Cost: Free Event Description Landmark on Main Street and Transition Town Port Washington present a conversation with Geovaira Hernandez and Ryan Madden, Coalition Organizers for NY Renews, led by moderator Melanie D Arrigo, community activist and former congressional candidate. The speakers will discuss legislative proposals that are designed to address the climate problem on the state and national levels. Learn more about the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), passed into law last year in New York State, and the national Thrive Agenda, supported by the Green New Deal Network, that is currently being proposed in Congress.
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Jeremy Heskett, of Boston, pours gasoline at a Shell gas station in Westwood, Mass. Gasoline prices in New York state could increase by 55 cents a gallon under legislation proposed in the state Senate.
AP file photo
Legislation backed by 23 members of the state Senate could result in a 26% increase in natural gas heating costs and a 55 cent-a-gallon increase in gasoline taxes.
The Climate And Community Investment Act (S.4264A) was introduced in early February by state Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, and assigned to the Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee on March 22. The bill would impose a carbon tax of $55 per ton of fossil fuel emissions from all sources, including schools, factories and on the use of gasoline.
jwhittaker@post-journal.com
AP file photo
Jeremy Heskett, of Boston, pours gasoline at a Shell gas station in Westwood, Mass. Gasoline prices in New York state could increase by 55 cents a gallon under legislation proposed in the state Senate.
Legislation backed by 23 members of the state Senate could result in a 26% increase in natural gas heating costs and a 55 cent-a-gallon increase in gasoline taxes.
The Climate And Community Investment Act (S.4264A) was introduced in early February by state Sen. Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn, and assigned to the Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee on March 22. The bill would impose a carbon tax of $55 per ton of fossil fuel emissions from all sources, including schools, factories and on the use of gasoline.
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J.D. Allen, WSHU Public Radio
Climate activists in New York rallied outside of local state and federal lawmakers offices on Wednesday to urge the approval of a multi-billion dollar investment in clean energy jobs in the state and across the U.S.
The rallies are in support of the New York Climate and Community Investment Act. The measure would raise over $10 billion a year over the next decade to invest in large-scale clean energy projects, like offshore wind. The bill would also fund energy rebates, community projects like tenant-owned solar and an overhaul of public transit, housing and schools to rely on clean energies. It would be paid for with pollution penalties on corporations.