This Saturday, July 12th, groups across SWPA are taking action in Pittsburgh to call on federal and state governments, communities and individuals to come together to address the environmental crises that threaten our health, livelihoods and planet. Join us! pittsburghenvironmentday.eventbrite.com

This Saturday, July 12th, groups across SWPA are taking action in Pittsburgh to call on federal and state governments, communities and individuals to come together to address the environmental crises that threaten our health, livelihoods and planet. Join us! pittsburghenvironmentday.eventbrite.com

Protect climate action, environmental justice, and basic human rights in the U.S. Tell your Representative: Vote NO on the budget reconciliation bill! Check out these wonderful resources from the Citizen Climate Lobby @cclusa.org‬ to help inform your action: citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...

Mass strikes? Escalating disruptions? The call for unified action on May 1, 2028 presents real opportunity for countering authoritarianism.

If you’re new to Bluesky, welcome. A starter pack is an easy way to find folks to follow. Want to know what all these new energy regulations mean for your wallet, your lungs, and the climate? Here are my computer friends who work on climate: go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ

With the federal levels of government descending into chaos, we will need to work together to grow a Green New Deal from below! Join us on March 9th from 2-4pm to share in that work. Sign up here: bit.ly/4h1YEA1 or use the QR code in the image below.

The People's Union USA, a grassroots group, is calling on Americans to join a national boycott by not shopping for 24 hours on Friday.

Public Source has assembled a ballot to vote on "must-follow news topics, including "Environmental Efforts Extended" with two articles on the Allegheny County Climate Action Plan. Please vote to help bring public attention to this critical work in the New Year. www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-a...

You're invited to our next general meeting on January 5 from 4-5:30pm. We'll be discussing opportunities for action with the Climate Action Plan Justice Coalition and a proposal for a monthly book club to read *The Green New Deal From Below.* Register here for the Zoom link: bit.ly/Jan2025PGNDm...

Please join us for our first strategy session of 2025 on 1/25 from 1-3pm to plan how we should take action for just and accountable Climate Action Plans in our region. To register for the strategy session and receive the Zoom link, please fill out this Google form and survey: bit.ly/CAPJCJan2025

Don’t skip out on these great organizations doing great work to protect Pennsylvania’s environment! 🌳 @conservationpa.bsky.social @cleanh2opa.bsky.social @pennfuture.bsky.social @sierraclub.bsky.social

To consider these questions and help to develop effective strategies, education, and actions, if you live in SW PA please join us at our next strategy session on Saturday, January 25, from 1-3pm: Register here and help shape the agenda with other organizations and residents: bit.ly/CAPjustice2025

The second round of public engagement for feedback on the SPC Comprehensive Climate Action Plan is scheduled for summer 2025. How will that process be managed and publicized to residents and organizations that can help represent the experience of the most affected by climate & systemic oppression?

The first round of SPC "public" engagment took place in 2024 but we did not see these meetings publicized and are very concerned that groups most affected by climate change and systemic oppression were not represented to share their lived experiences and concerns as vital to the process.

But Allegheny County's Climate Action Plan funding will be at least partly shaped by the Southwest PA Commission Comprehensive Climate Action Plan: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.spcregion.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/SPC-CPRG-CCAP-4-Page-Fact-Sheet.pdf

Our first focus has been on an inclusive process and accountability priorities and measures for the Allegheny County Climate Action Plan. If you live in Allegheny County your comments are welcome on this living draft document: bit.ly/AlleghenyCAP....

Participants in the Climate Action Plan (CAP) Justice Coalition first convened in January 2024 to advocate for transparent, accountable climate action planning in SW PA that centers climate justice, community resilience, and inclusion of those most affected by climate change and systemic oppression.

At our membership meeting yesterday, Pittsburgh Green New Deal members voted to share this petition, Restore Panther Hollow Lake, including ecosystem enhancement measures, water quality monitoring, and more initiatives that improve the lake's health and streamline its renovation. chng.it/DwbWmsMF5B

Please join us today at 3pm for our general meeting. Register here for the Zoom link: bit.ly/DecPGNDmeeting. We'll be discussing the coalition campaign for a just and inclusive Allegheny County Climate Action Plan and this article "The Green New Deal—From Below" www.thenation.com/article/envi...

Pittsburghers, please support PG striking workers rights to a fair contract by signing this pledge: actionnetwork.org/forms/pledgi... And you can subscribe to the PG workers' volunteer labor of love for us all, the Pittsburgh Union Progress, here: www.unionprogress.com/subscribe/st... with the .

Some (not entirely) personal news... www.wesa.fm/economy-busi...

Our Bill, currently on the Planning Commission Agenda for next week, would meaningfully create affordability by making it easier to build more dense housing AND requiring that affordable units be, ya know, actually affordable to the people who need it - those making $35k/yr / $17/hr

Great🧵dissecting a terrible bill - if passed, this would give corporate developers a blank check of Pittsburghers' tax dollars to build housing that most of those same Pittsburghers wouldn't be able to afford to rent.

