Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice– next big climate march: Thursday, Sept. 6, 5:30 pm, Battery Park, rally till 6:30 and then march up Broadway to Federal Plaza. This is part of a global set of actions in response to the San …
Sept 6 NYC Climate March: plan now to join others! Read more »
The July 20, 2018 edition of WNYC’s “On the Media” program( www.WNYC.org ) which discussed the history, psychology, and sociology of climate change was summarized by Alfred Friedland of the CUNYPSC Environmental Justice Working Group. He covers the highlights, especially the information …
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Brooklyn Councilmember Introduces Bill to Transform NYC’s Concrete Jungle into Green Oasis https://www.bkreader.com/2018/07/brooklyn-councilmember-introduces-bill-transform-nycs-concrete-jungle-oasis-green-rooftops/ By Andrea Leonhardt July 18, 2018, 5:21 pm The legislation requires new buildings cover available rooftop space with a green roof, solar panels or wind turbines to reduce the …
Call for environmental justice legislation: Recent threats to environmental protection will have an especially severe impact on people of color and low-income communities, who are disproportionately exposed to environmental health burdens – many of which have roots in intentionally discriminatory land …
youth-led Climate March, “Zero Hour”, on Saturday, July 21 starting at 11-2 starting at Columbus Circle. They are inviting adult allies like us to join and support them. The organizers are NYC public high school students. Bring your students, kids, …
Join us at the hearing in Long Island City to support phasing out coal and replacing it with clean energy, not dirty fracked gas or biomass — RSVP today! Here are the hearing details: WHAT: Power Plant Pollution Protection – Public Hearing, Long …
An Agricultural Movement for People-to-People Reparations Puts Itself on the Map Emeline Posner May 11, 2018 In These Times How a Chicago collective approaches a worker-owned farm through an intersectional and holistic lens that understands that our community’s issues can …
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The Peoples Climate Movement Newsletter June 29th, 2018 *Have you pledged to Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice on September 8th? Pledge now! Share this new VOTE for Climate, Jobs, and Justice poster, designed by world-renowned printmaker Amos Kennedy, on your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! …
PLEASE HELP PUSH NYS COMPTROLLER DINAPOLI ON DIVESTMENT Divest NY and our partners are picketing NY State Comptroller DiNapoli at his fundraising rally!!! Let’s protest his resistance to divesting the $6 billion presently invested in fossil fuel stocks in the NYS public pension …
Divestment Action Thursday June 28 5:15 pm Fulton Street Brooklyn Read more »
Antarctica’s ice sheet is melting 3 times faster than before A new study suggests a section of glaciers in Antarctica is melting faster than expected. By SETH BORENSTEIN http://www.rocketminer.com/news/antarctica-s-ice-sheet-is-melting-times-faster-than-before/article_6768d649-ccfe-5337-8fb6-178def7081b2.html WASHINGTON — The melting of Antarctica is accelerating at an …