Roger Downs

"When it comes to protecting the state’s wetlands, the DEC should do all it can to ensure that those areas are protected for decades to come." @blairhorner wamc.org/commentary-opi…

Today, I announced two new lawsuits challenging @GovKathyHochul's indefinite pause of New York City’s congestion pricing alongside a broad coalition of lawyers, plaintiffs, and advocates. WATCH 🎥

Wetlands provide countless benefits, including increased climate resilience, reduced flooding, improved drinking water quality, and habitat for wildlife. Thank you @GovKathyHochul & @NYSDEC for providing strong regulatory protections for over one million acres of #wetlands!

Today, the @NYSDEC issued regulations that will protect New York's freshwater #wetlands. These ecosystems provide breeding grounds & critical habitat for countless species, and we must protect them as climate change accelerates the biodiversity crisis.

It’s time for NY State to make sure the people understand the health risks. @CarlHeastie @AndreaSCousins Support S9105b/A9572b psehealthyenergy.org/work/l-gas-and…

“When I look at my son, I’m mindful we only have one planet.” -@NYAMCunningham "We can no longer subsidize fossil fuel infrastructure!" -@Bobby4Brooklyn "If we're serious about climate change, we must be serious about the" #NYHEAT Act -@MannyDeLosSanto We agree! Let's do it!

Nice to have the support of @NYCMayor for the #NYHEAT Act! 👏👏👏 @GovKathyHochul @CarlHeastie Let's gooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

NYLCV President @julietighe17 outside @GovKathyHochul’s Manhattan office to say #CongestionPricingNow. (the surrounding streets choked with traffic of course)

@NYSA_Majority and @GovKathyHochul NY can’t transition to healthy, affordable, emissions-free buildings if we continue to subsidize fracked gas infrastructure over efficient heat pumps and thermal energy networks. We need #NYHEAT tinyurl.com/36y6s6tv

The Sierra Club urges @NYSA_Majority and @GovKathyHochul to pass #NYHEAT this session! act.sierraclub.org/actions/Atlant…

.@CarlHeastie @AmyPaulin @NYSenate New Yorkers deserve to know about the dangers from gas stoves. nrdc.org/bio/rich-schra…

Happened upon this sight outside DEC on Tuesday.

⚡️ Please read my full statement on the exclusion of my #NYHEAT Act in the final FY2025 budget below. I look forward to passing the NY HEAT Act in the Assembly before the end of the 2024 legislative session in June. 🧵⬇️

No New Air Permits for the Iroquois Pipeline Expansion by Compression (ExC) act.sierraclub.org/actions/Atlant…

New Yorkers, Did you know we are all paying to build new gas pipelines across our state? Please join me in calling on @GovKathyHochul, @NYSenate @AndreaSCousins & @NYSA_Majority @CarlHeastie to stop pipelines & save you money by passing the full #NYHEAT Act in the budget!

I was very proud to vote yes today on @SenatorLeaWebb's bill to ban CO2 #fracking in NYS. We don't need this ridiculous idea damaging our land, our water, and our people's health and offering more false solutions to the greatest challenge of our time.

Proud to stand w/@leawebbforny, @foodandwater, @SierraClubNY, @greenwatchdogNY, and many others to call for passage of a ban on CO2 fracking in New York. We don't need this ridiculous idea damaging our land, our water, and our health, and offering more false climate solutions.

🚣 Thrilled to see $65,000+ in @NYSDEC Hudson River Estuary Program grants go towards #Albany's Radix Center's artificial wetland initiative, which helps remove sewage from the Hudson River — combatting an environmental injustice in and around our South End neighborhood.

I know that's right! ❤️‍🔥⚡️