New nuclear reactors in NY mean higher bills and taxpayer bailouts for an industry that already can't run without bailouts. Tell the PSC no by August 10. Comment here: bit.ly/no-new-nucle... @nyrenews.bsky.social @nypirg.bsky.social @citizenactionny.org @fwwnewyork.bsky.social @sierraclub.org

NY Renews coalition responds to @governor.ny.gov's Exec Order pausing hyperscale data center development: www.nyrenews.org/news/ny-rene...

NY Renews Coalition Statement on Governor Hochul’s Executive Order Announcing a One-Year Data Center Moratorium — NY Renews

The announcement today of Governor Hochul’s Executive Order for a one-year moratorium on data center development is a testament to the power of communities across the state who are organizing to prote...

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New from me in the @nydailynews.com: www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/13/w... The climate hushers are wrong. We should all talk about climate change and the industries causing it. And more importantly, people in power must talk about climate, or they are aiding the billionaires destroying our only home.

Why Democrats must talk about climate

It’s hot. Millions are sweltering amidst record breaking heat waves only possible because of climate change. Thousands died in Europe’s heatwave. But, here, Democrats from leftists to moderates have e...

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"Globally, 89% of people want governments to act on climate. In the U.S., the majority of voters are concerned about rising utility bills, and a majority of voters care about climate."

Climate Families NYC@climatefamsnyc.bsky.social · 4w ago

#EndClimateSilence

Nuclear is the most expensive form of energy, and the public should not bear the costs of building new nuclear reactors when our existing nuclear fleet can’t even afford to operate without massive bailout subsidies from ratepayers. Tell the Gov: No new nukes! bit.ly/psc-nonewnukes

Gov. Hochul calls herself New York's first mom governor. Tuscarora Nation mother and Haudenosaunee Envi Task Force delegate Rene Rickard-Printup has a reminder: Mother Earth is the first mother. Her message? No new nuclear in NY. bit.ly/MomNoNukes @agreeny.bsky.social

A mothers' duty is to protect the environment

The aged nuclear facilities that are active today were built without our consent and some have run well past their intended lifespan. Today we see contaminated sites like the West

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NY's 2026 legislative session saw critical climate law rollbacks — and grassroots action that secured solar energy wins, lower energy bills, and a moratorium on data centers in our state. www.nyrenews.org/news/ny-rene...

The NYS Legislature passed what could become a first-in-the-nation data center moratorium. It is a testament to the power of organizers, residents, environmental justice advocates, and frontline communities across NY, whose advocacy has helped secure this win. www.nyrenews.org/news/ny-rene...

New York wants to build new nuclear plants but won't say what they'll cost. When advocates asked, the records came back redacted. A new bill would pause new construction to study the real price before billions are committed. Peekskill scientist Courtney Williams makes the case: bit.ly/3QixfSi

What Doesn’t Governor Hochul Want New Yorkers to Know About the Costs of Nuclear Power?

Passing the Moratorium Act would pause new nuclear projects for 2-½ years

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All of New York’s operating nuclear reactors, the likely sites of new ones, and some of the largest proposed data centers in the country are on traditional Haudenosaunee homelands. Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions. Read more: www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026...

Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions (Guest Opinion by Abraham Francis & Ryan Madden)

Decades of industrial poisoning at Massena — PCBs, fluoride, cyanide — left Superfund sites. Now developers want to build again, and Indigenous leaders say enough.

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All of New York’s operating nuclear reactors, the likely sites of new ones, and some of the largest proposed data centers in the country are on traditional Haudenosaunee homelands. Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions. Read more: www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026...

Indigenous nations do not consent to NY’s nuke ambitions (Guest Opinion by Abraham Francis & Ryan Madden)

Decades of industrial poisoning at Massena — PCBs, fluoride, cyanide — left Superfund sites. Now developers want to build again, and Indigenous leaders say enough.

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NY Renews' statement on the climate law rollbacks: Delayed deadlines and weakened emissions standards will lead to thousands of deaths and higher energy bills over the next five years. www.nyrenews.org/news/ny-rene...

NY Renews Coalition Responds to Rollback of Key Protections in New York’s Climate Law — NY Renews

Delayed deadlines and weakened emissions standards will lead to thousands of deaths and higher energy bills over the next five years 

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“Clean energy actually is the cheapest form of energy around... and we the consumers should be benefiting from that.” In the final days of session, NY must pass the #SUNNYAct for plug-in solar! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Power to the people: how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight rising US utility costs

More Americans are using small solar panels in their back yards or balconies as a clean way to cut their electric bills

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Despite efforts by New Yorkers across the state to defend NY's climate law, Governor Hochul is poised to significantly weaken it. Send a letter to help pass our 2026 Climate, Jobs & Justice Agenda at the end of NY's legislative session: act.nyrenews.org/2026-climate...

This year, Governor Hochul took a wrecking ball to NY's climate law. While most of the world is making the shift to clean energy, NY is ceding ground. On Tuesday, 5/26 at 6 pm join NY Renews for a mass call to debrief and discuss what comes next: bit.ly/may26masscall

Governor Hochul took a wrecking ball to NY’s Climate Law in this budget. It’s a blow to our communities and our climate goals. Join @nyrenews.bsky.social for a Mass Call to debrief the budget debacle and strategize for a just future. 🗓️ May 26 @ 6PM 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We joined over 40 organizations to urge state lawmakers to pass ratepayer refund legislation forcing utilities to return excess earnings back to ratepayers. With so many families struggling to keep the lights on, New Yorkers deserve that money back in their pockets.

