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though New York and many other states along the Atlantic coast have bounced back from Sandy’s devastation -- which required a total federal aid package of $50.5 billion -- there is still a lot of work to be done.

New York State has set an ambitious goal of generating at least 50 percent of our energy from renewable sources by 2030. While cleaning our energy mix is a bipartisan and largely uncontroversial proposition in the state in theory, in practice is has been significantly more challenging. This has prompted the state, renewable energy developers and environmental groups to look for policy changes to make it easier to build renewables.

Just four short months after President Trump’s announcement to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, and the signing of Executive Order 26, Mayor De Blasio released today 1.5°C: Aligning New York City with the Paris Climate Agreement, which outlines the City’s rapid plan to limit greenhouse gases over the next four years.

The Trump Administration is revisiting Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, with plans to weaken minimum average fuel efficiency standards for car manufacturers over the next several years. NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, NYC Mayor de Blasio, NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and NYC Comptroller Stringer have each announced their strong opposition.

In 2016, Volkswagen settled for $14.7 billion with the Environmental Protection Agency for knowingly equipping vehicles with computer software designed

Air pollution causes health problems. This is well known and widely accepted, and this awareness is heightened in New York