Hochul Signals Climate Law Rollback Over Affordability Fears
TL;DR
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is moving to weaken the 2019 climate law amid rising energy costs, signaling a major budget-driven rollback of ambitious decarbonization targets while arguing it’s needed to protect ratepayers; the plan has business and labor backing but faces opposition from environmentalists, as Albany gears up for a tight budget debate with an April deadline that could reshape the state’s climate and energy policy.
- ‘Hurting peoples’ pocketbooks’: Hochul pushes to pare back landmark climate law Politico
- As New York Energy Costs Surge, Attention Turns to Landmark Climate Law The New York Times
- New York, Get Ready for Higher Energy Bills and Rolling Blackouts City Journal
- Hochul's administration can amend Climate Act targets without Legislature Times Union
- Advocates, politicians call for no changes to state climate law Spectrum News
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