Climate Justice Advisory Groups Are in Vogue. But Are State Agencies Listening?
Residents from Brownsville, Brooklyn, disrupted National Grids construction site at the intersection of Junius St. and Linden Boulevard halting their so-called Metropolitan Reliability Infrastructure Project, better known as the North Brooklyn Pipeline, successfully shutting it down for the day, on December 10, 2020.
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As hurricanes flood superfund sites and prompt chemical leaks at oil refineries, corporations and governments can no longer hide the fact that low-income communities of color are disproportionately exposed to industrial toxins and particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis.
In an attempt to address these injustices, state and federal agencies have launched formal groups to advise government agencies, designed to bring in representatives from communities most impacted by the climate crisis in what is often expressed as an effort to make
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3 states, D.C. agree to cap automobile emissions Source: By Maxine Joselow, E&E News reporter • Posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Three states and the District of Columbia yesterday reached a historic agreement to cap planet-warming emissions from cars.
The memorandum of understanding among Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Washington marks a milestone in the yearslong process of launching the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program, a proposed cap-and-invest system for cars in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic.
Advocates hailed the agreement as a watershed moment in state climate policy, noting that transportation accounts for more than 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in the region.
President and CEO, New York Power Authority
While New York won national acclaim last year for passing landmark climate change legislation, Gil Quiniones has spent nearly a decade pursuing ambitious green energy policies at the helm of the New York Power Authority. Besides running NYPA, a major energy producer and utility largely driven by hydropower, Quiniones has shaped the governor’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative, which aims to harness private markets and technological innovations to boost renewable energy and increased efficiency.
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Chairman, President and CEO; New York President, Con Edison
It will be the end of an era come January when John McAvoy resigns as president and CEO of Con Edison. McAvoy’s retirement reshuffles the top ranks of the influential utility, which is among the nation’s largest. Timothy Cawley, who leads Con Ed’s New York subsidiary, will succeed McAvoy as head of the parent corporation, while Matt Ketschke, a senior vice president,
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