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The New York State Senate advanced environmental legislation to support renewable energy and strengthen regulatory standards across New York. The legislation includes agreements related to renewable energy development as part of reforestation, exemptions for certain renewable energy generating projects in parklands, and guidance on the exploration of repurposing decommissioned or dormant electric generating sites as renewable energy resources.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said, “In celebration of Earth Day, we must remember that our words are only as good as our actions.
(Albany, NY) Senator Anna M. Kaplan (D-North Hills) and the Senate Democratic Majority today advanced legislation to better protect the environment, support renewable energy, and strengthen regulatory standards across New York. The bills include agreements related to renewable energy development rights on reforestation areas, an exemption from requirements for the alienation of parkland for certain renewable energy generating projects, directives for the state to study and make recommendations on renewable energy resources at decommissioned or dormant electric generating sites.