Dear friends,
We’re in the final push to pass the CCIA. Part of the strategy is to tell NY stories about why it matters to you get fossil fuel companies to pay for the damage they’ve done. Make it personal and make it place-based. The website is very, very easy to use (and this is ME) and you can make a video at your computer (no phone required). Get your kids involved.
Make your video and help get this done by midnight!
Did you click the link above? If not, go back. Watch my video. Make your video. Or convince someone else to make one (we could definitely use a more diverse group of contributors!).
Then, use this easy call tool to contact state legislative leaders to remind them to pass the CCIA. Two calls in five minutes with a script.
Whenever I think about getting to zero emissions, I wonder about the stupid products that no one needs. NYS legislators have proposed a moratorium on energy-intensive crypto-currencies.
The proposed halt follows a flurry of media coverage, touched off by a New York Focus investigation, of a Bitcoin mining operation at a gas-fired power plant on Seneca Lake. The Connecticut private equity firm that restarted the once-mothballed plant in 2017 has touted plans to ramp up its energy consumption.
Environmentalists warn that dozens of other aging plants could follow on the heels of Greenidge Generation Holdings by converting to data centers to reap huge mining profits. Such a trend would spike energy generation and torpedo New York’s ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions, they say.
China recently shrunk its “crypto mining sector” for the same reasons that we should: it is energy-intensive and contributes to air pollution. Clearly, we can’t wait for Congress to act.
Contact your representative and state senator to get their support for a moratorium. The bill is A7389/S6486A and it amends the environmental conservation law. Here’s a ready-made message.
I’m taking a long weekend. Back on Tuesday!
with love,
L