Lawmakers weigh governor's environmental agenda

AlbanyState Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos fielded questions from state lawmakers on Gov. Andrew Cuomo's environmental agenda, which includes a statewide ban on plastic bags and ambitious goals to make the state's power supply carbon free by 2040 to fight man-made climate change.However, Seggos also drew some fire from lawmakers over a portion of the governor's proposed 2019-20 budget that would allow a capital fund for green projects to pay DEC staff salaries, and for the