Renewable Natural Gas Is Good Environmental and Economic Policy For NY
The time for talk is over. It’s time to take real action on climate change.
To its credit, New York is doing its part, establishing some of the country’s most aggressive emissions reduction goals. But, as New York’s Climate Action Council works to create policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is critical that state leaders use every tool available to them now, including renewable natural gas (RNG), to fully transition to a decarbonized economy by 2050.
RNG is clean energy that is created by capturing methane emissions from waste – emissions that would otherwise seep into the atmosphere – and harnessing them to create energy that can be used in place of conventional natural gas.