ʻO ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka ikehu lā ma ka Apana o Columbia e hoʻopau i ka ʻāina mahiʻai a hoʻopōʻino i ke kaiapuni, wahi a ʻelua mau senador mokuʻāina.
Ma kahi leka iā Hutan Moaveni, Luna Hoʻokele o ka New York State Renewable Housing Authority, State Senator Michelle Hinchey a me State Senate Committee Chair on Environmental Protection Peter Harkham i hōʻike i ko lākou hopohopo e pili ana i ka noi ʻehā o Hecate Energy LLC.Ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o kahi hale mana solar ma Claryville, kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi ma Copac.
Ua ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole i kūpono ka hoʻolālā i nā kūlana o ke keʻena a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hoʻēmi i nā hopena i ka ʻāina mahiʻai, e komo pū ana me ka palapala ʻāina ʻo FEMA 100 makahiki.Ua kuhikuhi pū nā Senatoa i kahi kūlana maopopo ma ka papahana a me ke kū'ē kūloko.Ua kāhea lākou i nā luna aupuni e hana pū me Hekate a me nā mea pili i ka ʻāina e ʻimi i nā wahi like ʻole no ka papahana.
"Ma muli o ka manaʻo o ka papahana o kēia manawa, ʻo 140 mau ʻeka o ka ʻāina mahiʻai nui a me 76 mau ʻeka o ka ʻāina mahiʻai koʻikoʻi ma ka mokuʻāina e lilo i mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻohana ʻia ma muli o ke kūkulu ʻana i nā panela lā ma luna o lākou," wahi a ka leka.
Ua nalowale ʻo New York City he 253,500 ʻeka o ka ʻāina mahiʻai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma waena o 2001 a me 2016, e like me ka American Farmland Trust, kahi hui waiwai ʻole i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no ka mālama ʻāina mahiʻai.Ua ʻike ʻia ka haʻawina he 78 pakeneka o kēia ʻāina i hoʻololi ʻia i ka hoʻomohala haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.Hōʻike ka noiʻi AFT ma ka makahiki 2040, e nalowale ana he 452,009 ʻeka o ka ʻāina i ke kūlanakauhale a me ka hoʻomohala haʻahaʻa.
Ke kali nei ka palapala noi no ka Shepherd's Run solar project i ka ʻae ʻia mai ke Office of Renewable Energy Placement (ORES), i pane mai i kahi leka i hoʻouna ʻia i nā senators i ka Pōʻalima.
"E like me ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma nā hoʻoholo i hana ʻia i kēia lā a me nā ʻae noho hope, nā limahana o ke keʻena, ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kā mākou mau hui hoa, ke alakaʻi nei i kahi loiloi kikoʻī a maopopo o ka wahi kanu lā o ka Shepherd's Run a me kahi papahana kikoʻī," kākau ʻo ORES.
ʻO ORES "ua paʻa e hana pū me nā mea kuleana āpau e kōkua i ka mokuʻāina ʻo New York e hoʻokō i kāna mau pahuhopu ikehu maʻemaʻe e like me ka maikaʻi ma lalo o ka Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA)," wahi a ka hōʻike.
"ʻOiai mākou e hoʻomaopopo a kākoʻo i ka pono e kūkulu i nā papahana ikehu hou e hoʻokō i nā pono o ko mākou moku'āina, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke kūʻai aku i kahi pilikia ikehu no kahi meaʻai, wai a i ʻole pilikia kaiapuni," wahi a Hinchery lāua ʻo Hakam.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻAukake-28-2023