Few areas have been more directly harmed by this Republican Congress than the fight against climate change. Last year’s Big Ugly Bill reversed critical climate advances, ending tax credits for electric vehicles and putting the brakes on efforts to green the energy system. And hostility to renewable energy has been on full display through both Trump administrations—from the president’s incoherent blasts against wind power, to withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord, to erasing terms like “sustainability” and “decarbonization” from the Department of Energy lexicon.
Micah Lasher believes few priorities are as urgent as the battle against climate change. His commitment to the fight goes back to his time in the State Attorney General’s office tackling climate denialism by Big Oil and includes local efforts like initiatives to mitigate flooding and erosion as Chair of the Riverside Park Conservancy.
In Congress, Micah will:
- Prioritize supporting our clean energy transition and hold big polluters accountable.
- Invest in climate-resilient infrastructure and protect our waterfront and subway system.
- Support legislation to quickly and dramatically curb carbon emissions.
- Fight to rejoin international efforts to fight climate change throughout the world.
Micah’s Record:
- Helped enact first-in-the-nation legislation to ban gas in new buildings.
- Passed legislation to unlock wind and solar energy projects throughout New York State.
- Co-sponsored the NY HEAT Act to wean New York off its fossil fuel dependency.
- Helped launch investigations that exposed climate change lies by big fossil fuel companies like Peabody Coal and Exxon Mobil.
- Negotiated the City’s takeover from the State of Governors Island and Brooklyn Bridge Park to create two new magnificent open spaces.
- Helped pass legislation over a decade ago to move buildings away from high-emissions heating oil.