Songs:"The Myth of Erysicthon Part 3""Ceres' Curse""Famine"Your mission (especially if you live in New York in the U.S.!) -- On April 29 and 30, 2026 -- Call the NYS Assembly and Senate and urge them not to gut the state's landmark climate law!If you're not in New York, call anyway! Let them know the eyes of the world are on the state.Assembly Speaker Heastie: 518-455-3791 (If you can’t get through on his Albany line, call his district office: 718-654-6539).Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins: 518-455-2585 (district office: 914-423-4031).Senator Pete Harckham: 518-455-2340 (district office: 914-241-4600, and email [email protected]).Find your Assembly Member here (or call the NYS Assembly Switchboard: 518-455-4100).Find your Senator here (or call the NYS Senate Switchboard: 518-455-2800).Sample script: "Hi, I'm ________ and I'm calling to urge ________ to stand strong against Governor Hochul's proposed rollbacks to the climate law. Now more than ever, we need clean and renewable energy to protect New Yorkers from volatile fossil fuel prices and the worst impacts of climate change. Loopholes and accounting tricks won't drive good energy policy that we desperately need."Provide your zip code if asked and thank them for taking your message.Why this is important:The New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), passed in 2019, is one of the nation's most ambitious climate laws. The Act sets the goals to reduce emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and then to 85% below 1990 levels by 2050. The law forces shifts to renewable energy, energy efficiency standards, and green construction.Now, Hochul is using the budget process to destroy a law that New Yorkers voted for.Please call!

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