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Or... thoughts about @GovKathyHochul delaying "cap and invest"?
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Marie French
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Marie French
@m_jfrench
Energy and environment for @politicony in Albany, New York.
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- just got a FOIL from August 2019 for some Cuomo staff calendars a sample
- Sen. @LizKrueger rejects raising PMT, says Hochul needs to reverse herself on congestion pricing: "I don't think this was part of the conversation with the Pope, that she was going to reverse herself on one of the most important environmental decisions that we were counting on."
- Hey - remember when lawmakers had vitriol filled debates to pass a bill to allow an offshore wind project to build a transmission line on Long Island and then... @GovKathyHochul just... vetoed it? To help local Dems in elections that they... lost?
- Remember former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's bridge lights? NYPA is auctioning them off, more than 7 years later. Minimum bid? $25. Total cost of the boondoggle? $108 million.
- Big news from @NYSDEC -- and a pretty big line in the sand for @GovKathyHochul : Two gas plant repowering permits denied: Danskammer and Astoria NRG Advocates hoped to see this move to prove her climate cred
- NYC DSA says failure to pass major climate action this session amounts to "climate denial" by Democratic lawmakers
- What a news cycle -- Friday: Push by @GovKathyHochul to rewrite New York's climate law becomes public, backlash begins Monday: top climate officials pen op-ed Tuesday: top climate officials push proposal in budget in long interview Wednesday: nvm*
- Another successful campaign by NYC DSA/Public Power NY, this time to turn what's not historically been a contentious position into a progressive cause:New, via @m_jfrench: Driscoll won’t get NYPA confirmation vote in Senate, sources confirm, after backlash... subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/0…
- NEW: Big decision from @NYGovCuomo's @NYSDEC rejects the Williams pipeline project that was proposed to supply gas to Long Island. Cites water quality (clams!) AND, significantly, emissions and the state's sweeping climate law enacted last year. Story TK on.ny.gov/2WALjrK
- Governors in a dozen Northeast and mid-Atlantic states are considering a cap-and-trade program for gas and diesel fuels. Costs would be passed to consumers at the pump & $$ invested in mass transit, EV charging, other transportation priorities politi.co/2WgbPoJ
- Is this not.... the point?Several motorists who park in Manhattan garages inside the so-called congestion zone south of 60th Street told @THECITYNY that congestion pricing could drive them out of garages and onto mass transit. buff.ly/3eThzBQ
- McKinsey has been providing modeling/forecasts of coronavirus infections, demand for beds/ventilators.Exclusive: Gov. Cuomo taps McKinsey to develop 'Trump-proof' economic reopening plan reut.rs/3cnlpg2
