December 9, 2025 – Democratic Sen. Liz Krueger was named Environmental Advocates Action 2025 legislator of the year for sponsoring environmental legislation and ensuring climate goals are included in the budgeting process as chair of the Senate Finance Committee. Meanwhile, Democratic state Rep. Marianne Buttenschon was named this year’s “oil slick” by the organization for backtracking on climate policies she previously supported.
Legislators pulling back, even in the Democratic party, come from the more upstate, rural districts. This is certainly a casualty of the divided politics at the moment and looking for quick wins rather than the medium [to] long-term investment that we need.
-EANY’s Vanessa Fajans-Turner
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