George Brown helps move a stove through the front door at Clinton Used Appliances in Buffalo. A climate plan would phase out the use of natural gas appliances in New York.
What will the plan mean for WNY, specifically? When will it be implemented? How much will it cost? Here are answers to nine common questions about the 300-page document, based on a Buffalo News review and interviews with five local and national policy experts.
A 22-member panel called the Climate Action Council is expected to release a report that provides a preliminary outline of how to meet this goal: 70% of the state’s energy to come from renewable energy sources by 2030.
Presidents Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron sat down Thursday for the centerpiece talks of a pomp-filled French state visit, with the two leaders eager to talk through the war in Ukraine, concerns about China's increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific and European dismay over aspects of Biden's signature climate law. Biden is honoring Macron with the first state dinner of his presidency on Thursday evening, but first the two leaders met in the Oval Office to discuss difficult issues that they confront.
Big changes are looming for how WNY residents heat their homes and operate their appliances. A new statewide energy plan being debated would g…
George Brown helps move a stove through the front door at Clinton Used Appliances in Buffalo. A climate plan would phase out the use of natural gas appliances in New York.
