10/05/2022
CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, GREEN JOBS ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT
Many people are helping to get the vote out for the November Mid-Term elections. However, many people don’t know that there is a $4.2Billion Bond Act to vote on too. You need to turn your ballot over to find it.
Here’s a summary of why it’s important:
1. Climate Change mitigation, including environmental infrastructure and conservation to lessen flood risks and improve water quality, green building projects to increase energy efficiency or build renewable energy on state-owned properties, and money for electric school buses and their charging.
2. Projects to rehabilitate coastlines, revitalize waterfronts and money for buyouts on flood-prone properties
3. Wastewater infrastructure repairs and upgrades, improvements in point and non-point pollution, and installations of green buffers.
4. Open space and farmland conservation/preservation, and fish hatchery creation and upgrades.
5. Creation of Green Jobs, with 35% of total funding to benefit disadvantaged communities.
For details, see https://www.riverkeeper.org/blogs/ecology/environmental-bond-act-passes-albany/
Peter Callaway, Cold Spring
If approved by New York State voters, the Environmental Bond Act would be the first such act since 1996.