New York State is seeing a growing number of mega-warehouses. They require hundreds, sometimes thousands, of vehicle trips per day.
Time is tight for New York to pass the Clean Deliveries Act1, a bill to cut this pollution.
The unregulated pollution from these vehicle trips has big climate impacts and negative health effects for workers and surrounding communities. A recent report shows that a quarter of people in New York live within half a mile of a mega-warehouse, with people of color and low-income people disproportionately affected.2
This is unacceptable. The Clean Deliveries Act needs to pass this year.
The Act will protect people and the climate by requiring all e-commerce warehouses larger than 50,000 square feet to calculate and lower their emissions. There will be additional protections for vulnerable communities and schools and other measures to address the pollution.
Because the state budget was late, there is little time left to pass the bill this session.
Will you tell lawmakers to pass the Clean Deliveries Act now?
1. The Clean Deliveries Act is Senate Bill 1180A and Assembly Bill 3575
2. Warehouse Boom Places Unequal Health Burden on New York Communities
