Some New York Dems Starting To Realize Climate Targets Are Too Extreme
Audrey Streb
DCNF Energy Reporter
August 14, 2025
Some New York Democrats are sounding the alarm over the state’s climate goals, arguing that New York should delay implementing some of its stringent green energy mandates.
Donna DeCarolis and Dennis Elsenbeck — appointed members of New York’s Climate Action Council — wrote to the state’s Public Service Commission requesting a hearing to consider delaying the state’s climate goals, including its 2030 70% green energy mandate and its 2040 zero-emissions grid goal on July 29. New York has some of the most aggressive climate goals in the U.S. and higher-than-average energy costs, with state officials recently admitting that the state may miss its green energy targets on the current timeline due in part to the costs that would hit consumers.
“I was intent on becoming known as a strong environmental governor,” Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said in early August, according to local news outlet Spectrum News. “I also cannot ignore the fact that the disruptions in our economy that have occurred since the laws went into place, but also since we even supported this, that need to be examined in terms of what is happening to people’s pocketbooks right now. … I also have to moderate and make sure that I’m not doing something that’s going to drive up costs for consumers, and the data shows at this time it would.” (RELATED: Dems Finally Realizing Most Americans Don’t Want Enormous Climate Agenda Imposed On Them)
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/14/some-new-york-dems-realize-climate-targets-too-extreme/
