Category: Earned Media
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Lawmakers, Advocates and Alarmed New Yorkers Rally for AI Data Center Moratorium Bill
“Communities across New York have been blindsided by data center proposals and they are furious. People who are struggling to pay their energy bills should not have to compete with Bitcoin mining operations and AI servers for power from the grid. The legislature can stop this right now with a moratorium and give communities the…
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New York Coalition Urges Regulators to Modernize Electric Rates to Unlock Clean Heat Affordability
From our Executive Director, Jessica Azulay: “Renters, lower income households, and families in multifamily buildings are bearing the biggest burden of this broken rate structure, and those are exactly the people who can least afford it. Massachusetts fixed this, and households saved $250 in a single winter. New York has no excuse for dragging its…
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NY energy experts, advocates say Iran war shows need for Hochul to implement climate law
“If the governor’s plan goes forward, we can expect to continue to be at the mercy of fossil fuel volatility,” said Jessica Azulay, executive director for Alliance for a Green Economy. “If we change course, then we have the opportunity to really insulate New York from crises like this and to reduce our reliance on…
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Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up — Again
From Alliance for a Green Economy’s Executive Director: “We used to see single-digit rate hikes and now we see double-digit rate hikes,” said Jessica Azulay, executive director of the advocacy group Alliance for a Green Economy. Since the pandemic, several utilities have requested increases of 25 percent or more to their delivery rates — and…
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After turbo-boosting energy efficiency work, NY pumps the brakes. Critics ask why
From AGREE’s Executive Director, Jessica Azulay: “It checks all the boxes. They should be providing that program to anyone and everyone who wants it, because it has such incredible benefits for the people who participate, and also for all ratepayers, because it brings down how much energy we need and how much infrastructure we need.”…