NYC Dept of Housing Preservation and Devel Establishing a Pilot to Decarbonize Affordable Housing
Pilot Program Investments Expected to Support Upgrades in Approximately 1,200 Living Units of Affordable Housing and Benefit 3,000 Low-to-moderate Income Residents Innovative Pilot Streamlines Funding to Accelerate Emissions Reductions through Electrification of Affordable Housing Supports the State's Nation-leading Goal to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 85 Percent by 2050 Governor Kathy Hochul today announced an agreement between the New York State Energy Research and Devel


Governor signs bill to bolster rooftop solar panels
Prevents bans, restrictions by homeowners associations A bill signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo should help foster more solar rooftop arrays like this one in Schenectady. Paul Buckowski ALBANY - In what may have been one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s last bill signings, he earlier this month approved a measure that prohibits homeowners associations from restricting the use of rooftop solar power systems on people’s homes. The measure will take effect 60 days from its Aug. 2 signing. Spons


‘Code Red for Humanity’: New U.N. Climate Report Raises Alarm on Warming
Humans are rapidly overheating the planet, and current climate commitments are not good enough, reports the IPCC A door stands among the smoky rubble in Greenville, CA, on August 6, 2021. The town was destroyed by the Dixie Fire on August 4. Daniel Brown/Sipa USA/AP Images The world is on a dire climate path, and the commitments of global governments to curb greenhouse-gas emissions are still woefully insufficient to blunt dangerous warming. That’s the takeaway from the lates