Albany Democrats back lawsuit to force 2019 climate law enforcement

13 articles · Updated · The Wall Street Journal · Apr 30

The brief opposes Governor Kathy Hochul’s push to delay New York mandates requiring emissions cuts of 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050 from 1990 levels.
Hochul says compliance would raise upstate utility bills by about $4,000 a year and gasoline prices by $2.23 a gallon after federal green-subsidy rollbacks.
Democratic lawmakers argue the legislature knowingly accepted major economic disruption and higher costs in 2019, saying such sacrifices were part of the transition to a clean-energy economy.

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