NY17's Schleifer Hosts Town Hall on Protecting the Environment

This past Sunday afternoon, NY-17 Democratic congressional candidate Adam Schleifer hosted an informative virtual town hall as part of a twice-weekly voter series. This public event emphasized Adam's proposed plans to protect our environment, including smart policies to encourage innovation and combat climate change.

The event was co-hosted of one of the most renown climate change policy experts in the country, Michael Gerrard. He is the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Law School, teaches courses on environmental law, climate change law, and energy regulation, and founded and directs the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law. He also chaired the faculty of Columbia University’s Earth Institute from 2015 to 2018. He has been a Westchester resident since 1987. Gerrard used the opportunity to publicly announce his endorsement of Schleifer's congressional campaign.

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To view a recording of the Town Hall, please see: https://www.facebook.com/AdamS...

As part of the town hall, Schleifer says the coronavirus crisis illustrates what happens when we don’t plan for the future. As a new father-to-be, Schleifer is looking ahead to the biggest challenges affecting the next generation like climate change. In Congress, Schleifer will reverse Trump’s anti-science policies. He will fight climate change with a progressive carbon tax on fossil fuel companies and establish a green infrastructure service corps that rewards those who serve with free higher education.

A former-Assistant United States Attorney, Schleifer has prosecuted major federal crimes – including polluters who conspired to violate the Clean Air Act by arranging to falsely certify and sell cars emitting dirty exhaust. His plan to protect the environment calls for:

• Implementing a progressive carbon tax upon emitters of greenhouse gasses to ensure corporations pay for their damaging emissions and fund research in emerging climate science;
• Using strong congressional oversight to protect our air, water, and natural resources;
• Restoring the EPA to help protect our clean air and water and to prosecute polluters;
• Offering tax incentives to support green technology and investing federal funds in creating green new jobs that also boost our economy; and
• Creating a Green Infrastructure Corps, a national service program that will match years of service with years of subsequent free vocational training or higher education.

For more information on Adam's environmental plan, please visit: https://adamschleifer.com/2020/04/22/adam-schleifer-reveals-environmental-plan-smart-policies-to-encourage-innovation-and-protect-our-planet/

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