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DiNapoli Needs to Divest from Fossil Fuels

Climate Groups Urge DiNapoli to Reverse Last Year’s Decision Not to Divest from Large Gas and Oil Companies Last Valentine’s Day, NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli shockingly reversed his commitment to divest the state pension fund from fossil fuels and announced that he was keeping billions in large gas and oil companies. Contrary to all other science and … Read more…

Greens Say NYS Budget Needs an Ecosocialist Green New Deal

The Green Education and Legal Fund (GELF) called today for the NYS Budget to dramatically speed up its transition to zero greenhouse emissions along with a robust economic Bill of Rights that includes a just transition, guaranteed living wage jobs and minimum income above poverty, single-payer universal health care and a massive investment in affordable housing (including … Read more…

Greens Harshly Criticize Gov. Hochul, Legislative Leaders, Comptroller for Slow-walking Climate Action

Testifying at the state budget hearing on the environment, the Green Education and Legal Fund criticized the Governor’s budget proposals of following far short of the action needed to prevent climate collapse. (Testimony here) GELF urged lawmakers to make polluters pay for the damage they have caused from burning fossil fuels (e.g., Climate Superfund), investing … Read more…