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While the president of the United States talked about the “climate hoax,” United Nations leaders called for fast-tracking climate action on all fronts if we are to avert critical tipping points in the climate system. Yet since the release of New York’s Climate Action Council Scoping Plan three years ago, the state has passed only three major climate bills. This year, not one major climate bill was passed in the state Assembly.

This incrementalism in funding and implementing our landmark Climate Law only brings us closer to those catastrophic tipping points. Now, when New York most needs determined leadership on climate and energy policy, the draft 2025 state energy plan is a testament to the state’s failure to meet the moment.

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