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New York has the strongest climate laws in the country. We’ve passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, funded the $4.2 billion Environmental Bond Act, and issued executive orders directing state agencies to decarbonize and lead by example.

Our environmental ambitions are bold. But if we don’t fund the institutions that will make those goals a reality, those laws will be nothing more than empty promises.

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It’s time to restore core state operating aid to the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. This isn’t just about a single campus; it’s about whether New York is serious about building the workforce and science capacity needed to meet our own environmental commitments and to counter a growing anti-science movement at the federal level.

Founded in 1911, ESF has trained generations of........

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