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ALBANY, N.Y., May 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A new study released today by
NY Renews shows that investment in climate programs and infrastructure under the Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA, S4264-A/A6967) would create and sustain 160,000 jobs over a ten-year period. These jobs would reach beyond the renewable energy sector and include jobs in public transportation, manufacturing, agriculture, the care economy and schools, professional services, and pollution remediation. The jobs would be created in all regions of New York State.
NY Renews released the study,
The Climate and Community Investment Act: An Engine for Good Job Creation, at a press conference during which they pushed back on corporate polluters scare tactics and deceptive claims about the bill. Far from imposing costs on hardworking New Yorkers, the CCIA would invest billions of dollars into communities across the state, provide the majority of New Yorkers with annual tax credits of $7
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In Albany, the clock is ticking on what could be one of the most important pieces of climate legislation in United States history. If passed, the Climate and Community Investment Act (S4264A) would put a fee on carbon emissions and allocate revenue to disadvantaged communities. While the bill currently has 24 signed cosponsors in the State Senate, my state senator, Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, is notably absent from the list. Since the Climate and Community Investment Act would only need the support of eight more state senators to pass the Senate, Stewart-Cousins could be the deciding factor in getting the bill over the threshold before the end of New York’s legislative session. For Stewart-Cousins, this opportunity is too good to miss.
NEW YORK NOW – While the head of the state Department of Environmental Conservation doesn’t have a position on a controversial climate bill under discussion in the state Legislature, he says the state needs to find revenue from somewhere to achieve its environmental goals.
DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos Credit: New York NOW
When asked his position on the Climate and Community Investment Act in a recent interview, DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said funding will be crucial moving forward.
“I won’t get ahead of the Climate Action Council, and certainly won’t get ahead of the Legislature and the governor on the CCIA,” Seggos said. “I will say that we do need to find a way to pay for all the transportation, housing, industrial changes that the state will undertake.”
A trio of bills that would have adversely affected cstores fails to pass in Kentucky
NATIONAL REPORT Convenience stores face legislative and regulatory challenges from all levels of government on a daily basis.
Convenience Store News canvasses local trade associations and news sources to cover the latest issues affecting the channel locally.
This month, local regulatory action centered on sales restrictions for tobacco products, gasoline tax increases, liability protection from COVID-19-related lawsuits, and a requirement to sell only zero-emission vehicles.
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Trio of Bills Fail
The Kentucky legislative session ended on March 30 with a flurry of bills crossing the finish line. Several items opposed by the Kentucky Grocers and Convenience Store Association (KGCSA) and its members did not pass this session, but the association expects them to come back next year.
Some Democrats in Albany believe New Yorkers arenât paying enough in taxes.
They introduced the Climate and Community Investment Act into both the state Assembly and Senate. The legislation would impose a fee for greenhouse gas emissions upon fuel companies, and this fee would increase each year.
âThe idea hinges on a proposed $55 surcharge on every short ton of carbon dioxide emissions, or about every 100 gallons of gasoline burned across the state. That would add up to $15 billion per year,â according to a story published April 25 by the website for State and City New York. âThirty percent of future revenues from the Climate and Community Investment Act would go toward a fund that would offer grants to community groups to help them better withstand climate change. Another 30% would directly fund renewable energy projects, and 33% would fund energy rebates to low- and moderate-income New Yorkers, nonprofits and small businesses. The remaining 7% of revenues und