Andrew Cuomo adopted big-time CO2 goals but performance to date and likelihood of success suggest a different strategy is needed — one involving natural gas.

An article yesterday in Politico New York, written from the premise Governor Cuomo just isn’t getting the job done in achieving his CO2 goals, reveals more than the writer perhaps hoped. Titled “Challenges Loom for Cuomo’s Environmental Promises,” the post by Marie French is written in a “hope he can get it done, but…” vein that misses the big point, yet brings out some great ones.

After highlighting the fact Cuomo has twice lined up on the big-stage with other prominent climate warriors to lay out some big-time CO2 goals with nothing much coming of either promise, French noted the following (emphasis added):

The highlight of that 2015 event, Cuomo’s vow to shepherd the region toward integrating its carbon market with California and even Canadian provinces, fell by the wayside. When he was questioned about that promise at the 2017 event, Cuomo said he’d be “interested” in the very proposal he had championed.

Read more:

http://naturalgasnow.org/andrew-cuomos-dubious-co2-goals-failure-produce/