Key budgetary, legislative initiatives face deadline

Click the image above to read our 2008 State Policy Agenda.The deadline for New York state's budget is here -- and legislators have yet to clinch a deal that takes bold steps to combat climate change. Join us in reminding legislators that they must act on key initiatives before the end of the month.

• Critical matters such as the Environmental Protection Fund, the Bigger Better Bottle Bill and financial incentives such as a Bioheat Tax Credit are currently on the negotiating table.

• So is a Congestion Pricing Plan that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, dramatically ease traffic congestion, provide desperately needed dollars for our mass transit system and further strengthen the economy of the entire downstate region. In order to be eligible for $354 million in federal funding, the Legislature must approve the program as soon as possible.

These initiatives are critical components of a greener and greater New York. With your help, we can convince the Legislature to take action on all of these items!

To learn more about our 2008 State Policy Agenda -- which is chock-full of important legislative and budgetary steps that would help New York's environment -- click here.