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New York to Approve One of the World's Most Ambitious Climate Plans
New York lawmakers have agreed to pass a sweeping climate plan that calls for the state to all but eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, envisioning an era when gas-guzzling cars, oil-burning heaters and furnaces would be phased out, and all of the state's electricity would come from carbon-free sources.
Under an agreement reached this week between legislative leaders and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act would require the state to slash its planet-warming pollution 85 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, and offset the remaining 15 percent, possibly through measures to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
If the state manages to hit those targets, it would effectively create a so-called net-zero economy, the ultimate goal of environmentalists and others seeking to slow the pace of global warming.
[...] The challenges of reaching such goals are daunting. New York has so far only managed to reduce its emissions 8 percent between 1990 and 2015, according to the most recent state inventory.
"New Yorkers are going to pay a lot for their electricity because of this bill," said Gavin Donohue, the president of the Independent Power Producers of New York, whose members produce about three-quarters of the state's electricity. "There's no doubt about that."
There are also numerous questions about whether the energy, real estate and business communities can adapt by 2050, and how much it would cost to do so. Business groups in the state had derided the bill as impractical and potentially disastrous for companies forced to move to green energy sources.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday June 24 2019, @01:17AM (3 children)
The rush will come when YOUR house goes under water, I guess.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday June 24 2019, @01:46AM (2 children)
My house is above 2000 meters. There's not enough water in the world no matter what the climate does. What's the point of making these threats?
And even if I were sitting on the seashore with my house wiped out by climate change in oh, 25-50 years, that's still a long time for a house in that location. The drama of me moving then moving to higher ground wouldn't be significant either - either to myself or to future generations. People already move all the time without causing a huge fuss.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24 2019, @07:43AM (1 child)
Yea, it will get crushed by a glacier though.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday June 24 2019, @02:13PM
Then the movie goes to the heroine staring intently out the helicopter window. Clearly the frowning is meant to convey that she's thinking deeply about something.