Establishes a climate change education grant program to award grants to eligible applicants to support climate change education grant programs for young people or to provide optional teacher training or professional development programs relevant to the advance of climate change literacy in young people; establishes the New York state climate change education fund.
Senate Bill S 8099 postpones the implementation and enforcement of the Advanced Clean Cars II regulations. This bill directs the Department of Environmental Conservation not to require manufacturers of passenger cars and light duty trucks to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emission vehicles earlier than January 1, 2028. This action directly affects the timeline for these environmental standards.
Establishes the "garden protection act", protecting the rights of individuals to cultivate home vegetable gardens, native plant gardens, and/or pollinator gardens.
This bill prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of mercury-added lamps (like certain fluorescent bulbs) starting January 1, 2028. It directly affects retailers, manufacturers, and distributors of these lamps by requiring them to stop selling or handling such products after that date. The key provision sets a clear 2028 deadline for the ban, repealing an existing law that previously allowed these lamps to be sold. The bill aims to reduce mercury pollution by phasing out these products from the market.
Requires that public schools provide instruction on climate change, including but not limited to identifying the causes and impacts of climate change on individuals, environments and communities, and learning to evaluate solutions.
Relates to including the Asian longhorned tick and lone star tick on the invasive species list, and include them in the comprehensive plan for invasive species management.
This bill establishes a nine-member Climate Action Cost Council to review state climate regulations. It limits the annual number of new climate-related rules and regulations to five, requiring council approval before they take effect. The council must evaluate costs to businesses and ratepayers, grid reliability, and emissions impacts before approving measures to meet New York's climate goals under the CLCPA. This directly affects state agencies, regulated industries (like energy and manufacturing), and ratepayers by adding a review step for climate regulations.
This bill (A 2627) creates a state program to help municipalities improve water quality in lakes managed by local lake associations. The program requires the environmental department to work with municipalities and lake associations to identify water quality issues, determine solutions, and establish best practices, plus provide grants for remedial actions. It directly affects municipalities and lake associations managing water bodies within their communities, with funding dependent on annual appropriations. The bill establishes a new grant program but does not change existing water quality laws.
Prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas from high-volume hydraulic fracturing; provides exceptions.
Declares the waters of the state to be public trust resources; declares that the waters of the state are valuable public natural resources and the state has a duty to conserve and manage its waters effectively.
