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Why did climate groups give Governor Hochul a D- on her climate action work?

By Evan Dawson,
Megan Mack, Julie Williams
Published October 28, 2024 at 2:46 PM EDT
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Climate Can't Wait (CCW) is an organization representing several dozen climate action groups in New York State — and it is not happy with Governor Hochul.

CCW recently released a report card for the governor and gave her a D- overall. Hochul's highest grade out of 14 individual categories was a C.

So why is this organization so disappointed? We work through the grading categories, which include renewable energy targets; ending handouts to polluters; building decarbonization; and more.

Our guests:

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Evan Dawson
Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
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Megan Mack
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.
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Julie Williams
Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson" and is also the office administrator for radio, news and technology and operations. She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.
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