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New York Mayoral Candidates All Strut Their Green Credentials

Inside Climate News · By Lauren Dalban · last updated
They want more renewable energy, composting and park spending, and fewer gas power plants, pipelines and carbon emissions.

By Lauren Dalban

Five of the Democratic candidates in New York City’s mayoral race committed at a forum Thursday night to shut down a controversial gas power plant in Brooklyn, fund composting programs and further divest the city’s pension funds from money managers with investments in fossil fuels.