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Are you in NYC for Climate Week? Our EJ organizer Bridge will be speaking on @earthjustice.org's panel "Powering AI Sustainability" tomorrow Wednesday 9/24! Register using this link. forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Join us tomorrow for our General Meeting!

Just a few more days to submit a comment to NYS Department of Environmental Conservation regarding the draft generic environmental impact statement on cryptomining - send a letter before end of day Thursday 9/25 using our digital action, and please share widely! actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...

Yesterday we were so busy celebrating Sun Day ☀️ and all the progress clean energy has made that we forgot to post this thread of good news. We are sharing it now to keep the momentum going. Check it out and join the celebration! (🧵)

Katherine Nadeau, @greenwatchdogny.bsky.social: “With every new pipeline approved, New York is further locked into a fossil-fuel future that we cannot afford.” Gift article

Comments are due next Wednesday September 25 - take a moment today to send a letter to tell NYS Department of Environmental Conservation that we do not want any more cryptocurrency mining at data centers in NY!

Want to get involved in our campaigns? Join us for our next General Meeting next Wednesday September 24, available both in-person and online. Register today! actionnetwork.org/events/septe...

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

When I spoke to young women in Arkansas for my book, I was surprised at how ingrained the idea that only men could enter a trade was. Decades of trying to combat that are now under attack by Trump. My latest for @newrepublic.com newrepublic.com/article/2005...

From daily tracking of the Antarctic ozone hole to open-access data, CAMS helps protect the ozone layer, safeguarding people and planet. On the #WorldOzoneDay, we highlight CAMS’ role in global efforts towards ozone recovery. Read the article for insights 🔗 atmosphere.copernicus.eu/preserving-o...

"Fossil fuel companies have spent millions on lobbying efforts to slow down [the CLCPA]... Despite a seeming powerhouse of opposition... the clean energy business continues to make strides. Why? It’s simple. The industry makes strong economic sense." buffalonews.com/opinion/edit...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decided it will not clean up a small portion of the 7,500-acre Niagara County property used in the 1940s to produce TNT, and to later to store low-level radioactive waste from the Manhattan Project era.

Send a comment to NYPA urging a 15 GW renewable energy build goal before the deadline on Friday (end of day TOMORROW!) publicpowerny.org/take-action/

@hankgreen.bsky.social talks about how investment in data centers + disinvestment in renewables is leading to power shortages and price crunches - participate in one of the current NYS comment periods related to energy planning by visiting linktr.ee/cleanairwny! www.youtube.com/watch?v=39YO...

The State Energy Plan impacts all New Yorkers, providing policy direction to guide energy-related decision making for the next decade and beyond. Share your thoughts during an in-person or virtual public hearing on the Draft State Energy Plan: energyplan.ny.gov

Join us for our General Meeting on Wednesday September 24 from 5:30-7pm where Clean Air members will be leading a presentation and discussion about the deregulatory actions like this one at the EPA and at other federal agencies - actionnetwork.org/events/septe...

Last week the Trump administration shut down the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee, which had provided crucial independent advice on protecting air quality for more than three decades.

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“They’re doing away with science. That, to me, is enormously troubling,” said Bush's EPA head Christine Todd Whitman. “We have basically an EPA that’s totally been defanged of its mission,” said Obama's EPA chief Gina McCarthy. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

"The final decision is in the hands of the DEC’s Hazardous Waste Landfill Siting Board." - dec.ny.gov/about/boards... buffalonews.com/news/local/a...

25 people have sent letters to @dec.ny.gov urging rapid finalization of the draft generic environmental impact statement on the environmental impacts so that legislators can pass regulations this session - let's make it 50 people this week, please sign and share! actionnetwork.org/letters/dont...

Nobody wants this dirty gas plant. Trump is forcing it to stay open. [via @grist.org]

What the heck is going on with AI and climate change? Take a nuanced deep dive with contributor Daisy Simmons:

Thank you @governor.ny.gov for signing this bill! "The law allows the state’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to intervene in private sector labor disputes if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is unable to act, as has been the case for most of 2025." www.btpm.org/local/2025-0...

Today is the last day to submit comments on the @nftametro.bsky.social Metro Rail Draft Environmental Impact Statement - take a moment today to share your thoughts! www.nftametrotransitexpansion.com/draft_eis/

We are at the Kenmore Farmer's Market for International Clean Air Day! Swing by 1 Delaware Road in Kenmore before 12pm to say hi. We will also be here next Sunday!

