After mounting opposition, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is backing off a last-minute budget proposal that would change the way New York counts the impact of greenhouse gases to satisfy the state’s climate law.
Since its introduction on March 27 by its sponsor state Sen. Kevin Parker, the proposal has met strong objections. In the past week, environmental groups and state lawmakers such as Sens. Liz Krueger and Peter Harckham have sent memos and statements that denounced the alterations to the climate law.
“Large reductions of both carbon dioxide and methane over the next decade or two are critical if the Earth is to move away from the precipice of runaway, irreversible climate disruption,”, a member of the council and Cornell University professor of ecology and environmental biology, wrote in a letter to Hochul and state legislative leaders dated March 31.
“It's not that we won't be taking up the matter [change in GHG metric],” Harris said. “The reality is there's many pathways to achieve that outcome, and it may be through the budget, it may be through the [legislative] session.”Environmental experts said the centurylong metric is an appropriate measurement for the impacts of carbon dioxide, which accumulates in the atmosphere for hundreds of years and takes just as long to break down.
Dr. Robert Howarth, a member of the Climate Action Council and a Cornell University professor of ecology and environmental biology Gothamist reached out to the other eight appointed members of the Climate Action Council for their views. Garcia, the director of state operations, said the 100-year accounting would make the cap-and-invest program more affordable for the companies that make these emissions — and their customers who might be called upon to pick up the tab.
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