Natural Resources
The New York Environmental Bond Act
THE CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, AND GREEN JOBS ENVIRONMENTAL BOND ACT OF 2022
- YouTube Video
- PowerPoint (PDF)
Roadmap for implementing the NYS Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act
2-year moratorium on cryptocurrency
Recycling: Letter to Governor Hochul
Bitcoin: Letter to Governor Hochul from LWVNY
Bitcoin: Moratorium Bill
The bill establishes a moratorium on consolidated operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions; provides that such operations shall be subject to a full generic environmental impact statement review.
Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain: The Promise and the Peril
To view recording: https://youtu.be/qIuMqn2ISA4

An online presentation by Irene Weiser, Coordinator of Fossil Free Tompkins,
sponsored by LWV of Tompkins County and LWV of Cortland County
January 13, 2022, at 7 pm
A technology exploding across NYS is celebrated for its transformative potential while criticized for its environmental impacts. To better understand this important issue, the League of Women Voters through its local chapters in Cortland and Tompkins counties presented a program on the above topic at 7 pm on Thursday, January 13, 2022.
Speaker Irene Weiser, Coordinator of Fossil Free Tompkins, covered the basics of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies and how the energy appetite of some forms can threaten to derail achievement of NYS climate goals. While not throwing the blockchain baby out with the bitcoin bathwater, she discussed possible directions forward.
Weiser has spent 10 years working toward local and state energy policies that will bring an affordable, equitable transition to renewable energy. She was elected to three terms as councilmember in the Town of Caroline, serving from 2012 to 2020.
Co-Sponsored by: Campaign for Renewable Energy, Fossil Free Tompkins, People for a Healthy Environment, and Sustainable Tompkins
To view recording: https://youtu.be/qIuMqn2ISA4
Recent Developments Related to Natural Resources
- USDA Report on Agriculture Adaptation to Climate Change
- Auction Cancelled for Largest Remaining Private Shoreline in Finger Lakes
- Important News About Local Community Choice Aggregation
- Energy Costs of Processing Bitcoins
- Economic Impact of Climate Change
Programs and Projects: Natural Resources
See 2019-2020 Program Report in the April 2020 Bulletin