Last Month New York Passed One of the Most Environmentally Progressive Budgets in Near History
Nearly a billion dollars invested in the environment, sustainabillity and clean watter.
Here is a list of policy victories that The Nature Conservancy in New York helped get completed:
๐ณ $๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ (for environmental conservation programs that protect NYโs forests, estuaries, Great Lakes and ocean coasts)
๐ง $๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ (for upgrading drinking water, sewage, and septic systems, preventing pollution to our beaches and waterways, and clean drinking water)
๐ $๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ.๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ at State Parks and lands owned by the DEC
๐จ๐ฝโ๐ฌ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (including 265 positions for implementing the $4.2 billion Environmental Bonds Act)
๐ฐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ป๐ฑ (to advance the CLCPA, the stateโs keystone climate act)
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐น-๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ (beginning in 2026 for buildings under 7 stories)
To be sure, more work remains to be done. But Iโm really proud of the work this amazing organization does to advance New Yorkโs environmental and sustainable policies and make the planet a better place.
If you want more info and to support this amazing organization, you can click on this link below to be directed to their website: ๐
https://www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/where-we-work/united-states/new-york/
Great Calin!! Your notes are so touching, I'm impressed and very proud of you!!