⚡⚡⚡⚡ 4 urgent actions next week!

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Last week we were shocked when the Climate Action Council (CAC) staff recommended a rollback of the timeline for getting fossil fuels out of new buildings. Staff proposed troubling changes for the CAC scoping plan: changing the timeline from a 2024 start to 2025 and applying it only to buildings 3 stories and under.

In response, 56 state and regional organizations signed onto a letter ([link removed]) calling on Governor Hochul and Climate Action Council members to reject the CAC staff's proposal to delay and weaken the Scoping Plan's new building electrification timeline and scope. We continue to accept organization sign ons ([link removed]) through Monday. Please sign on your organizations and groups. We've already increased the list to 85!

We're also expressing our opposition to the troubling changes by attending the Climate Action Council meeting on Tuesday, October 25. The staff proposal is a costly delay that we cannot afford. Please join us in sending a clear message to Governor Hochul and the Climate Action Council that delays are unacceptable.

Will you join us at the Climate Action Council Meeting?

Date: Tuesday, October 25
Time: Gather at entrance by 1:30pm to hold up signs as CAC members enter
Meeting runs from 2:00 to 5:00pm.
Location: Two locations; choose one!!
Albany: NYSERDA building at 17 Columbia Circle. Please let Isaac Silberman-Gorn know if you can attend the Albany event at [email protected]
New York City: NY Green Bank 1333 Broadway. Please let Shay O'Reilly know if you can attend the NYC event at [email protected]
Meeting attendees need to register here ([link removed]) .
AGREE, Renewable Heat Now, and allies will hand out leaflets to members of the Council and hold signs before and during the meeting.
We will have signs available for you.

Three more ways to take action:

CALL Sign up for a call-relay ([link removed]) to Governor Hochul Monday Oct 24. Here's how it works. Sign up for a time to make your call. At your chosen time: make the call, follow the script, and record the results of your call. Then text the next person in line to let them know it's their turn. It's a fun way to connect to others and feel like you're part of a movement while keeping the Gov's phone ringing all day!

Encourage others to call Governor Hochul at 877-235-6537 & urge her to ban fracked gas in new buildings starting in 2024 and to include the All Electric New Buildings Act in her budget. It’s critical the she hears from New Yorkers across the state: the transition timeline must be faster and she must be a climate leader and protect New Yorkers’ health and climate.

TWEET If you use Twitter, like and retweet the tweets about the Climate Action Council and the Scoping Plan from @RenewablHeatNow ([link removed])

SIGN our online postcard ([link removed]) (for individuals) and/or the urgent organizational sign-on letter ([link removed]) (groups/organizations only).

Thank you for everything you are doing to help get fossil fuels out of our buildings! We will share more actions in the coming weeks; please stay tuned! With your help we can win affordable fossil-free homes for all New Yorkers!

Andra Leimanis
Communications & Outreach Director
Alliance for a Green Economy

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