NY's Climate and Community Protection Act

New York is on the verge of Passing the Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA), Assembly Bill A3876, Senate Bill S2992.

The CCPA is a Landmark Climate Justice Bill that creates a Clean-Energy Economy while Investing in Good Jobs and Racial/Economic Justice across the State by Directing Resources toward Disadvantaged Populations where Fossil Fuel Plants are often sited.

It establishes aggressive Mandates to ensure New York achieves a 100% Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the next 30 years, keeping the State in line with UN Recommendations to avoid Catastrophic Global Warming.

The CCPA also includes the Country’s most Progressive Jobs and Equity Provisions of any Climate Legislation in the Country.

Under the CCPA, 40% of State Energy and Climate Funds used to Propel the Transition must be Invested in Low-Income Communities and Communities of Color. In addition, the CCPA would attach Fair Labor Standards, including Prevailing Wage Standards, to Green Projects receiving State Funding.

The CCPA has Passed the New York State Assembly in the past Three Legislative Sessions, and is currently sponsored by a Majority of State Senators.

This year, both Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-83rd District) and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-35th District) have pointed to CCPA as the way forward for Climate Policy in New York.

The Bill seeks to Create Regulations to Reduce “greenhouse gas emissions from all anthropogenic sources 100 percent over 1990 levels by the year 2050, with an Incremental Target of at least a 50% Reduction in Climate Pollution by the year 2030. The Bill will Create the New York State Climate Action Council.

There’s about a Month left in the Current Legislative Session, and it’s vital to get as many People contacting their Lawmakers about the CCPA as possible. Unless the Strongest Version of the CCPA passes this year, New York may Not get another Opportunity for Climate Action at this Scale for several years.

CLICK HERE to Email your Legislators to Keep the CCPA Strong.










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