Dozens of Organizations Sign On To Supporting the Renewable Capitol Act
Dozens of organizations have joined in supporting the Renewable Capitol Act, as indicated by inclusion of their logos in this Memorandum of Support.
Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy
Toward a 100% Renewable Energy New York
Dozens of organizations have joined in supporting the Renewable Capitol Act, as indicated by inclusion of their logos in this Memorandum of Support.
Press Release, March 12, 2024: SHARE Applauds Senator Breslin and the State Senate for Including Conversion of State Capitol to 100% Renewable Energy in Budget Resolution ALBANY: The Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy (SHARE) applauded Senator Breslin and the State Senate today for including the 100% Renewable Capitol Act (S 2689B) in its one house Read More …
Press Release issued January 31, 2024 Climate justice advocates were stunned on Wednesday to hear that the Hochul administration planned to take ten years to achieve only a 50% reduction in fossil fuel emissions at the State Plaza complex. SHARE (Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy), a coalition of dozens of climate, faith, labor and Read More …
SHARE held a press conference at the Capitol on December 18, 2023 to urge Governor Hochul to support the Renewable Capitol Act (S2689-Breslin/A5633-Fahy) and include it in her Executive Budget. Mark Dunlea, one of the leaders of GELF (Green Education and Legal Fund), PAUSE (People of Albany United for Sustainable Energy), and SHARE, spoke first Read More …
During recent meetings with state officials, they raised a number of questions regarding the proposal to convert the State Capitol complex buildings to 100% clean renewable energy within the next three years. Below are some of SHARE’s responses. SHARE is urging the Governor to embrace the effort to convert the Capitol Complex to clean renewable Read More …
SHARE released a letter to Governor Hochul today calling on her to transition the State Capitol complex (Capitol, Empire State Plaza, and other nearby state buildings) to renewable energy within three years. The letter, linked below, encourages the Governor to incorporate the Renewable Capitol Act into her next Executive Budget. One hundred and twenty organizations Read More …
With daily reminders of the climate crisis, it is clear that the world needs to stop burning fossil fuels. Please join us in NYC on September 17 to demand that President Biden, Congress, and world leaders take bold and urgent action on climate. SHARE has joined with other local groups to bring buses to the march. Read More …
The New York state budget passed last week includes funding for the study that the Renewable Capitol Act (RCA) calls for. Although the RCA is not explicitly mentioned in the budget provisions, one of the laws enacted in the budget—the Decarbonization of State-Owned Facilities Act—calls for the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to establish decarbonization Read More …
A recent article and an editorial in the Times Union spotlighted SHARE and the Renewable Capitol Act: State pushed to `green’ its buildings, Raga Justin, Times Union, 4/17/23. Greening the Capitol, Editorial Board, Times Union, 4/19/23. Both supported the Renewable Capitol Act and the editorial suggested expanding the act to provide clean power to the Read More …
The Renewable Capitol Act – a bill first introduced in the previous legislative session to make our vision of having state facilities run fully on renewables a reality – has been reintroduced in the current session by Capital District Assemblymember Pat Fahy and by Albany State Senator Neil Breslin. The bill (A5633, S2689A) requires that Read More …