Bill Text: NY S00933 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to global warming pollution control; establishes greenhouse gas limits and a greenhouse gas reporting system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-13 - PRINT NUMBER 933A [S00933 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S00933-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         933--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sens. AVELLA, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GIANAR-
          IS, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, LATIMER,  MONTGOMERY,  PARKER,
          PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY, STEWART-COUSINS
          -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
          the  Committee  on  Environmental  Conservation  -- recommitted to the
          Committee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Senate Rule
          6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
          amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
          global warming pollution control
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Legislative findings. Global warming poses a serious threat
     2  to  the  economic well-being, public health, natural resources and envi-
     3  ronment of New York. The potential adverse  impacts  of  global  warming
     4  include  the  exacerbation  of  air quality problems, a reduction in the
     5  quality and supply of water to the state, a rise in sea levels resulting
     6  in the displacement of coastal businesses, residents and infrastructure,
     7  damage to marine ecosystems and the natural environment, and an increase
     8  in the incidences  of  infectious  diseases,  asthma,  and  other  human
     9  health-related  problems.   Global warming will have detrimental effects
    10  on some of New York's largest industries, including  agriculture,  tour-
    11  ism, skiing, recreational and commercial fishing and forestry.
    12    The  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, awarded the 2007 Nobel
    13  Peace Prize, determined that burning coal, oil and gas has led to higher
    14  temperatures that are already impacting physical and biological systems.
    15  The panel also projected temperatures would rise more rapidly if  green-
    16  house  gases are not abated. The panel concluded that reducing emissions
    17  80 percent below current emissions  by  mid-century  would  prevent  the
    18  worst impacts of global warming.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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