Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (pictured) signed legislation Wednesday requiring all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state to be zero emissions by 2035.
Under the new law, new off-road vehicles and equipment sold in New York are also targeted to be zero-emissions by 2035, and new medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles by 2045.
The law further requires the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority to create a zero-emissions vehicle development strategy by 2023.
Hochul, who succeeded the disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in late August, said in a statement Wednesday that the new climate initiative will help “reduce the greenhouse gas emissions affecting our climate,” particularly in the transportation sector.
“The new law and regulation mark a critical milestone in our efforts and will further advance the transition to clean electric vehicles while helping to reduce emissions in communities that have been overburdened by pollution from cars and trucks for decades,” she said.
Hochul signed a separate order Wednesday instructing the state Department of Environmental Conservation to implement regulations targeting pollution emitted by trucks.
Her office did not release details of proposed regulations but said it would “accelerate” the sales of zero-emissions trucks.
New York’s climate plan is among the most aggressive in the nation and calls for a full transition to renewable energy.
The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act signed into law in 2019 mandates a zero-emission electricity sector by 2040 and 70% renewable energy generation by 2030.
In an April letter to President Joe Biden, New York, and 11 other states asked the administration to put the U.S. on a path to ensure all passenger cars and light-duty trucks sold in the nation are zero-emissions by 2045.
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One more thing to drive the citizens of NY to Florida and other states that still value freedom.
and by 2030, you will own nothing and be happy, I presume that extends to vehicles, zero-emission or otherwise? Seems kind of moot when you view it in context, doesn’t it?
That’s nice and a great smile too BUT climate action has to be global. It’s global or nothing. There is no opportunity here of climate action heroism of nation states or even groups of nation states let alone a single province of a single nation.
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I am guessing that there will not be a Dem government in 2035.
A Republican gov’t will rescind any stupid enactment of zero-emission vehicles.
IMO.
All based upon Politics and Junk Science I mean Politicians and Dirty Underwear both need a changed and washed regularly