Climate Justice

Dana Johnson Co-Authored Op-Ed Urging FERC to Focus on Environmental Justice in the Hill – October 15, 2021

Dana Johnson, Director of the Federal Policy Office at WE ACT for Environmental Justice, co-authored an Op-Ed published in the Hill on October 15, 2021 with the Center for Biological Diversity’s Energy Justice Program Director & Senior Attorney Jean Su

November Membership Meeting: 2021 Review & 2022 Preview

Join us on Saturday, November 13 at 10 AM ET for our final Membership Meeting of the 2021. As is our tradition for the year-end meeting, we will look back on all that we were able to accomplish this as well

New York City Council Passes Legislation to Protect Our Children, Communities, & Climate by Transitioning to Electric School Buses

NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL PASSES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, COMMUNITIES, & CLIMATE BY TRANSITIONING TO ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSES Also Passes Legislation to Create Citywide Climate Adaptation Plan to Help Address Impacts of Climate Change FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 7, 2021

NYC Electric School Bus Rally

Join us on Thursday, September 30 at 11:00 AM to rally for the passage of Intro 455 – legislation that will require New York City to begin the transition to an all-electric school bus fleet by no later than 2035

Peggy Shepard’s Extreme Heat in East Harlem Op-Ed in the Daily News – August 12, 2021

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Co-Founder & Executive Director Peggy Shepard penned an Op-Ed on the impacts of extreme heat in communities of color, like East Harlem, that was published in the New York Daily News on August 12, 2021.

IPCC Report Demonstrates Urgent Need for New York City to Pass Legislation for Gas-Free New Construction

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 For More Information: Sonal Jessel, WE ACT (646) 983-0224 Liz Moran, NYPIRG (518) 610-1828 Pete Sikora, NYCC (917) 648-7786 INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE REPORT DEMONSTRATES URGENT NEED FOR NEW YORK CITY

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