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Updated February 2, 2009 Senate provides more internet public access Pols pushed $$ into do-nothing Queens charity Higher Education chairs object to TAP reduction Transit advocates inform riders about MTA cuts Revising the government of New York City New York legislators want to change budget year, set up budget office Paterson's plan for CUNY and SUNY draws criticism Click here to visit the news archive
New York State Legislative Ethics Commission Filings ENVIRONMENTAL VICTORY! NYPIRG's Review of Legislative Action 2009 Playing it safe: A report on NYC playgrounds Assembly Member Item List 2009-2010 How They Voted: Assembly and Senate Votes in 2009 The Price is Not Right: The Failure of New York State's Rx Disclosure Law to Offer Consumers Easy Access to Prescription Drug Prices NYPIRG is New York State’s largest research and advocacy non-profit organization primarily focused on environmental preservation, consumer protection, government reform and public health issues. |
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Al Gore’s recent description of the nation’s current energy policy was both succinct and clear: “We’re borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the planet.” Gore’s observation was right on point and underscored the dismal state of energy policymaking. America’s energy policy is driven by inertia only, despite all evidence that the current policy is putting the nation — and the world — at great risk. Our nation must move to a greener energy policy. Experts at the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Gore last year, have argued that average global temperature increases of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit would lead to catastrophic impacts on the environment and public health. In order to keep temperature increases under that number — and to steer clear of catastrophic environmental damage — industrialized nations must slash their greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by the year 2050. Some states are already embracing a policy of meeting the challenge to reduce greenhouse gases by 80 percent by 2050. NYPIRG is urging New York lawmakers not only to embrace policies that are consistent with goals identified in the IPCC report but also to pursue a green energy policy. We need an energy policy that focuses on power production from wind, solar, and other renewable sources and one that reduces energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions through aggressive energy conservation and efficiency programs.
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