The New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV) and NYLCV Education Fund (NYLCVEF) released their 2023 State Policy Agenda Friday. Major focus includes buildings, zero waste, clean transportation, offshore wind, and Environmental Bond Ac implementation.
This may not be common knowledge to people living in New York City and the surrounding counties, but the Upper Delaware River Watershed is crucial to the millions residing and working in this area.
South Fork Wind is poised to become the second offshore commercial wind farm in the United States. So far, Rhode Island is the only state in the nation that has turned its offshore wind dreams into reality with the Block Island Wind Farm, five turbines that produce enough electricity to power 17,000 homes — about a quarter of South Fork’s capacity.
The new Queens compost program has collected more than 12.7 million pounds of organic waste in just three months, proving that New Yorkers are eager to participate in the environmentally friendly effort, according to Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
On January 1, Americans became eligible to save thousands of dollars when they buy electric cars, induction stoves, and modern appliances under the Inflation Reduction Act that Democrats passed last fall. Most American homes still use fossil fuels, specifically natural gas, for heating, cooking, and hot water. To reach the Biden administration’s goal of slashing buildings’ climate footprint in half by 2032, many of those homes will need to be electrified.
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