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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that New York is on its way to scaling back its climate mandates. Back in 2019, the state introduced a series of policies that would cut its carbon emissions by 40% by 2030, which was hailed as a landmark decision. A new proposal would loosen that mandate.
Ira talks with science reporter Umair Irfan about this development and other environmental news of the week, including why we’re running out of sand, a climate solution that emerged from a volcano eruption, and the fish getting cozy in a manta ray’s rear end.
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Umair Irfan
Umair Irfan is a freelance science reporter based in Washington, D.C.
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