Judge: NY violating climate law, must comply by February

By Colin Kinniburgh | New York Focus

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New York is violating its climate law — and doesn’t get a pass because implementing the law is “complicated,” a judge found Friday.

The 2019 law, which remains one of the most ambitious in the country, gave the state Department of Environmental Conservation until the start of 2024 to issue regulations that would “ensure” New York meets its binding greenhouse gas emissions targets. More than a year and a half later, it has not — a fact that Ulster County Supreme Court Judge Julian Schreibman said was “undisputed” in the case .

Schreibman gave the DEC until February 6 to issue regulations