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We're a coalition of 400 organizations behind the nation’s strongest climate law, NY's Climate Act. We fight for clean energy, union jobs, and climate justice.

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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
NEW: Climate policies must deliver for working people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Today, we're releasing Immediate Relief, a set of policy proposals to cut costs, protect rights and survival, and expand leisure and access: stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org/immediate-re...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🌟 Are you NY Renews' next Digital and Communications Manager? 🌟 We’re looking for a proactive, creative, and self-directed Digital and Communications Manager to run the coalition’s social media and email platforms. Learn more and apply here! www.nyrenews.org/nyr-jobs
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Tishman Environment and Design Center @tishmancenter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
5/7 Jilisa Milton of Greater-Birmingham Alliance to Stop Pollution (GASP), Ryan Madden of @nyrenews.bsky.social, Steven Renderos of @mediajustice.bsky.social, and Clare Winterton of The Solutions Project.
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Tishman Environment and Design Center @tishmancenter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
1/7 📣 A friendly reminder: We’re officially one week out! Join @mediajustice.bsky.social and The Solutions Project, in collaboration with the @tishmancenter.bsky.social at The New School, for a critical conversation during Climate Week NYC:
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Alliance for a Green Economy 🌱 @agreeny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Governor Hochul is pushing toward a buildout of nuclear reactors across New York state. To help fight back against this plan, make a call to the Governor at 877-796-1948 and go to the AGREE linktree in our bio to send an email: no new nuclear in New York @fwwnewyork.bsky.social @nyrenews.bsky.social
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Tishman Environment and Design Center @tishmancenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
7/7 📍 55 West 13th St., New York, NY 🔗 Register and Reserve Your Seat at the Link in Bio: event.newschool.edu/costofai #ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateJustice #AI #DataCenters #Democracy
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A Bull in a China Shop: The Cost of Hyper Scale AI to Our Climate and Democracy
Join MediaJustice and The Solutions Project, in collaboration with the Tishman Environment and Design Center at The New School, for this critical conversation during Climate Week NYC.As Big Tech rapid...
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Tishman Environment and Design Center @tishmancenter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
6/7 Ryan Madden, @nyrenews.bsky.social Steven Renderos, @mediajustice.bsky.social Clare Winterton, The Solutions Project Co-hosted by MediaJustice, The Solutions Project & the @tishmancenter.bsky.social 🗓️ Sept. 21 | 6–8 PM ET 📍 Theresa Lang Community & Student Center, Arnhold Hall, Room L202
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“What was driving high utility costs over the winter was not the state’s climate law or clean energy,” @senatorharckham.bsky.social said. “It was the price of natural gas on the spot market.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...
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Behind on 2030 Climate Goals, States Are Cutting or Even Scrapping Them
Ambitious aims have given way to political anxiety over rising costs for consumers.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"Influential local groups such as NY Renews say the state has not done enough to maximize wind and solar power, and some state lawmakers have called for a moratorium on nuclear." www.canarymedia.com/articles/nuc...
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New York’s big new bet on nuclear energy
Gov. Hochul, a Democrat, diluted New York’s climate law this year amid struggles to build large-scale renewables. Now, she’s looking to nuclear power.
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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
TODAY 👏 IS 👏 THE 👏 DAY 👏 Together with @sengonzalezny.bsky.social, Assemblymember Didi Barrett and @nyrenews.bsky.social, we’re kicking off a nine-day tour of AI data centers in New York and demanding transparency and protections for NY communities. Stay tuned! fwwat.ch/NYFightsDataCenters
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Clean Air Coalition of WNY @cacwny.org · 25/08/2026
Round up of the first day of the #NYSFightsDataCenters statewide tour with @sengonzalezny.bsky.social traveling throughout Erie and Niagara and hosting town halls in Buffalo and Niagara Falls! @foodandwater.bsky.social @nyrenews.bsky.social @nycdsatech.bsky.social www.cacwny.org/2026/08/nys-...
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NYS Senator Kristen Gonzalez Kicks Off Statewide "NYS Fights AI Data Centers" with a Clean Air-led Tour of Erie-Niagara Data Center Projects - The Clean Air Coalition of W.N.Y.
Erie and Niagara County began grappling with hyperscale data centers a full decade ago, starting with cryptomining operations drawn here by the cheap
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The Tonawanda Seneca Nation has said a forceful NO! to the proposed data center near their Reservation Territory in Western NY.  Help our allies raise $75,000 to sustain the legal fight against the threat to their water, land, air, soundscape, and ways of life: bit.ly/Donate2StopS...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
heated.world/p/ais-climat... "AI is not only consuming fossil fuels to generate electricity—it is also helping the world’s biggest oil companies produce more fossil fuels quicker, cheaper, and for greater profit."
