ICYMI: A City Council bill would ban government agencies from buying water in plastic bottles smaller than a gallon -- the latest in the city's efforts to curb single-use plastics.

via Mariana Simões: bit.ly/4auPsRw

If you haven’t done so already run and read Emma Whitford’s story.

Hold your ground.

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Local Law 97, NYC landmark climate/jobs law requires both private & public large buildings to slash pollution.

Eric Adams’ budget cuts are a major threat to NYC gov’t cutting pollution from its own (public) buildings. 😡

NYC could also lose jobs😱
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Meet the last tenants standing at the Lillianette, who've lived there for decades as Crown Heights gentrified—& could now face eviction via demolition ('one of the few legal pathways to remove an entire building from rent regulation')

By Emma Whitford: bit.ly/49sY7mb

The agency tasked with managing city government’s buildings and vehicles is facing hefty budget cuts, which lawmakers and advocates say could jeopardize New York City’s ability to comply with its own climate mandates.

via Mariana Simões: bit.ly/3J6Sr6N

Happy eclipse day, NYC!

Check our guide from climate reporter Mariana Simões on how to catch the sky show, and what to expect.

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At the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal when earthquake happened and felt nothing 🤷🏻‍♀️

Happening now, tenant advocates including Housing Justice For All march and protest outside the rebny HQ demanding a non watered down Good Cause tenant protection an no rollback of 2019 HSTPA tenant protection. City Limits

“Amazon generated 208 million pounds of plastic packaging waste for all transactions in the United States in 2022,” a 10% increase over the year before, according to a new report oceana.org/reports/amazon…

New Yorkers, did you know you’re paying to subsidize the gas industry & build pipelines across NY?

Governor Kathy Hochul, Sen. Stewart-Cousins & Carl E. Heastie can change that by passing the full #NYHEAT Act in the budget & save us money in the process. Let’s do it! citylimits.org/2024/03/29/why…

Im excited for the solar eclipse, so I had to write about it. Here is what you need to know to see it next Monday!

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'Why put new gas pipes in the ground for new construction, when we’ve already passed laws saying we should be moving away from using gas?” said NY Heat sponsor Senator Liz Krueger

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“Why put new gas pipes in the ground for new construction, when we’ve already passed laws saying we should be moving away from using gas?” the bill’s sponsor Senator Senator Liz Krueger told City Limits.

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NYC chief climate officer Rit Aggarwala confirms NYC continues to get wetter. “NYC experienced rain every 3 days in 2023” he said at city council hearing today

Read Mariana Simões's coverage of C02 fracking here: citylimits.org/2024/01/12/new…

The Big Apple is getting 180 new electric school buses. But the city’s fleet still has over 10,000 buses running on fossil fuels.

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Today, Senator Liz Krueger reintroduces the first bill in the U.S that regulates the supply chains of companies to make sure they are deforestation free. Here is a look at what happened behind the scenes when the bill got vetoed by the governor last year:

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Senate Majority’s budget includes a commitment to increasing tax credits for solar from '$5,000 to $10,000, as well as allowing for their usage on storage.'

Here is my story on the bill and why it would help low-income homeowners:

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“We live in a disposable society, and we’re saying that with certain things, we can’t afford to be disposable,” said (((Deborah Glick)))
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'Most plastic never gets recycled. It’s kind of an engineering issue. And you know, who knows this better than anyone is the plastic industry,” said Judith Enck of Beyond Plastics

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