“According to reporting by New York Focus, both the Climate Action Council (CAC) and the multiple advisory committees that were created to inform CAC’s final scoping document are “stacked with numerous industry representatives” who are slowing down the process.
The Climate Action Council was created by passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), a law passed in 2019 that sets an initial goal for New York state of reducing carbon emissions by 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.
When asked what he thinks the Legislature’s role should be in ensuring that the state meets its goals under the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), state Sen. Kevin Parker, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Telecommunications, said the final word rests with the Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.”
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Arbetter, Susan. Capital Tonight 8 July 2021.