By Susan Arbetter City of Albany UPDATED 6:21 PM ET Jul. 08, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:44 PM ET Jul. 08, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:44 PM EDT Jul. 08, 2021
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According to reporting by New York Focus, both the Climate Action Council (CAC) and the multiple advisory committees that were created to inform CAC’s final scoping document are “stacked with numerous industry representatives” who are slowing down the process.
The Climate Action Council was created by passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), a law passed in 2019 that sets an initial goal for New York state of reducing carbon emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
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By Susan Arbetter City of Albany PUBLISHED 8:07 PM ET Jul. 01, 2021 PUBLISHED 8:07 PM EDT Jul. 01, 2021
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The New York State Climate Action Council is a 22-member committee working to map out the steps New York will have to take to meet climate goals set in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), signed in 2019 by Governor Andrew Cuomo.
The primary goal of the law is to eliminate 100% of climate pollution caused by humans. It calls for an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, with an interim target of 40% by 2030.
The Climate Action Council includes stakeholders from science, academia, the environmental community, agriculture, the energy sector and more. Under the umbrella of the Climate Action Council (CAC), there are multiple advisory panels that are each focused on a single economic se