Eric Walker, the energy justice senior policy manager at Region 2 TCTAC WE ACT for Environmental Justice, spoke to New York Focus about the state's proposed "cap and invest" program, which would put a price on pollution for corporations and drive steep emissions cuts mandated by law. Walker told New York Focus that messaging will impact how the fight to pass the program will play out. He says that because cap and invest remains unfamiliar to most New Yorkers, opponents can easily paint it as another unwelcome cost.
“Do you have a political narrative that talks about how this is going to drive benefits to people in the near term and the long term? And we don’t,” Walker said. “That’s why we’re on our heels in terms of advocates having to push for an ambitious program of any kind, let alone one that meets the ambition of our peers across the country.”
Syracuse.com and NYup.com shared the New York Focus report.