A deep dive on New York climate policy and politics, hosted by John Raskin (Spring Street Climate Fund) and Juan-Pablo Velez (Win Climate).
Empire State of Carbon
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A deep dive on New York climate policy and politics, hosted by John Raskin (Spring Street Climate Fund) and Juan-Pablo Velez (Win Climate).
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September 7, 2023
Inside The Fight to Shut Down NY's Power Plants (ft. Raya Salter from EJLPC)
<p>There's no way around it: in the next 15 years, we have to replace all of New York's fossil power plants with renewables.</p> <p>Unsurprisingly, the fossil industry is fighting this future tooth and nail, insisting they can keep their plants open by using false solutions like carbon capture, renewable natural gas, and green hydrogen. This fight, which has been raging for years, is coming to a head.</p> <p>Renowned energy justice attorney and advocate Raya Salter joins John and Juan-Pablo to break down the policy and politics of shutting down New York’s power plants. This episode covers:</p> <ul> <li>Why do we need to shut down existing plants? </li> <li>What are false solutions, and why don’t they work? </li> <li>And what does the Public Service Commission's zero emissions proceeding have to do with all this?</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.ejlpc.org/">Subscribe to the Energy Justice Law & Policy Center newsletter here.</a><br><a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/empirestateofclimate/message">Ask us anything for the next episode</a><strong>.</strong><br></p>
June 28, 2023
Turning up the NY HEAT! (ft. Jessica Azulay from AGREE)
<p>We go deep on the NY HEAT Act, the key policy for tackling NY's biggest source of climate pollution: burning fossil fuels in buildings.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Beloved New York climate leader <strong>Jessica Azulay </strong>from advocacy group <a href="https://www.allianceforagreeneconomy.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Alliance for a Green Energy</a> Economy (AGREE) joins John and Juan-Pablo to break down the policy and politics of <strong>NY HEAT</strong>:</p> <p>- How does the <strong>NY HEAT</strong> act stops the growth of the state's gas grid and starts the transition towards electric heat pumps, all while saving people money?</p> <p>- How did the <a href="https://renewableheatnow.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Renewable Heat Now</a> coalition make <strong>NY HEAT</strong> the top climate bill in the state? </p> <p>- Why it didn't pass, and what political obstacles does the movement need to overcome to pass it next session?</p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/empirestateofclimate/message" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Ask us anything for the next episode</a>.</p>
May 12, 2023
We Just Won Climate! (ft. Earthjustice's Liz Moran)
<p>After a years-long drought, New York State just passed three major climate bills!</p> <p>Albany lobbyist extraordinaire <strong>Liz Moran</strong> from Earthjustice joins John and Juan-Pablo to break down the <strong>All-Electric Building Act</strong>, <strong>Build Public Renewables Act</strong>, and <strong>Cap & Invest Fund</strong> policies, and the awesome coalitions who won them: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GasFreeNY?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">#GasFreeNY</a>, <a href="https://renewableheatnow.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Renewable Heat Now!</a>, <a href="https://publicpowerny.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Public Power NY</a>, and <a href="http://nyrenews.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">NYRenews</a>.</p>
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