6/ Big Oil is upping its attacks while it faces a wave of climate litigation: 86 climate lawsuits have been filed against the world’s largest oil, gas, and coal producing corporations – including BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Shell, and TotalEnergies. www.oilchange.org/publications...

Allegheny County Council ended a two-month budget stalemate Tuesday, voting to raise the county property tax by 1.7 mills, or $1.70 per $1,000 in assessed value, to fund a $1.17 billion operating budget for 2025.

Please urge Allegheny County Council to vote yes on increasing funding for the Health Department's air programs by increasing air quality permit fees! Here's a list of upcoming opportunities to take action, from our coalition partner @breathe-project.bsky.social

Anyone following me in Pittsburgh? Register by 12/3 & go here! Or if you can't be there in the middle of the workday, maybe you can offer to make some signs, or some phone calls, or even some snacks?

Join us and other coalition partners on 12/4 at 12:30pm at the Allegheny County Board of Health meeting 436 Grant St to demand: * all new fracking be prohibited in Allegheny County * increased fees on air pollution permits Registration required 24 hrs in advance to comment: bit.ly/HealthBoardC...

Our next PGND meeting will be Sunday, 12/8 at 3pm. Register here for the Zoom link: bit.ly/DecPGNDmeeting. We'll be discussing our coalition campaign for a just and inclusive Allegheny County Climate Action Plan and this article "The Green New Deal—From Below." www.thenation.com/article/envi...

What are the solutions we should be working for here in Southwest PA?

This why wee need green social housing! What’s green social housing, you ask? @cplusc.bsky.social has you covered: climateandcommunity.org/research/gre...

This story continues "EQT's Gas Play," an @publicsourcepa.bsky.social series supported by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social. Read it all here: www.publicsource.org/eqt-gas-play/

“Shalennial" Toby Rice has long pushed to "unleash" America's liquid natural gas. He has lobbied and marketed and written campaign checks - and 2025 may be his year. @quinnglabicki.bsky.social zooms in www.publicsource.org/eqt-toby-ric...

A great day, & a great reason, to break your Amazon habit if you have one & if it is mainly a luxury/convenience for you (per @enjohnston.bsky.social 's points).

We all understand the science of the climate *problem*. But what about the science that underpins good climate solutions and effective climate strategy? Here's a set of resources we've put together at Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social to help: drawdown.org/climate-solu...

It's kind of amazing that we showed we could cut child poverty in half for roughly 100 billion/year (absolute peanuts in a 7 trillion dollar budget), did it for a year, and then just stopped doing it.

8 years ago, I took leave from my PhD to help fight back against the Trump v1.0 administration’s censorship of online .gov information. Still most notable is the EPA dismantling its climate change site. And round 2 will likely be worse. A 🧵with reflections and for those picking this work back up:

The instinct of a lot of unions will be to retreat and hunker down and try to ride out the Trump years. That instinct will get us killed. Offense is defense now. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/lean-into-...

"They play longterm ball. What are we going to do?" @chenjerai.bsky.social urges the Left to get good at campaigns that keep building beyond the electoral campaign cycle, reminding us the fight to overturn Roe took decades. @haymarketbooks.bsky.social "Where Do We Go from Here?"

The freedom of the press is in peril, and we need to do what we can to protect it. This is one step: let your senators know they need to make the PRESS Act a priority before this Congress ends. Language/letter to send via @resist.bot and @eff.org:

A proposal to turn a Comfort Inn in the North Side into small apartments drew out many of the sides of the affordable housing debate, @publicsourcepa.bsky.social reports. An auction today is a key moment www.publicsource.org/hotel-to-hou...

Here's my story on the passage of H.R. 9495, which critics say would empower President-Elect Trump to target his political foes. Via @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2024/11/21/g...

a stunning show of support tonight for the county executive’s proposed budget. I missed the first 15 minutes or so, but for the other 4+ hours, there was not a single voice in opposition to the 2.2 mill increase

Allegheny County hasn't raised taxes in over 12 years. We managed because a flood of pandemic relief money washed in, but there won't be any more. We need to either pay a little bit more, or see drastic cuts in services. Please tell you council member to vote Yes! sites.google.com/view/voteyes...

New: Josh Shapiro says he won't let SEPTA fail. With the split Pennsylvania legislature likely out of session until 2024, his best option to do so in the short term, flexing federal highway funds, has a long history -- and the potential to upset the GOP. www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/11...

Women bear the brunt of #ClimateChange. Yet, at #COP29, States are attempting to eliminate references to the protection of human rights, including the rights of women environmental defenders, in the Lima Work Program on Gender. READ: www.politico.eu/article/petr...

But it's not just a generic economic security we're fighting for—but economic, & social, cultural, & bodily security in a warming world. That includes strategies to survive disasters like Helene, preventing even worse by cutting carbon pollution, and using the green economy for economic fairness.

To prevent catastrophic, runaway climate change will require completely overhauling the world's economy and reconstructing its built environment. To do this in a way that doesn't destroy biodiversity will require intentional planning and equitable resource sharing. That WILL NOT happen quietly.