By Michael Kuser
Residents speaking to New York’s Climate Action Council urged haste in stopping construction of new gas-fired power plants and closing old peaker plants. | NYDPS
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Anne Rhodes, energy educator with Cornell Cooperative Extension in Tompkins County, said, “If we are going to switch to wind and solar, we need way, way more storage. … I’d like to emphasize that we should not wait on storage solutions and that we move forward quickly.”
“I would far prefer that we have rolling blackouts than build an additional gas-fired power plant,” said Tara Vamos of NY Renews, speaking for herself as a citizen. “Enough is enough.”
New York’s climate goals are a good starting point, but with ocean currents slowing down and the earth’s climate becoming increasingly unpredictable and causing thousands of deaths and billions of dollars’ worth of damage per year, “we should be shooting for shorter timeframes,” Vamos said.