• Solar Energy Output is Bright Spot for NY’s Clean Energy Transition

    Under New York state’s 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act), the state is obligated by law to drastically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions as it strives to achieve 70 percent renewable energy by 2030, with several intermittent goals along the way.

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  • Extreme Drought Leads to Wildfires Across the Region

    By Peter Aronson Climate change is increasingly causing extreme weather around the globe, including more hurricanes and other storms, record-breaking heat (i.e. 2023 was the hottest year on record, 2024 may break that record), and

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  • 2024 NYLCV Long Island Cocktail Party

    Our Long Island Cocktail Party will bring together local business leaders, elected officials, community groups and members of the public to celebrate our shared commitment to environmental protection and clean energy in the region.

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Our Priorities for Westchester
We are excited to release our 2021-2022 Westchester Policy Agenda. We will focus our advocacy and programming on combating climate
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Our NYC Priorities for 2021
We are excited to release our 2021 NYC Policy Agenda. In 2019, New York City committed to a bold Green
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Our Green Policy Priorities for 2021
We're excited to release our green policy priorities - our 2021 New York State Policy Agenda.
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Our Priorities for the Capital Region
We're excited to release our policy priorities for the Capital Region - our Capital Region 2021-2022 Policy Agenda. We will
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Our Priorities for Long Island
We're excited to release our policy priorities for Long Island - our 2021-2022 Long Island Policy Agenda. We will focus
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NYS Set to Create an Adirondack Road Salt Task Force
Earlier this year, the State Legislature passed a bill to create an Adirondack Road Salt Task Force. If Governor Cuomo signs the bill, the Task Force would be charged with reviewing road salt use and road salt contamination in the Adirondacks and issuing recommendations for reducing contamination.
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UN Reports Predict Ominous Future Unless Dramatic Action is Taken on Climate
Two recent UN reports indicate that the world’s ecosystems and climate are already undergoing dramatic change, and that parties to the Paris Agreement have failed to halt greenhouse gas emission growth.
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Our Green Policy Priorities for 2020
NYLCV's priorities include lowering transportation sector emissions, advancing renewable energy projects, fixing the recycling market, and reducing lead in school drinking water.
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