Regional Climate Effort Cutting Pollution, Creating Jobs & Saving Consumers Money in Western New York
(ALBANY, NY)—Contrary to ongoing attacks by industry-funded out-of-state polluters, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is benefiting New Yorkers from Buffalo to Long Island by reducing pollution, creating new jobs, and reducing consumer utility bills. RGGI is the 10-state effort to cut climate-altering pollution from power plants.
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August 16th, 2011
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CWF Executive Director Dave Palmer (third from left in the photo) was the only on-bill financing advocate represented at the Power NY Act signing. In addition to creating a groundbreaking green financing program, the legislation reformed power plant siting…
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August 5th, 2011
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STATEMENT FROM DAVE PALMER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR WORKING FAMILIES
“In signing the Power New York Act of 2011, Governor Andrew Cuomo implemented a simple and creative solution to intertwined problems of climate change, joblessness and economic stagnation.
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August 4th, 2011
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Check out CleanTechLaw’s recent coverage of CWF’s campaign to pass on-bill recovery.
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August 1st, 2011
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On Tuesday August 2nd, Emmaia Gelman (LIUNA) and Dave Palmer (Center for Working Families) will join Clarke Gocker and Eric Walker (both from PUSH Buffalo) on the Efficiency Cities Network’s learning call. The topic: utility bill recovery and Green Jobs/Green…
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August 1st, 2011
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Check out today’s New York Times coverage of the passage of green jobs financing legislation!
Here’s the kicker, by CWF Executive Director Dave Palmer:
“This is a simple and creative solution to intertwined problems of climate change, joblessness and…
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June 23rd, 2011
Related: green jobs
***News Release***
For immediate release: June 22, 2011, 11:45PM
NEW YORK PASSES HISTORIC GREEN JOBS FINANCING LAW
“On-bill financing” will create 14,000 jobs, cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce energy bills for working families
Albany – Lawmakers this evening passed historic on-bill financing legislation to dramatically expand the state’s new energy efficiency retrofitting program, Green Jobs/Green NY. The new law will finally enable moderate-income property owners to access safe loans for retrofits, and use energy savings to repay the loan via their utility bills.
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June 23rd, 2011
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As a result of a grassroots campaign waged by People United for Sustainable Housing (PUSH), state regulators will hold a series of hearings on National Fuel in the Buffalo Niagara region of New York.
The issue? PUSH says National Fuel…
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June 10th, 2011
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The Mayor “urges the earliest possible favorable consideration of this proposal by the Legislature.” in a Memorandum in Support released this week.
The Mayors support for A7006-A, the current version of the Assembly bill sponsored by Assem. Cahill, is based on environmental and economic…
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May 26th, 2011
Related: green jobs, on bill recovery
Newsday today released an editorial supporting the passage of On-Bill Financing legislation.
Check it out!
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May 26th, 2011
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