NY environmental groups focus efforts on pushing renewable energy, fighting pipeline

There’s probably never been a more bleak moment for New York environmentalists than the one the state is currently in.

President Donald Trump is rolling back offshore wind and solar projects. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is promoting new gas infrastructure despite a landmark state law phasing out fossil fuels. Extreme heat and flooding batter the city every year and now, wildfires from Canada are hurting the city’s air quality.

But Climate Week in New York, which included more than 1,000 events last week and drew a crowd exceeding 100,000, was not a funereal affair. Instead, environmentally minded New Yorkers seem focused on the changes they can make locally rather than worrying about the federal roadblocks on funding and policy .

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