The Washington Post reported today that “The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will unveil a bill Wednesday that aims for a 20 percent reduction in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by the year 2020” The House bill, authored by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), would mandate cutting emissions 17 percent by 2020. Both measures would require an 83 percent reduction in greenhouse gases from the 2005 baseline by 2050.
New Yorkers Deserve Justice at Home
December 16, 2025
For more than a century, New York has stood for a simple, commonsense principle: if you profit here, you play by the rules here. When corporations do business in New York and cause harm to New Yorkers, our courts should be open to hold them accountable.