Since 2017, the Int'l Energy Agency has told the world the fossil fuel industry can reduce its emissions of toxic, planet-warming methane at little to no cost to itself. But industry keeps failing to clean up its act. Methane emissions are still rising in lockstep with production. bit.ly/47YXaVt

"If there's one lesson the duo hope others take from their work, it's the importance of building coalitions rooted in shared humanity..." 1/2

An article about the scathing peer review (led by @andrewdessler.com, joined by 80+ others) of the DOE report (authored by five climate deniers) used to justify the EPA's proposal to rescind the Endangerment Finding and repeal all greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles.

We are in a green energy revolution, and NY should be at the forefront, or risks falling behind! Join us TOMORROW 9/3 from 5-7pm at the downtown Buffalo Public Library (1 Lafayette Sq) for the NY Energy Plan hearing, and send a letter today on four comment periods by visiting linktr.ee/cleanairwny

Want this for NY? Take a minute (literally, a minute!) to visit linktr.ee/cleanairwny and use the digital toolkits to send NYS regulators your thoughts on four different public comment periods for energy planning! There is also a hearing tomorrow 9/3 from 5-7 at BECPL Main where you can speak out!

We wrote up a short summary of our rally outside of Governor Hochul's birthday fundraiser on Monday - read all about it here, and take a minute to submit comments on NY's economic and energy policies by visiting linktr.ee/cleanairwny! www.cacwny.org/2025/08/data...

"The fascists want us depleted, numb, and cynical." - I keep this top of mind daily and I actively refuse.

30 SECOND ACTIONS - visit linktr.ee/cleanairwny and send a letter on one of the four (or all four!) public comment periods using the one-click toolkits.

Clean Air and environmental/climate justice partners from across the state rallied outside of Governor Hochul's Birthday Fundraiser tonight to urge her to use NY's economic and energy forces to fight the MAGA Agenda - to commit NYPA to 15 GW publicly owned renewable energy builds, and to tell 1/2

Air pollution from oil and gas kills over 90,000 people in the US every year and makes hundreds of thousands more sick, disproportionately affecting Black and brown communities. But Republicans want to drill baby drill and kill more people because they're racist af.

🚨 It’s the 20th anniversary of Katrina + FEMA workers are warning us: cuts + censorship are gutting the agency meant to keep us safe. Delayed disaster response = lives at risk. Sign the Katrina Declaration + demand Congress protect FEMA. 👉 www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina-declaration

If you are feeling helpless amid the political chaos coming from DC, one of the best things to do is to take action and FIGHT. There are *FOUR* important public comment periods currently open that need YOUR input - find all listed here, including quick action digital toolkits! linktr.ee/cleanairwny

Batteries and solar are fast becoming the backbone of a clean, flexible power system🔋☀️ In our #GER2025, we saw California batteries supplied ~20% of evening peak demand in June 2024, displacing gas. Fast forward to today: they’re now averaging 28% ⚡ ember-energy.org/lat...

Latest for @moreperfectunion.bsky.social: the story of how Google seized control of how humanity shares and accesses information, and what that means for the future as they hurriedly slap an AI platform together. Featuring @edzitron.com and members of @alphabetworkersunion.org

Thanks to all our members and supporters who joined us at the NFTA hearing last night! Keep the conversation going by joining us on September 4 for our 2025 Tonawanda Community Meeting, where we will this year's work and also discuss Tonawanda transportation topics. actionnetwork.org/events/2025-...

Take a moment today to support the Grassy Narrows First Nation - sign this petition today! leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...

Join us tonight 8/19 from 6-8pm at Sweet Home Middle School, 4150 Maple Rd in Amherst, for the NFTA's Metro Expansion Draft Environmental Impact Statement public hearing! Can't make it? You can submit comments until September 8. More on the webpage - www.nftametrotransitexpansion.com/draft_eis/

A new report shows how local climate activism leads to ‘remarkable’ gains | grist.org/solutions/ne...

Vaccines save lives. That's why we are offering immunization clinics at 4 school sites to help students meet the Sept. 17 vaccine deadline required by NYS Public Health Law. Learn how you can protect what matters most - your child - and register for a clinic: www.buffaloschools.org/o/bps/articl...

The people dominating our political landscape, culture, and economy are just so stupid and full of shit it's almost impossible to describe

This week in #DangerSeason: In climate science news, more than 70 million Americans experienced a record number of days that are uncomfortably humid in June and July, along with record-breaking heat. Wildfires across Canada and the American West have created poor air quality for millions.

State & local zoning, planning & regulatory agency workers, it's your time to (quietly) shine. Deny, delay & just plain lose these permit applications. Everyone else, have a chat with the people in these jobs & in other state, county & town offices