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02/23/2021 03:52 PM EST
Outrage over Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s policies regarding Covid-19 patients in nursing homes and his administration’s decisions to withhold numbers detailing some of the consequences won’t soon be brushed under a rug, according to a new poll this afternoon. A Marist poll gave Cuomo his poorest results yet in a trio of survey results that have been released since criticism intensified last month.
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How the United States Can Achieve a Green and Equitable Recovery
February 24, 2021
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ESTOnline
A conversation with climate and energy experts to discuss what a green and equitable recovery in the United States should look like.
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As the United States looks to rebuild from the economic recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, federal lawmakers have an opportunity to ensure that we build back better, in ways that create millions of well-paying jobs, spur billions in economic growth, and advance a low-carbon economy. Research shows that smart climate action is not only good for economic growth – it’s essential to it. These objectives go hand in hand and must be treated as intrinsically linked.
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Environmental activists rally for accountability for fossil fuel companies outside of New York Supreme Court on October 22, 2019. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Power generation panel mulls storage support, market rules
The Climate Action Council s power generation panel still has a lot to tackle before it makes formal recommendations on how the state can achieve its renewable energy goals.
During a wide-ranging discussion Friday, panel members raised the issue of stopping the buildout of new natural gas plants and developing a plan to close the existing ones, but the conversation focused on research opportunities and changes to energy market rules to support renewable energy.
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On December 30, 2020, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”) released guidance for New York State agencies to estimate the value of reducing one ton of greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. DEC issued this guidance pursuant to the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019 (“CLCPA”), which directed DEC, in consultation with the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority ( NYSERDA ), to establish a social cost of carbon in terms of $/metric ton CO
2 equivalent. This guidance, which serves as “a monetary estimate of the value of not emitting a ton of greenhouse gas emissions,”[1] is expected to influence a range of energy and related rulemakings and state policy for years to come.