Webinar Will Show Now Is the Time To Strengthen RGGI
New modeling shows that the Northeast's and Mid-Atlantic's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative can make ambitious cuts in carbon pollution from power plants, all...
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Roadmap for Replacing NY’s Indian Point with Clean Energy
A new report finds that clean energy—including energy efficiency, renewable power sources like solar and wind, and related transmission solutions—can fully ...
Exploring a New Mechanism to Cut Carbon Pollution in RGGI
The cost of cutting carbon pollution is likely to fall further in coming years. If that's the case, states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative can take ad...
RGGI Report: Less Pollution Drives Billions in Health Gains
The pioneering cap-and-invest program to cut carbon pollution from the power sector in nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states has created $5.7 billion in hea...
Cuomo Pledges to Lead on Climate, Cut RGGI Cap 30% by 2030
The good, clean-energy news from New York State just keeps coming. In his January 9th State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced support for of...
Gov Delivers: Indian Point to Close, Clean Energy Advances
The troubled and aging Indian Point nuclear power plant, located 24 miles north of New York City, will be closed by April 2021, with no increase in carbon emiss...