Gov. Hochul has wisely laid out her specific ideas for renegotiating the state’s overly ambitious 2019 climate law with a view towards delaying emissions reduction regulations, reformulating state emissions limits and redefining how emissions are counted.

She wants it done as part of the state budget due by April 1, which is smart because that’s the only time that the Legislature is forced to move. And the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act must be amended. The laudable goals of 2019 simply cannot be met and trying to get there will cost a fortune and we will still fail.

The specter of the re-jiggering had already been causing a stir in Albany, but now lawmakers at least have something more concrete to go off; they should work with the governor to arrive at something that makes sense.

As they move forwards with negotiations, Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, should........

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