N.Y. enacts landmark gas ban, carbon trading program - E&E News

New York is implementing several historic firsts, including the nation's first statewide law prohibiting natural gas and other fossil fuels in new

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed several measures in the state budget into law Wednesday that are expected to hasten the Democrat-controlled state’s shift away from fossil fuels and shape the energy sector for years. The $229 billion budget includes the nation’s first statewide ban on natural gas and other fossil fuels in new buildings, establishes the East Coast’s first cap-and-invest program spanning across the state’s economy, and authorizes the state’s public power utility — the New York Power Authority — to act as a developer of renewable power facilities. T

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