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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New York State is a major agriculture producer, and the New York League of Conservation Voters wants to make sure these resources and land are preserved, enhanced and used as appropriately and efficiently as possible in our state’s ongoing effort to maintain our farms, and along the way, reduce our carbon footprint. We reduce our carbon footprint by eating food grown and processed locally, because the transportation of food over long distances is a significant producer of greenhouse gasses. Plus, farmland is the least carbon-intensive land use and can even capture and sequester atmospheric carbon pollution. New York’s agriculture sector is a vital state resource that must be preserved and protected by our state and its leaders. We need strong programs and key legislation that will encourage farming and ensure that those providing our local food supply are in a sound position to succeed. Here is what the League is advocating for so New York State agriculture can grow and prosper in the future:
Learn More"New Yorkers deserve less traffic, cleaner air, and robust investments in mass transit because we cannot drive our way out of the climate crisis. Thank you to Governor Hochul for championing this nation-leading congestion pricing
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