Assemblymember Didi Barrett Appointed to Assembly Climate Change
Working Group
Assemblymember Didi Barrett (D-Dutchess/Columbia) announced that she was appointed by Speaker Carl E. Heastie to serve on the New York State Assembly Climate Change Working Group.
“As a member of both the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee and the Assembly Agriculture Committee, I have long supported a multi-sector approach to reaching our essential climate goals,” said Assemblymember Barrett. “I want to thank Speaker Heastie for this opportunity to help ensure New York State employs all the available tools to reach our clean energy targets, create new jobs and advance relevant legislation.”
“Since the Assembly Climate Change Workgroup convened in 2015, we have taken critical steps to make New York a safer, healthier and greener place to live and work,” said Speaker Heastie. “I am proud to appoint Assemblymember Didi Barrett to join the workgroup so they can continue their important work. I’m confident she will bring a new perspective and new ideas so that we can keep making our state more sustainable for generations to come.”
For her environmental advocacy, Assemblymember Barrett has received high marks in the New York League of Conservation Voters’ (NYLCV) annual Environmental Scorecard. In 2021, she received a score of 96 and received perfect scores in 2020 and 2019. In 2019, Barrett proudly supported the New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which implemented the state’s renewable energy goals for 2030, and has been a pioneering advocate for carbon sequestration and regenerative agricultural practices. Her landmark Carbon Farming Act legislation that led to a five county carbon farming pilot in the Hudson Valley has served as a model for other states, and her work in this sector has garnered national recognition.
