Climate Changed
New York Poised to Pass Its Own Version of the Green New Deal
- Measure codifies targets for solar, offshore wind generation
- Industry group says New York solar to power 1 million homes
A jogger runs in Main Street Park in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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New York is poised to pass its own version of the Green New Deal with a climate bill that would more than triple the state’s solar capacity and aggressively promote development of wind farms off the state’s coast.
The legislation, which may be voted on as soon as late Tuesday, calls for boosting the amount of solar power in New York to 6 gigawatts by 2025, from about 1.7 gigawatts currently. It would also have 9 gigawatts of offshore wind generation installed by 2035. None of the state’s power currently comes from offshore wind.