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AI’s climate problem is worse than we thought
A new study reveals that AI’s climate impact extends far beyond its massive data center footprint.
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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Stephan Edel, @nyrenews.bsky.social coalition: “I don’t anticipate us, as a coalition, politely sitting down with the governor to see how we can advance her affordability agenda when her affordability agenda seems to center natural gas and nuclear...”
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Hochul steamrolled New York’s climate movement. Now green groups are recalculating.
Some environmentalists are looking to rebuild a cordial relationship with Gov. Kathy Hochul as they look for alignment after a bitter fight over the state’s climate law.
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Alliance for a Green Economy 🌱 @agreeny.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
New nuclear reactors in NY mean higher bills and taxpayer bailouts for an industry that already can't run without bailouts. Tell the PSC no by August 10. Comment here: bit.ly/no-new-nucle... @nyrenews.bsky.social @nypirg.bsky.social @citizenactionny.org @fwwnewyork.bsky.social @sierraclub.org
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
NY Renews coalition responds to @governor.ny.gov's Exec Order pausing hyperscale data center development: www.nyrenews.org/news/ny-rene...
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NY Renews Coalition Statement on Governor Hochul’s Executive Order Announcing a One-Year Data Center Moratorium — NY Renews
The announcement today of Governor Hochul’s Executive Order for a one-year moratorium on data center development is a testament to the power of communities across the state who are organizing to prote...
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Liat @liatro.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
New from me in the @nydailynews.com: www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/13/w... The climate hushers are wrong. We should all talk about climate change and the industries causing it. And more importantly, people in power must talk about climate, or they are aiding the billionaires destroying our only home.
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Why Democrats must talk about climate
It’s hot. Millions are sweltering amidst record breaking heat waves only possible because of climate change. Thousands died in Europe’s heatwave. But, here, Democrats from leftists to moderates have e...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Globally, 89% of people want governments to act on climate. In the U.S., the majority of voters are concerned about rising utility bills, and a majority of voters care about climate."
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Nuclear is the most expensive form of energy, and the public should not bear the costs of building new nuclear reactors when our existing nuclear fleet can’t even afford to operate without massive bailout subsidies from ratepayers. Tell the Gov: No new nukes! bit.ly/psc-nonewnukes
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Gov. Hochul calls herself New York's first mom governor. Tuscarora Nation mother and Haudenosaunee Envi Task Force delegate Rene Rickard-Printup has a reminder: Mother Earth is the first mother. Her message? No new nuclear in NY. bit.ly/MomNoNukes @agreeny.bsky.social
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A mothers' duty is to protect the environment
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
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
NY's 2026 legislative session saw critical climate law rollbacks — and grassroots action that secured solar energy wins, lower energy bills, and a moratorium on data centers in our state. www.nyrenews.org/news/ny-rene...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The NYS Legislature passed what could become a first-in-the-nation data center moratorium. It is a testament to the power of organizers, residents, environmental justice advocates, and frontline communities across NY, whose advocacy has helped secure this win. www.nyrenews.org/news/ny-rene...
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Alliance for a Green Economy 🌱 @agreeny.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New York wants to build new nuclear plants but won't say what they'll cost. When advocates asked, the records came back redacted. A new bill would pause new construction to study the real price before billions are committed. Peekskill scientist Courtney Williams makes the case: bit.ly/3QixfSi
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What Doesn’t Governor Hochul Want New Yorkers to Know About the Costs of Nuclear Power?
Passing the Moratorium Act would pause new nuclear projects for 2-½ years
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
All of New York’s operating nuclear reactors, the likely sites of new ones, and some of the largest proposed data centers in the country are on traditional Haudenosaunee homelands. Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions. Read more: www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026...
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Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions (Guest Opinion by Abraham Francis & Ryan Madden)
Decades of industrial poisoning at Massena — PCBs, fluoride, cyanide — left Superfund sites. Now developers want to build again, and Indigenous leaders say enough.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
All of New York’s operating nuclear reactors, the likely sites of new ones, and some of the largest proposed data centers in the country are on traditional Haudenosaunee homelands. Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions. Read more: www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026...
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Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions (Guest Opinion by Abraham Francis & Ryan Madden)
Decades of industrial poisoning at Massena — PCBs, fluoride, cyanide — left Superfund sites. Now developers want to build again, and Indigenous leaders say enough.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
NY Renews' statement on the climate law rollbacks: Delayed deadlines and weakened emissions standards will lead to thousands of deaths and higher energy bills over the next five years. www.nyrenews.org/news/ny-rene...
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NY Renews Coalition Responds to Rollback of Key Protections in New York’s Climate Law — NY Renews
Delayed deadlines and weakened emissions standards will lead to thousands of deaths and higher energy bills over the next five years 
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“Clean energy actually is the cheapest form of energy around... and we the consumers should be benefiting from that.” In the final days of session, NY must pass the #SUNNYAct for plug-in solar! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costs
More Americans are using small solar panels in their back yards or balconies as a clean way to cut their electric bills
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Despite efforts by New Yorkers across the state to defend NY's climate law, Governor Hochul is poised to significantly weaken it. Send a letter to help pass our 2026 Climate, Jobs & Justice Agenda at the end of NY's legislative session: act.nyrenews.org/2026-climate...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This year, Governor Hochul took a wrecking ball to NY's climate law. While most of the world is making the shift to clean energy, NY is ceding ground. On Tuesday, 5/26 at 6 pm join NY Renews for a mass call to debrief and discuss what comes next: bit.ly/may26masscall
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Indivisible ADK/Saratoga @indivisible-adk.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Governor Hochul took a wrecking ball to NY’s Climate Law in this budget. It’s a blow to our communities and our climate goals. Join @nyrenews.bsky.social for a Mass Call to debrief the budget debacle and strategize for a just future. 🗓️ May 26 @ 6PM 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Citizen Action of New York @citizenactionny.org · 15/05/2026
We joined over 40 organizations to urge state lawmakers to pass ratepayer refund legislation forcing utilities to return excess earnings back to ratepayers. With so many families struggling to keep the lights on, New Yorkers deserve that money back in their pockets.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Nuclear energy is expensive, dangerous, and slow — but Governor Hochul is pushing it anyway. Join us on May 20 at 7 pm to learn what’s happening and how we can stop it. Register for our free webinar here: bit.ly/may-20-webinar
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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
We're at the Capitol in Albany with our allies today to demand a moratorium on data centers in NY! We urgently need regulations to protect our communities, our health, and our environment from the runaway damage that this industry is already inflicting. @fwwnewyork.bsky.social @nyrenews.bsky.social
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
1/ All NYers should be watching as our state budget process is used to cut protections for our communities. Whether the Gov is listening to fossil fuel lobbyists, major corporate polluters, or her private donors, she is clearly not listening to the people of NY 🧵 www.nyrenews.org/news/organiz...
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New York Communities Sound the Alarm: Weakening the Climate Law Threatens Lives, Livelihoods, and Futures — NY Renews
Organizations representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers demand climate action, not rollbacks
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Climate Families NYC @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Amazing day in Albany yesterday rallying for the #SUNNYAct☀️ for plug-in solar & to defend our climate law! Shout out to all the allies who joined us, esp. @dianaforqueens.com @sarahana.bsky.social @amdanalevenberg.bsky.social @rachelmayny.bsky.social @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social & AM Mitaynes!
People hold a large banner that says "Kathy hochul Don't torch our kids futures" in front of the NYS capitol buildingSolar powered smoothies!A rally for the SUNNY Act on the Million Dollar Staircase with advocates and Assembly MembersAM Diana Moreno speaking at the rally
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The Governor's proposed changes to NY's climate law amount to a sweeping rollback of a law crafted by communities across the state, many of whom are at the front lines of the climate crisis. Rolling back the climate law will exacerbate this harm: act.nyrenews.org/protect-ej-c...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"The people who lose if the gov succeeds are the South Bronx children with asthma living next to highways, the Buffalo residents whose energy bills spike during cold snaps and foreign wars, and the LI homeowners stuck on expensive fuels like propane." www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
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Commentary: We're the CLCPA lawsuit plaintiffs. Hochul is misrepresenting our case.
There's no reason New York's cap-and-invest program cannot move forward right now.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Ryan Madden, Indigenous Solidarity Director at the environmental coalition NY Renews, said his group views data centers as antithetical to stopping climate change because they demand so much electric power. investigativepost.org/2026/04/29/l...
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NY lawmaker wants to cap or ban tax breaks for data centers
Syracuse-area Sen. Rachel May has proposed a bill that would cap tax breaks for mid-sized data centers and ban them for large ones.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"Energy bills are soaring because of oil and gas. Solar is the cheapest form of energy. Yet the governor wants to keep NYers shackled to expensive and polluting oil and gas, even as Trump’s war on Iran triggers yet another oil and gas crisis." citylimits.org/opinion-ener...
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Opinion: Energy Bills Are Too High, But Hochul Wants to Gut NY's Climate Law - City Limits
"The Legislature must hold firm and not buckle by letting Hochul off the hook. It’s time to move New York forward, not double down on expensive, polluting oil and gas."
