New York’s Assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would
require the state to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from major sources to
zero by 2050. But is that good enough?
Thirty-four years is a long time to wait to fully address an
emergency as urgent as climate change. A more aggressive bill sponsored
by 17 representatives would require the state to transition to 100 percent
clean, renewable energy by 2030. That’s 14 years from now and a full 20 years
ahead of the plan just passed, putting the state’s agenda more in line with the
more dire predictions of climate scientists.
