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Solar panels in Hempstead in Long Island. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images New York could achieve a net-zero economy — the gold standard of environmental advocates, in which all energy is drawn from carbon-free sources — by 2050, if the state is able to live up to its Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act that lawmakers and Governor Andrew Cuomo are working on this week.
Of course, energy costs will go up in pursuit of the goal. New York gets around 60 percent of its electricity from carbon-free sources — primarily an energy mix of hydroelectric and nuclear power. To make up the difference, the state will invest in large-scale offshore wind farms and rooftop solar projects. More challenging than the electric grid is the heat for homes and commercial buildings, which generally burn natural gas or oil, and take up around a quarter of the state’s emissions.
In an interview with WCNY, Governor Cuomo called the bill “the most aggressive climate change program in the United States of America, period.” If it succeeds, it will be the fifth such bill in state legislatures; the others include measures in California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Washington.
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