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
“Gov. Hochul is hoping Black and Brown New Yorkers won’t read the fine print on the proposal [to destroy NY's climate law],” said Theodore Moore, Exec Director of @alignny.bsky.social. “Voters are going to remember who took away their climate law.” amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/04...
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State budget stalls over Gov. Hochul’s climate law reversal, impacting Black and Brown New Yorkers
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s planned rollbacks of the state’s climate law could potentially harm Black and Brown communities.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
🌎 Thank you to Sen Gustavo Rivera for this @nydailynews.com op-ed today: "For low-income families and communities of color across NY, the proposed delays and rollbacks to the climate law aren’t abstract policy debates; they risk real and devastating impacts." www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/22/k...
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Keep N.Y.’s climate law this Earth Day
Over the last few months, thousands of New Yorkers have marched through the hallways of the Capitol building in Albany to meet with legislators and make their voices heard, with a clear message: to pr...
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
If @governor.ny.gov and the Legislature must keep the big picture in mind... if officials are looking to scale back [the CLCPA's] mandates to grease their political prospects in an election year, that’s not leadership; it’s a craven retreat." @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
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Editorial: Kicking the climate can
While leaders argue over affordability and clean-energy developers demand more money, the planet heats up more and more.
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Colin Kinniburgh @colinreports.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
America’s largest bank is expanding its data center in Orangeburg, NY, near the New Jersey border. In exchange for $77 million in tax breaks from the state and county, the bank promises to create exactly one permanent job. My story in @nysfocus.com: nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...
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This Data Center is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job
No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Real leaders get results; indifferent leaders point fingers. First, @governor.ny.gov blamed Trump — and now she's blaming activists — for why she's gutting NY's climate law. The truth is, she hasn’t had the courage or vision to lead and implement the law. www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...
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Hochul blames activists’ lawsuit for climate budget standstill
The governor is set on amending the 2019 Climate Act in wake of a lawsuit filed by environmental activists, and says the need for change is their fault.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Hochul: *Breaks climate law* Judge: Pls follow the law Hochul: Nah I'll just... - blame advocates - blame Trump - drop a fake report about the law + high energy bills - bully the legislature to change the law - & hold the state budget hostage! 😘 www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...
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Hochul blames activists’ lawsuit for climate budget standstill
The governor is set on amending the 2019 Climate Act in wake of a lawsuit filed by environmental activists, and says the need for change is their fault.
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Gov Hochul is breaking NY's climate law — and when she got pushed to follow the law by enviro groups, instead of doing the right thing and protecting NYers from the climate crisis and fossil fuel greed, she's now choosing to destroy our state's climate protections. www.news10.com/capitol/hoch...
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Will delaying New York's climate law save you $4,000, or cost you $9,000?
New York lawmakers and environmental advocates rallied at the State Capitol to defend the state’s climate law, arguing that delaying emissions deadlines and cap-and-invest rules will cost New…
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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
At Tuesday's press conference led by @senatorharckham.bsky.social, the @nyrenews.bsky.social coalition noted costs of the delay: -over $8,500 per household in energy bills over 5 years -150,000 lost jobs -up to $60 billion in lost local revenue without green infrastructure projects
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Will delaying New York's climate law save you $4,000, or cost you $9,000?
New York lawmakers and environmental advocates rallied at the State Capitol to defend the state’s climate law, arguing that delaying emissions deadlines and cap-and-invest rules will cost New…
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Climate law rollbacks will cost NYers $9,000 in energy bills, 150,000 lost jobs, and $60 BILLION in lost revenue over 5 years. Thank you @senatorharckham.bsky.social for protecting NYers from the sky-high costs of fossil fuels in dollars and lives. #CLCPA www.nyrenews.org/news/new-yor...
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New Yorkers and Environmental Leaders Highlight True Cost of Governor Hochul’s Climate Law Rollback Threats — NY Renews
As the state legislature passes another budget extender, New York legislators and climate and environmental justice advocates gathered at the Capitol in Albany today to remind Governor Hochul and stat...
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Theodore Moore @mooreprogress.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
@governor.ny.gov, we’re just making sure our message crossed your desk. 1 in 7 New Yorkers are behind on energy bills, and delaying climate action won’t fix that. We won’t be fooled. Don’t pull a Trump. Protect the CLCPA!
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NY Renews @nyrenews.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The @gothamist.com makes the math clear: global conflict + fossil fuel dependence = higher costs. Still, @governor.ny.gov is pushing delays to NY’s climate law instead of accelerating it. 🧵➡️
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NY energy experts, advocates say Iran war shows need for Hochul to implement climate law
Gov. Hochul’s reliance on fossil fuels may end up costing more than renewables, clean energy advocates say.
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