Environmental advocates like the investments in climate action and nature projects that New York Governor Kathy Hochul put in her executive budget last month. Among the proposals is a 4 billion-dollar Environmental Bond Act, with projects designed to protect clean water, reduce pollution, and local climate risks, and 400 million dollars for the state Environment Protection Fund. Jessica Ottney Mahar is with The Nature Conservancy, and says her group hopes the Legislature will agree to make the proposed investments…
In her 2023 budget proposal last month, Governor Kathy Hochul said the state is going to confront that climate crisis with the urgency that is required…
The proposed 4-billion-dollar Environmental Bond Act will be on the ballot this November.