Climate Justice

Report Reveals Inequities in the Exposure to the Urban Heat Island in New York City

REPORT REVEALS INEQUITIES IN THE EXPOSURE TO THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND IN NEW YORK CITY Black and Latino Communities in Northern Manhattan are more vulnerable to heat-related health threats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 20, 2021 CONTACTS: Fabiola Nunez,

Sonal Jessel Takes the Verge on Our East Harlem Heat Tour – July 14, 2021

When the Verge approached us to learn more about the Urban Heat Island effect, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Policy and resident heat expert Sonal Jessel, M.P.H. took journalist Justine Calma and her film crew on our East

Peggy Shepard on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton – July 11, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard was interviewed live on MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Rev. Al Sharpton on July 11, 2021. She was asked about the extreme weather we’ve been experiencing as well as her work

Secretary of Energy Meets with WE ACT to Discuss Solar Energy in Harlem World – June 29, 2021

In a June 29, 2021 article, Harlem World reported on United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm visit to 128 West 138th Street, a multi-family Housing Development Fund Corporation affordable housing cooperative in Harlem, where she met with WE

Sonal Jessel on Extreme Heat in East Harlem in National Geographic – June 17, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Policy Sonal Jessel, M.P.H. was featured in a June 17, 2021 National Geographic article on the impact of extreme heat around the world. She gave the journalist a “heat tour” of East Harlem

Peggy Shepard Joins Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in East Harlem – May 4, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer invited Peggy Shepard and other environmental leaders to speak at his press conference in East Harlem on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 announcing the Clean Transit for America plan. Among the plan’s improvements for public transit,

Rally to Phase Out Natural Gas in New Construction in New York City

Join WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New York Communities for Change, New York Public Interest Research Group, and New York City Councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuel for an online rally at 7 PM EDT on Tuesday, May 18 to push for the

Peggy Shepard Addresses President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate – April 23, 2021

On April 23, 2021, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Peggy Shepard addressed President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate, a two-day gathering of leaders from around the world to discuss how we can best work together to

Sonal Jessel Makes the Case for Electric School Buses in Governing Op-Ed – April 19, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Policy Sonal Jessel, M.P.H. co-authored an April 19, 2021 Op-Ed in Governing with the Amalgamated Transit Union’s International President John A. Costa in which they make the case for replacing dirty diesel school

Uptown Chats with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos

Join us at 6 PM EDT on Tuesday, May 5 for our Uptown Chats with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos. Seggos was instrumental in the passage of the state’s best-in-nation climate change law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, and now serves