Join BDC and the Future of Heat Initiative for a discussion about utilities’ accelerated gas pipeline replacement programs, including new research on their costs and safety outcomes. Using Pennsylvani...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joyceline Kwarko, joyceline@agreeny.org ALBANY, NY – Governor Kathy Hochul signed an Executive Order today making New […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld New York’s All-Electric Building Act, confirming state power over fossil fuel appliances in new buildings and establishing a legal prec…

**Collect petitions to stop data centers in New York!** On June 4, we scored an incredible victory with the Legislature’s passage of a bill establishing a moratorium on new data centers. **Now Gover...

The aged nuclear facilities that are active today were built without our consent and some have run well past their intended lifespan. Today we see contaminated sites like the West

If signed by Governor Hochul, New York would become the first state in the country to enact a statewide data […]

Passing the Moratorium Act would pause new nuclear projects for 2-½ years

Decades of industrial poisoning at Massena — PCBs, fluoride, cyanide — left Superfund sites. Now developers want to build again, and Indigenous leaders say enough.

Environmental Advocates NY is urging the New York State Legislature to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act this session. New Yorkers generate nearly 5 pounds of waste per per...

**Join us in Albany on May 13 to demand a moratorium on data centers in New York.** The explosion of data centers is one of the biggest affordability and environmental threats of our generation. This...

**Join us in Albany on May 13 to demand a moratorium on data centers in New York.** The explosion of data centers is one of the biggest affordability and environmental threats of our generation. This...

In Governor Hochul's 2026 State of the State, she suggested a policy that data centers "bring their own power", which is a reasonable common-sense reform which could potentially help stop run away ene...

Gov. Hochul’s reliance on fossil fuels may end up costing more than renewables, clean energy advocates say.

Gov. Hochul’s reliance on fossil fuels may end up costing more than renewables, clean energy advocates say.

a campaign to accelerate equitable building decarbonization in New York State

New Yorkers’ electricity bills are some of the highest and fastest rising in the country (with gas heating bills not far behind). That's real, and it's not your fault. The reason? Decades of dependen...

Governor Hochul has been dragging her feet on implementing New York's ambitious climate law since she was elected governor. Now, she's trying to hijack the state's budget process to suit her own anti-...

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Clean energy groups say fixing leaky gas pipes costs state ratepayers billions of dollars that would be better spent on electrification.

One of us spends our days crawling through attics, sealing ducts, and upgrading ancient wiring. The other spends time in budget hearings and government committee rooms, fighting to make sure

Commentary: Programs helping with home efficiency upgrades should target resources to low- and middle-income New Yorkers.