Ethan Gormley@egormley.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Because of a loophole, ultra-wealthy utilities in NY can earn more than they were regulated to earn, just to kick it back to shareholders and CEOs. As regular NYers struggle to keep up, we need to make utilities give that money back. drive.google.com/file/d/1IMXp...

Nuclear energy is expensive, dangerous, and slow — but Governor Hochul is pushing it anyway. Join us on May 20 at 7 pm to learn what’s happening and how we can stop it. Register for our free webinar here: bit.ly/may-20-webinar

We're at the Capitol in Albany with our allies today to demand a moratorium on data centers in NY! We urgently need regulations to protect our communities, our health, and our environment from the runaway damage that this industry is already inflicting. @fwwnewyork.bsky.social @nyrenews.bsky.social

1/ All NYers should be watching as our state budget process is used to cut protections for our communities. Whether the Gov is listening to fossil fuel lobbyists, major corporate polluters, or her private donors, she is clearly not listening to the people of NY 🧵 www.nyrenews.org/news/organiz...

New York Communities Sound the Alarm: Weakening the Climate Law Threatens Lives, Livelihoods, and Futures — NY Renews

Organizations representing hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers demand climate action, not rollbacks

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Amazing day in Albany yesterday rallying for the #SUNNYAct☀️ for plug-in solar & to defend our climate law! Shout out to all the allies who joined us, esp. @dianaforqueens.com @sarahana.bsky.social @amdanalevenberg.bsky.social @rachelmayny.bsky.social @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social & AM Mitaynes!

The Governor's proposed changes to NY's climate law amount to a sweeping rollback of a law crafted by communities across the state, many of whom are at the front lines of the climate crisis. Rolling back the climate law will exacerbate this harm: act.nyrenews.org/protect-ej-c...

"The people who lose if the gov succeeds are the South Bronx children with asthma living next to highways, the Buffalo residents whose energy bills spike during cold snaps and foreign wars, and the LI homeowners stuck on expensive fuels like propane." www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

Commentary: We're the CLCPA lawsuit plaintiffs. Hochul is misrepresenting our case.

There's no reason New York's cap-and-invest program cannot move forward right now.

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Ryan Madden, Indigenous Solidarity Director at the environmental coalition NY Renews, said his group views data centers as antithetical to stopping climate change because they demand so much electric power. investigativepost.org/2026/04/29/l...

NY lawmaker wants to cap or ban tax breaks for data centers

Syracuse-area Sen. Rachel May has proposed a bill that would cap tax breaks for mid-sized data centers and ban them for large ones.

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"Energy bills are soaring because of oil and gas. Solar is the cheapest form of energy. Yet the governor wants to keep NYers shackled to expensive and polluting oil and gas, even as Trump’s war on Iran triggers yet another oil and gas crisis." citylimits.org/opinion-ener...

Opinion: Energy Bills Are Too High, But Hochul Wants to Gut NY's Climate Law - City Limits

"The Legislature must hold firm and not buckle by letting Hochul off the hook. It’s time to move New York forward, not double down on expensive, polluting oil and gas."

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“Gov. Hochul is hoping Black and Brown New Yorkers won’t read the fine print on the proposal [to destroy NY's climate law],” said Theodore Moore, Exec Director of @alignny.bsky.social. “Voters are going to remember who took away their climate law.” amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/04...

State budget stalls over Gov. Hochul’s climate law reversal, impacting Black and Brown New Yorkers

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s planned rollbacks of the state’s climate law could potentially harm Black and Brown communities.

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🌎 Thank you to Sen Gustavo Rivera for this @nydailynews.com op-ed today: "For low-income families and communities of color across NY, the proposed delays and rollbacks to the climate law aren’t abstract policy debates; they risk real and devastating impacts." www.nydailynews.com/2026/04/22/k...

Keep N.Y.’s climate law this Earth Day

Over the last few months, thousands of New Yorkers have marched through the hallways of the Capitol building in Albany to meet with legislators and make their voices heard, with a clear message: to pr...

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If @governor.ny.gov and the Legislature must keep the big picture in mind... if officials are looking to scale back [the CLCPA's] mandates to grease their political prospects in an election year, that’s not leadership; it’s a craven retreat." @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

Editorial: Kicking the climate can

While leaders argue over affordability and clean-energy developers demand more money, the planet heats up more and more.

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America’s largest bank is expanding its data center in Orangeburg, NY, near the New Jersey border. In exchange for $77 million in tax breaks from the state and county, the bank promises to create exactly one permanent job. My story in @nysfocus.com: nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/d...

This Data Center is Getting a $77 Million Tax Break to Create One Job

No other project in the country has gotten such a large subsidy to create so few jobs, according to watchdogs.

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Real leaders get results; indifferent leaders point fingers. First, @governor.ny.gov blamed Trump — and now she's blaming activists — for why she's gutting NY's climate law. The truth is, she hasn’t had the courage or vision to lead and implement the law. www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...

Hochul blames activists’ lawsuit for climate budget standstill

The governor is set on amending the 2019 Climate Act in wake of a lawsuit filed by environmental activists, and says the need for change is their fault.

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