Free Presentation Targets Climate Action Plan Concerns
ILION—Dennis Higgins and Keith Schue will speak about the New York State Climate Action Plan in a free community presentation next Wednesday, August 16 at 7 p.m. at the Litchfield Town Hall. The presentation, titled “Can New York Combat Climate Change Without Destroying Communities?” will address such concerns as ecological impact, cost to taxpayers and the state’s accelerated renewable-siting process. The Litchfield Town Hall is located at 804 Cedarville Road, Ilion.
New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act mandates that the state’s electric grid be carbon free by 2040. According to a press release issued by Higgins and Schue, the New York Energy Research and Development Authority’s plan is to achieve this through the installation of industrial solar and wind farms across upstate New York, along with sprawling transmission lines and the giant batteries required by both wind and solar.
