assembly Bill A625

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to declaring a climate emergency and placing a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure

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Jan 05, 2022 referred to environmental conservation
Jan 06, 2021 referred to environmental conservation

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A625 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2835
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1-0103, Art 23 Title 29 §23-2901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A5399, S5518
2023-2024: A411, S3581

A625 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

A625 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    625
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, COLTON, SIMON, PICHARDO, GRIFFIN, REYES,
   BARRON,  GOTTFRIED,  L. ROSENTHAL, STECK, J. RIVERA, EPSTEIN, ABINANTI
   -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred  to
   the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   declaring a climate emergency and placing a ban  on  new  fossil  fuel
   infrastructure
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 1-0103 to read as follows:
 § 1-0103. CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND POLICY.
   1. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THE FOLLOWING:
   (A)  A  CLIMATE EMERGENCY EXISTS THAT THREATENS THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
 THE NATION, AND THE WORLD;
   (B) IRREVOCABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN  CAUSED  BY  GLOBAL
 WARMING OF APPROXIMATELY ONE DEGREE CELSIUS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE EARTH
 IS  ALREADY TOO HOT FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE, AS ATTESTED BY INCREASED AND
 INTENSIFYING WILDFIRES, FLOODS, RISING  SEAS,  DISEASES,  DROUGHTS,  AND
 EXTREME WEATHER;
   (C)  ON  APRIL TWENTY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, WORLD LEADERS FROM
 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR COUNTRIES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION RECOGNIZED THE
 THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE URGENT NEED TO COMBAT IT BY SIGNING THE
 PARIS AGREEMENT, AGREEING TO KEEP WARMING WELL BELOW TWO DEGREES CELSIUS
 ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS AND TO PURSUE EFFORTS TO LIMIT  THE  TEMPER-
 ATURE INCREASE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF DEGREES FAHRENHEIT;
   (D)  ON  OCTOBER  EIGHTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN, THE UNITED NATIONS
 INTERNATIONAL PANEL  ON  CLIMATE  CHANGE  ("IPCC")  RELEASED  A  SPECIAL
 REPORT,  WHICH  PROJECTED  THAT LIMITING WARMING TO THE ONE AND ONE-HALF
 DEGREES CELSIUS TARGET THIS CENTURY WILL REQUIRE AN UNPRECEDENTED TRANS-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets