has said<\/a> she wants to change from a nation-leading 20-year accounting method that more accurately reflects the impacts of methane gas in favor of a much more common, but less stringent, 100-year accounting method.<\/p>\nThe latest proposals did not seem to leave Assembly members terribly pleased, according to two sources. One Assembly member said the proposals \u201cfell flat\u201d and were far too general without key specifics. The same member also suggested a shift from 2030 to 2029 for regulations is hardly a change, and too late regardless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The state Senate had not met to discuss the newest proposals by late Tuesday morning, but Stewart-Cousins did not dispute City & State\u2019s characterization of what the governor had presented her with in their meeting Monday. \u201cWe are all very, very clear that we need to do multiple things,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cWe have to protect the environment. We have to continue our commitment to moving the ball forward, and we’re also in a hostile environment on a national level as it relates to all the things we’re trying to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stewart-Cousins said negotiations have centered around finding the right \u201cbalance\u201d between current realities and committing to the state\u2019s ambitious climate goals. She added that she \u201calways\u201d believes there\u2019s room for more compromise, and expressed confidence Hochul wants to find the best solution. \u201cI do believe that the governor is coming \u2026 in good faith, and would like to have been in a better position to really accomplish the goals,\u201d Stewart-Cousins said.<\/p>\n
Climate activists were far less charitable. \u201cIf accurate, the proposals are deeply concerning,\u201d Justin Balik, states vice president at Evergreen Action, said in a statement. \u201cThere\u2019s a path forward for reasonable adjustments to the CLCPA while ensuring we keep aggressively deploying cheap clean energy while keeping pollution in check \u2026 If the Governor\u2019s proposals move forward as is, it would be a disastrous outcome for people\u2019s wallets and the air they breathe. It\u2019s time for the state to do everything in its power to make progress.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liz Moran, New York policy advocate at Earthjustice, used even stronger language. \u201cIt\u2019s embarrassing that the Governor of NY\u2019s climate agenda amounts to \u2018no we can\u2019t!\u2019 when the Governors of TX, VA, IL, and CA \u2013 who also live in Trump\u2019s America \u2013 continue to build out renewables and lower costs for struggling Americans,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cThe Legislature shouldn\u2019t stand for anything less.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ken Lovett, senior communications adviser on energy and environment for Hochul, disputed activists\u2019 interpretation of the state of play. \u201cThe advocates would rather bury their heads in the sand rather than recognize the very real challenges New York and other states with ambitious climate targets are facing,\u201d Lovett said in a statement. \u201cReckless policies coming out of Washington D.C. are driving prices up across the board, and New Yorkers cannot be expected to shoulder higher costs. Governor Hochul is pushing for common-sense reforms that will ensure New York remains a national climate and clean energy leader while prioritizing affordability for all New Yorkers and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n
Climate advocates with New York Communities for Change, Food & Water Watch, Climate Defiance and other groups protested Hochul\u2019s attempts to change the climate law in Albany on Tuesday. They blocked the entrance to the governor\u2019s office on the second floor of the state Capitol, prompting arrests by state troopers. \u201cHochul needs to shut the fuck up and pull her fucking bill back,\u201d NYCC organizer Pete Sikora yelled as he was arrested. \u201cDon\u2019t do this in the dark of night, Hochul \u2013 stick with the people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gov. Kathy Hochul is doubling down on her plans to roll back the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2781,7739,19181,426,9,11,10,49,51,50,1413],"class_list":{"0":"post-206458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-albany-agenda","9":"tag-budget","10":"tag-energy-environment","11":"tag-kathy-hochul","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-new-york-state","16":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","17":"tag-new-york-state-news","18":"tag-policy"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}