Category: Press Releases
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Unions and Climate Advocates Applaud the New York State Senate and Assembly for passing the pioneering Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Bill
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The New York State Legislature today passed the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act (S9422, A10493). The landmark bill, passed unanimously in the state Senate and 138-5 in the Assembly, represents a victory for labor unions and climate advocates.
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Labor and Environmentalists Unify to Push for Neighborhood-Scale Building Decarbonization and Good Jobs
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Labor and environmental leaders have come together to support the introduction of the Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act (S9422) and are urging New York legislators to pass the bill before the legislative session ends on June 2.
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Local Elected Officials, Business Owners, and Syracuse Organizations Say We Can Address Climate Change The Transition from Fossil Fuels Is Underway
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Community members, elected officials, and businesses gathered this morning in the lobby of the Whitlock building in downtown Syracuse to call on New York’s leaders to implement the state’s climate law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA).
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AGREE Statement on the Joint Proposal Regarding the Exelon Spin-off of New York Nuclear Reactors
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Azulay, jessica@agreenewyork.org, 315-480-1515 In response to a petition made earlier this year by Exelon Corporation […]
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Elected Officials Oppose Upstate National Grid Rate Hike and Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Funding
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For Immediate Release: Contact:Jessica Azulay, 917-697-4472, jessica@agreenewyork.org, Alliance for a Green EconomyBob Cohen, (518) 265-6183, bcohen@citizenactionny.org, Citizen Action New York […]
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Environmental and Consumer Advocates Win Fossil Fuel Reductions, Language Access Improvements, and Rate Hike Cutbacks from Central Hudson Utility
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:Jessica Azulay, Alliance for a Green Economy, jessica@agreenewyork.org, 917-697-447Susan Gillespie, Citizens for Local Power, susan.h.gillespie@gmail.com, 914-388-3506Richard Berkley, […]
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National Grid’s Rate Hike Proposal Rejected by Environmentalists, Consumer Groups
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For Immediate Release Contact: Bob Cohen, Citizen Action of New York, 518-265-6183, bcohen@citizenactionny.org Over 120 organizations from across New York […]
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Environmental groups earn unprecedented climate concessions in NYSEG/RG&E gas rate case
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Irene Weiser, Fossil Free Tompkins, 607.539.6856, irene32340@gmail.com Kristen VanHooreweghe, Rochester People’s Climate Coalition, 646.522.0583 kristen@climategfl.org The […]
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Despite opposition, NYS Public Service Commission approves National Grid rate hike
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Despite opposition, NYS Public Service Commission approves National Grid rate hike FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 16, 2018 Contact:Clarke Gocker, PUSH […]
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Consumer and environmental advocates release statements opposing National Grid settlement proposal
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Contact: Jessica Azulay, (315) 480-1515Clarke Gocker, (716) 884-0356Cullen Howe, (212) 256-1535, x501Rich Puchalski, (315) 476-7475 After months of negotiations, a […]