Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2016 |
ordered to third reading cal.231 returned to assembly died in senate |
Apr 22, 2015 |
referred to environmental conservation delivered to senate passed assembly |
Mar 27, 2015 |
advanced to third reading cal.158 |
Mar 26, 2015 |
reported |
Mar 17, 2015 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Mar 11, 2015 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A6072
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ENGLEBRIGHT
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Barbara Lifton
Thomas Abinanti
Richard Gottfried
multi-Sponsors
Walter T. Mosley
Phil Steck
2015-A6072 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A6072 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6072 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 11, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation 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: Section 1. Legislative findings. Global warming and the resulting extreme weather events pose a serious threat to the economic well-being, public health, natural resources and environment of New York. Extreme weather events have become increasingly common, with Super- storm Sandy, and hurricanes Lee and Irene providing the most recent examples. The potential adverse impacts of global warming include the exacerbation of air quality problems, a reduction in the quality and supply of fresh water to the state, a rise in sea levels resulting in the displacement of coastal businesses, residents and infrastructure, damage to marine ecosystems and the natural environment, and an increase in the incidences of infectious diseases, asthma, and other human health-related problems. Global warming will have detrimental effects on some of New York's largest industries, including agriculture, fores- try, tourism, skiing, and recreational and commercial fishing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which received the Nobel Peace Prize, determined that burning coal, oil and gas has led to higher temperatures that are already impacting physical and biological systems. The panel also projected temperatures would rise more rapidly if greenhouse gases are not abated. The panel concluded that reducing emissions 80 percent below current emissions by mid-century would prevent the worst impacts of global warming. Action taken by New York and other states to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases will have far-reaching effects by encouraging the federal government, and other countries to act including encouraging the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01941-02-5
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