This blog was co-authored by Lulu August, State Climate Policy Intern
This month marks five years since New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) was signed into law. At the time of its enactment in 2019, the groundbreaking climate law set New York apart as a national and global climate leader.
Indeed, action in line with the CLCPA’s emissions and environmental justice requirements would be transformative — promising a safer future, cleaner air and good-paying jobs in the growing clean energy economy for New Yorkers today and for future generations.
Five years in, however, New York does not yet have the rules in place to deliver on the climate law and all the promise it holds for New Yorkers.