上周四，美國紐約州州長安德魯·庫默宣布，到2040年將實現能源生產百分百脫碳。

庫默在聲明中承諾：“雖然（美國）聯邦政府可恥地無視了氣候變化的現實，不愿采取有實際意義的行動，但我們要推出全國首創的綠色新政，把握清潔能源經濟的潛力，為提供無碳電力設定全美最積極的目標，最終徹底消除碳足跡。”

此前庫默發布2019年主要施政原則的“正義議程”時，已經簡要介紹了紐約州的綠色新政。新政將原有的綠色能源目標提升到更高水平，包括截至2035年該州離岸風力發電目標提高三倍，將截至2025年的分布式太陽能部署目標調升一倍等。

“這一里程碑意義的方案將進一步推動紐約的清潔能源經濟增長，在21世紀創造數萬高質量的就業崗位，通過減少有害排放物，為全體紐約州居民帶來更清潔的空氣和用水，成為氣候變化領域的先行者，也為美國和全球其他地區樹立典范。”公平議程這樣寫道。

綠色新政還囊括15億美元的獎金，紐約州北部20個大規模的太陽能、風能和儲能項目有機會通過競爭贏得。根據正義議程規劃，相關項目可創造2600多個長期和短期的工作崗位，項目產能將足夠為55萬個家庭提供照明。其中一些項目有望今年8月以前動工，所有項目都將在2022年以前開始運營。

為了推動紐約州向碳中性轉型，該州成立了氣候行動委員會，成員包括州政府部門的負責人、員工代表、環境法和清潔能源方面的專家。委員會將制定監管及安排執行的計劃。

“庫默州長的綠色新政將推動本州再上臺階，向未來的清潔能源邁進。我們不會讓特朗普政府拖后腿。”紐約州能源和金融機構主席理查德·考夫曼在聲明中表示。

美國總統唐納德·特朗普在其執政的重點中剔除了氣候變化事宜，執政第一年就宣布美國退出意義重大的巴黎協定。該協定制定全球氣溫控制標準，旨在應對全世界氣溫上升。

盡管白宮規避氣候問題，積極的民主黨人卻仍在全國范圍推動綠色新政，希望打造碳中性的美國經濟。

一些州已經就此采取行動。去年9月，加州就承諾在2045年以前成為無碳發電州。（財富中文網）

本文原版有誤，現已改稱紐約和加利福尼亞都致力于實現當地能源的碳中性。兩個州都承諾要讓能源生產無碳化。

譯者：Pessy

審校：夏林

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a Green New Deal last Thursday that pledges all of the state’s energy will be 100 percent carbon free by 2040.

“While the federal government shamefully ignores the reality of climate change and fails to take meaningful action, we are launching the first-in-the-nation Green New Deal to seize the potential of the clean energy economy, set nation’s most ambitious goal for carbon-free power, and ultimately eliminate our entire carbon footprint,” said Cuomo in a statement.

New York’s Green New Deal—outlined in the governor’s 2019 Justice Agenda—increases previous green energy goals to more ambitious levels, including quadrupling the state’s offshore wind target by 2035 and doubling distributed solar deployment by 2025.

“This landmark initiative will further drive the growth of New York’s clean energy economy, create tens of thousands of high-quality 21st century jobs, provide all New Yorkers with cleaner air and water by reducing harmful emissions, and set an example of climate leadership for the rest of the nation and world to follow,” reads the Justice Agenda.

The deal also includes $1.5 billion in competitive awards for 20 large-scale solar, wind, and energy storage projects in upstate New York. According to the Justice Agenda, these projects will establish over 2,600 short- and long-term jobs and will create enough power to light 550,000 homes. Several are expected to break ground by August of this year, with all projects operational by 2022.

To organize the state’s transition to carbon neutrality, a Climate Action Council comprised of state agency heads, workforce representatives, and environmental justice and clean energy experts will develop a plan for regulations and programming.

“Governor Cuomo’s Green New Deal will advance New York State further into the clean energy future, and we won’t let the Trump Administration push us backwards,” said Richard Kauffman, New York’s chairman of energy and finance, in a statement.

President Donald Trump has avoided making climate change a top agenda item for his administration, going as far as pulling the U.S. out of the landmark Paris Agreement that set global standards for battling rising world temperatures during his first year in office.

While the White House moves away from climate issues, progressive Democrats have pushed for a national Green New Deal that aims for a carbon-neutral U.S. economy.

States have also taken matters into their own hands: California committed to becoming carbon free by 2045 in September of last year.

A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that New York and California are pledging to make their energy carbon neutral. Both states are pledging to make their energy carbon free.