Youth Climate Leaders Urge Gov. Hochul to Put NY HEAT in 2025 Budget!

ALBANY, NY (11/29/2023) (readMedia)-- On Thursday, November 30, youth climate leaders aged 10 - 22 from across New York State will gather at the New York State Capitol for a press conference to demand Governor Hochul put the NY HEAT Act in next year's budget. Following the press conference, the group will deliver thousands of postcards to the Governor. As climate change increasingly disrupts life in New York - washing away roads, shutting down trains, and taking lives - young advocates are fighting for their future. New Yorkers can't keep pouring more and more money into the outdated, unhealthy, and increasingly expensive fracked gas pipeline network that accelerates climate change.

The NY HEAT Act, which has 75 sponsors in the NYS Assembly and passed the NYS Senate last session, will stop expansion of the fracked gas system to protect the climate, and reduce future utility rate increases while limiting energy bills to 6% of household income, and savelow and middle income New Yorkers up to $75/month on their energy bills. The NY HEAT Act also gets rid of the unfair 100-foot rule, which forces New York families to subsidize new gas hookups to the tune of $200 million every year while accelerating fossil fuel generated climate change that supercharges storms and floods, turns the sky orange and the air toxic from wildfires, and drives deadly extreme heat and cold.

**This event will be livestreamed on Renewable Heat Now's Facebook**