Gov. Kathy Hochul is finally admitting that the \u201cclimate\u201d law she\u2019s long supported is toxic to New York\u2019s economy and to \u201caffordability\u201d \u2014 but she only wants to delay the death sentence. <\/p>\n
We\u2019ve warned for years <\/a>that the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act is leading the state to disaster \u2014 and for no purpose except to honor the delusions of green extremists and further the political ambitions of first Gov. Andrew Cuomo and now Hochul.<\/p>\n Neither one ever admitted the fundamental idiocy; even now, when she says \u201ca climate policy that leaves working families behind is not a sustainable path forward,\u201d Hochul\u2019s only looking to delay the pointless pain.<\/p>\n Specifically, she means to make slightly moving back the goalposts part of this year\u2019s must-pass budget bills, thereby giving legislators an excuse to do the right thing even if it infuriates the greens.<\/p>\n She had hoped to just evade the problem, but now the courts demand she obey the clear language of the 2019 law, including its mandate for the state to cut carbon emissions 40% by 2030.<\/p>\n In reality, New York will never manage that, at least not without adding a ton of nuclear-power plants, let alone the even stricter reductions required in later stages.<\/p>\n \t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Editorial Board<\/p>\n