Environmentalists Want Kathy Hochul to Lose Her Primary

Their criticism of her climate and energy stances has intensified. Will that make a dent in her reelection campaign?

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at an event.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul is losing the green vote.

New York environmentalists are accusing the governor of “backsliding” on climate and energy policy. And they are campaigning against Hochul in her primary.

“I think she’s just surrendering across the board on climate stuff,” Alex Beauchamp, the northern region director for the environmental advocacy group Food and Water Watch, told NOTUS. “The climate movement at large, anything we’re thinking about now, I think the single-biggest barrier to change is Kathy Hochul.”