Albany, NY — An Albany mandate requiring 100 percent of new passenger car and truck sales be zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035 could be as improbable as it is harmful for middle- and low-income New Yorkers, a new Empire Center Read More
Tag: Environment
Overview New York has adopted a statutory goal that 100 percent of new passenger car and truck sales be zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035. Ultimately, the only way to accomplish this goal will be to prohibit sales of Read More
After remaining for months on the fate of the proposed two-year moratorium on crypto-mining, Governor Kathy Hochul has now the bill into law, as her admi Read More
If the power goes out under a fully municipalized LIPA, you can bet neither the Legislature nor public power advocates will accept the blame. Read More
Federal and state assistance would pay for only about 10 percent of the state’s total effort to electrify its entire school bus fleet, according to a new Empire Center research paper. Read More
A new law requires New York State’s school bus fleet be entirely zero-emission by 2035. But it's unlikely the state can meet that deadline. Read More
On November 8, New Yorkers will be voting on Proposal 1, the $4.2 billion “Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond.” Read More
If it’s not yet a failure, the commission to revamp the Long Island Power Authority is at least already a fiasco. Read More