Yesterday at the 2022 State of the State, Governor Hochul announced what the Renewable Heat Now campaign and our allies have been asking for - a commitment and funding to electrify 2 million homes by 2030! This will slash a huge source of New York’s emissions and ensure safe, healthy homes for millions of us. See the press release here for more information.

Hundreds of you helped achieve this victory by making phone calls, signing letters, contacting elected officials, and increasing the visibility of these crucial issues on social media. Thank you! When we fight, we win!

And now the Renewable Heat Now campaign is pushing for even more ambitious climate action. Gov. Hochul also committed to requiring new buildings to be zero-emission by 2027 at the latest, but we and the Climate Action Council know that is too slow to meet our climate targets. That’s why AGREE and the rest of the Renewable Heat Now campaign are pushing for a package of legislation including the All-Electric Building Act, which would ban fossil fuels in new buildings by 2024!

Do you want to join the fight for a fossil free New York? Sign up for a Renewable Heat Now regional lobby team here: bit.ly/RHNteams (no experience necessary).

Then, RSVP for our upcoming statewide Lobbypalooza below to get trained and organize with us! 

Renewable Heat Now Lobbypalooza!

Thursday, January 13th, 6:30-8pm

RSVP for the Zoom link here | Facebook event

Join Renewable Heat Now for this fun, virtual organizing meeting to learn more about our legislative package, be trained on how to meet with your local elected officials and win their support, and strategize with other lobby teams!

If you’ve never lobbied before, don’t worry - it’s easy! Your representatives work for you, and the more constituents they see supporting a policy, the more likely they are to support it too. 

To get ahead of the game and learn more about the Renewable Heat Now Legislative Package for getting fossil fuels out of buildings and funding the transition, see all the details here.