New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she isn't giving up on New York's climate goals, but that the timeframe in reaching all ...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, has vowed to strictly enforce the measure, Local Law 97, which calls for potentially ...

New York Climate Week has become an enormous happening, so popular that Los Angeles launched its own Climate Week earlier this month. London has hosted Climate Action Week since 2019.

Enacted in 2019, the Climate Act requires New York to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050 from 1990 levels, thereby reaching net zero emissions. 2019 N.Y ...

In recent debates, however, climate change has been overshadowed by New York’s affordability and quality of life. This, activists say, elides the scale of the problems the city faces.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Climate Change Superfund Act on Thursday. The law would address climate change by imposing a huge tax on fossil fuel companies—they will collectively owe an ...

At the state level, New York’s 2019 Climate Act requires New York to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050 from 1990 levels.

The bill New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed into law on Thursday would allow the state to fine the biggest greenhouse gas emitters a total of $75 billion, to be paid over 25 years into a fund ...

New York’s law is the second of its kind in the U.S. to adapt a traditional superfund model to climate disasters, joining Vermont, which passed the first climate superfund in May.

New York Will Now Tax America for Climate Change. Its new extraterritorial levy will hit workers across the U.S. for fossil-fuel production. By . The Editorial Board. Share. Resize. Listen ...

The author writes "Numerous lawsuits have been brought in the federal and state courts in New York concerning climate change. Some were under two important state statutes on the subject – the ...

Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Climate Change Superfund Act into law, making New York the second state in the country to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate impacts.