Extreme heat and wildfire smoke put workers' lives at risk. We call on @FEMA to classify heat and wildfires as "major disasters" so communities can access resources to protect workers and respond to these climate crisis threats. nytimes.com/2024/06/17/cli…

Who Owns the Electric Utility on Long Island? June 26th at 7pm. 277 Railroad Avenue, Sayville, NY. Join the Reimagine LIPA campaign, Long Island Progressive Coalition & Sane Energy for a presentation and discussion at Tiny Raccoon Books. facebook.com/events/3075386…

Thanks J. Dale Shoemaker for exposing undue political pressure by Governor Kathy Hochul & Chuck Schumer on New York State Dept. of Environmental Conservation for the benefit of STAMP | NY's Green Manufacturing Mega Site Permitting should be based on environmental protection, compliance with CLCPA, & respect for Indigenous sovereignty investigativepost.org/2024/06/27/hoc…

240 climate, environmental, and social justice groups across the country, from the frontlines and community level to the national level, joined in opposing the 2025 Fiscal Year Appropriations bill for the Interior and Environment. Read letter here: climatejusticealliance.org/240-organizati…

🧵Today marks the launch of VOCAL-US (Voices of Community Activists & Leaders) To build national power, we need a national voice. VOCAL-US gives our members & leaders an opportunity to speak on the most pressing issues - homelessness, the War on Drugs, mass incarceration, & HIV.

If Governor Kathy Hochul is truly concerned about affordability, she will ensure that NY Power Authority fills the gaps where the private sector is failing. Not meeting the mandates of our climate law is a choice, not an inevitability.

NEW: NY Renews review finds four agencies aren't fully complying with the state's climate law requiring ALL state entities to consider emissions impacts and disadvantaged communities The story, with agency responses: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/0… The report: nyrenews.org/flouting-the-l…

⚡BPRA News Alert⚡ The NYPA Board of Trustees met last week and we heard some important new info about their plans to #BuildPublicRenewables, including their current level of ambition. Read on to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly. 🧵

W/ an outrageous 22% rate hike ($31/m) that jumps to 40% ($64/m) in 3 years for LIers, our communities & climate are being pushed to the brink by National Grid Part of the Utility Justice Week of Action we are fighting for affordable, clean & safe energy Bit.ly/ng24rate

What will #PublicRenewables bring to communities around New York State? Check out this op-ed for a view from the Adirondacks, where residents with access to public power enjoy much lower utility bills! adirondackdailyenterprise.com/opinion/guest-…

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In the week New Yorkers have faced lethal floods and rising energy bills, Governor Kathy Hochul seems to be downplaying the climate goals. Send a letter demanding she thinks big to solve the climate crisis and lower bills by building 15 GW of public renewables: actionnetwork.org/letters/govern…

“This new, experimental form of gas drilling is highly untested and poses a lot of the same threats to our air, water and communities as the conventional, high-volume hydraulic #fracking," Renee Vogelsang, NY Director at Frack Action Governor Kathy Hochul wrvo.org/environment/20…

People detained pretrial still have the right to vote. New York should help them exercise this right by providing voter registration forms and absentee ballots in jails. My bill will do just that. These are people who are accused, not convicted. See it: cityandstateny.com/opinion/2024/0…

“....we have a duty to ensure all eligible voters - including those in jails - can exercise their right to the franchise and sometimes that means taking access to the franchise to them." - Ashley Torres (D) & John Quigley (R), Ulster County Election Commissioners

As NY Power Authority develops their plan for #PublicRenewables 🗓️ They schedule a board meeting on 9/24 ✊ We plan a rally to make sure they hear New Yorkers 👤 Meeting is moved to avoid the people's demands 🔥 We go even harder and get even louder Join us: bit.ly/bprasept24

Today Governor Kathy Hochul & NYSERDA host Future Energy Summit to prop up nuclear & other false solutions. No climate justice orgs will be speaking. We cannot get distracted when we have proven solutions, like unleashing NY Power Authority where the private sector is failing.