New York’s Climate and Community Protection Act
The lawmakers in Albany have passed legislation known as the Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) and it is sitting on the Governor’s desk awaiting signature.
There is plenty of debate on whether CCPA is good policy or bad policy. All you need to do is Google “New York’s Climate and Community Protection Act” and read the NY Post (against) and the NY Daily News (for) and you will see the various sides of the debate.
What this bill does is commit New York State to some of the most agressive goals of any city, state, or region:
This is a legally binding legislative act to achieve an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and a goal of net zero.
My view is that we need ambitious goals like this and penalties for not reaching them (the stick).
But we also need new policies and new funding/investment to allow us to reach them (the carrot).
Most of the “green new deal” style legislation that is getting passed in NYC, NYS, and elsewhere, and being proposed in many other places, is long on sticks and short on carrots.
I believe CCPA is a good first step for NYS and I hope the Governor signs it into law.
But legislators and activists and the business community should not stop there. We need to follow these goal setting/penalty setting laws with more work around how we get there and there are many good ideas floating around on how to do that.
As hard as if has been to get CCPA done, I think the hard work is just starting because reaching these goals will require creativity, innovation, new technology, and a massive amount of investment and the willpower to see it through.
We really don’t have a choice. So let’s go.
Source: https://avc.com/2019/06/new-yorks-climate-and-community-protection-act/
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