Posts on: Economy

The Senate Finance Committee is trying to kill the renewable energy provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act, and, unsurprisingly, the changes will hit homeowners and small businesses the hardest. The […]

Multiple states, including New York and Vermont, have passed or are preparing Climate Change Superfund Acts, legislation which requires fossil fuel companies to pay into a fund to defray the […]

One of the commodities the US imports from Canada is clean electricity generated by hydropower, and states that are closest to the border, like New York and Minnesota, have entered […]

If there’s one thing that was made crystal clear this week, it’s that the new federal government is going to be hostile to renewable energy, despite all its obvious benefits. […]

On Monday, City Limits published this Op-Ed by Solar One Senior Policy Manager Kate Selden and Cooper Square Committee’s Resiliency Coordinator and Housing Organizer Alex Lee, encouraging the expansion of […]

New York, with its vast acreage of rooftops and millions of renters, is the top community solar market in the country. On Thursday, Governor Hochul and NYSERDA President and CEO […]

The Supreme Court finished their term by upending a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a […]

New York City first added a recycling law to the books way back in 1989, but recycling rates have remained stubbornly low: about 20% for households and 25% for businesses. […]

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will compensate local and state governments for energy efficiency upgrades to school and hospital facilities in the wake of natural disasters, the agency announced […]

A former head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) used to describe the annual climate summit as “the only circus in town”. It may not be good […]