New York State's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
was signed into law in July of 2019
The legislation requires New York to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030 and no less than 85 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels.
But fossil fuel interest are working to slow down or stop the implementation of the law.
Host Francesca Rheannon talks with Betta Broad of New Yorkers For Clean Power about the gas industry's disinformation campaign against state plans to implement the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.
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More information:
New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
NYSERDA - New York State's Energy Research and Development Agency
