG but not passed yet include the
all electric buildings act, it would require that small buildings be all-electric by 2024and also a law to require more electric car charging stations.
Host Francesca Rheannon talked recently about this legislation with Anne Rabe the environmental policy director of the New York Public Interest Research Group.
