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** City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York City
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Legislators Urge Gov to Nix Plan for Increased Fracked Gas to NYC
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The Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company’s proposal is the latest fossil-fueled infrastructure project to earn the ire of local environmental groups, who say such investments are at odds with the goals of New York’s Climate Leadership and Protection Act.
“New Yorkers are already seeing the effects of climate change from deadly flooding to extreme heat,” said Emily Skydel, Hudson Valley senior organizer at Food & Water Watch. “So Gov. Hochul needs to move off fossil fuels, not expand fracked gas this late in the game.”
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Hochul’s team sat down with supporters of the bill last week and presented them with a “gutted” version of the legislation that would essentially render it useless, advocates who had access to the proposal told City Limits.
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