Putting Out the Planetary Fire

NY Renews, Citizen Action, PAUSE, and others held a press conference at the State Capitol on Thursday, May 25 to call for lawmakers to pass key Climate, Jobs, and Justice bills, including the 100% Renewable Capitol Bill, #NYHEAT and the Climate Superfund Act. Similar events were held throughout the state. We hear from NYPIRG Executive Director Blair Horner, State Assemblymember Phil Steck, Albany...

With the legislative session scheduled to end June 8, Environmental Chairs State Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblymember Deborah Glick held a press conference on Monday June 5 to urge passage of their recently rewritten Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. The legislation would reduce packaging, including plastic packaging, by half over the next 12 years. It would also ban certai...

One of the few controversial bills that the State Assembly passed during their two day special session was banning the dumping of radioactive waste water from the decommissioning of the Indian Point nuclear power plant into the Hudson River. Eric Weltman of the Hudson River discusses whether the Governor will sign the law, and gives an overview of the End Fossil Fuels rally and march being organiz...

NY Renews, Citizen Action, PAUSE, and others held a press conference at the State Capitol on Thursday, May 25 to call for lawmakers to pass key Climate, Jobs, and Justice bills, including the 100% Renewable Capitol Bill, #NYHEAT and the Climate Superfund Act. Similar events were held throughout the state. We hear from NYPIRG Executive Director Blair Horner, State Assemblymember Phil Steck, Albany...