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New York court orders state to issue overdue greenhouse gas regulations

Posted by Jon Elliott on Fri, Nov 14, 2025

New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA) sets out ambitious goals for the state to measure and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has not met all the act’s deadlines to issue implementing regulations. Most recently, on October 24, 2025 a state trial court (the Supreme Court of Albany County) ordered DEC to issue overdue regulations directing emission sources to reduce GHG emissions. The remainder of this note discusses CLCPA and its status. 

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Tags: GHG Reduction, CLCPA, New York Climate Law, DEC, Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Environmental Litigation, Climate Action Council, Environmental Advocacy, Climate Policy