Yonkers Insider: New York League of Conservation Voters: Environmental News for July 4th.

 

Here’s what we’re reading this week:

Electric Vehicle Legislative Review 2022 Dirty transportation damages public health, accelerates climate change, as well as concentrates pollution in low-income communities and communities of color. Thus, there is an imminent need to promote aggressive action on cleaning up the transportation sector to protect public health, advance environmental justice, and achieve New York’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Electric vehicles are a pathway to that. Read More

A Promising Hearing on Composting Bills in Need of Realistic Timelines On June 15th, the City Council Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management held a hearing on Intros 244, 274, 275, 280 and 281, various promising bills centered around composting that may significantly reduce waste in New York City and resultantly bring about local and climate benefits.  Read More

Supreme Court curbs EPA's climate authority   A deeply divided US Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gases from power plants, siding with coal-mining companies and Republican-led states in a blow to President Joe Biden’s climate-change agenda.   Click here to see our reaction to the decision.   (Crains)

Thank You for Voting for Environmental Leaders!   As the June statewide and assembly primary election results rolled in, it became abundantly clear that NYLCV’s endorsed candidates did exceptionally well! That means the environment won!   Re-electing leaders who have shown a track record of prioritizing climate action is fundamental to our movement’s success. That’s why we were so pleased to see NYLCV endorsed incumbents win almost entirely across the board. We need this support more than ever following the Supreme Court's ruling.   Click here to see our full reaction to the results.    (NYLCV)

South Fork Wind Adopts Enhanced Right Whale Protections   A new conservation agreement ensures that an offshore wind project set to supply New York with enough renewable power for 70,000 homes incorporates important enhanced protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.   The agreement was made between South Fork Wind (a joint venture developed by Ørsted and Eversource), NRDC, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Conservation Law Foundation.   (NRDC)