Climate Justice

Climate Justice Working Group Meeting

In addition to continuing to advance our campaigns on Energy Efficiency and Extreme Heat, this month’s meeting will feature a representative from the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) who wants to share their ideas for a sustainable, equitable, and

Cecil Corbin-Mark Talks Congestion Pricing in Grist – April 10, 2019

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Deputy Director & Director of Policy Initiatives Cecil Corbin-Mark was quoted repeatedly in an April 10, 2019 article on congestion pricing in Grist. Read the Article

East 125th Street Community Visioning Action Plan

East Harlem / El Barrio’s 125th Street corridor boasts the natural assets of a world-class cultural, business, and transportation center that could anchor good jobs, small businesses, green public spaces, and other services for the people who live, work, and

Kerene Tayloe in the New York Daily News – March, 27, 2019

After speaking at a press conference on Capitol Hill in support of the Green New Deal on March 26, 2019, WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Director of Federal Legislative Affairs Kerene N. Tayloe, Esq. was quoted in the New York

WE ACT for Environmental Justice Stands with Congressional and Environmental Leaders in Support of a Green New Deal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2019 Contact: Chris Dobens, 212-961-1000 ext. 320, chris@weact.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Joining Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), and representatives

Film Screening & Urban Heat Panel Discussion

Join WE ACT and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai for a FREE screening of Cooked: Survival by Zip Code, a documentary film that explores how extreme weather events like heatwaves have a disproportionate impact on low-income communities and

Climate Justice Working Group

The Climate Justice Working Group is made of WE ACT members working together to implement the Northern Manhattan Climate Action Plan while building community leadership in support of climate justice Northern Manhattan and beyond. We meet at WE ACT’s NYC

Green Jobs Panel in Harlem World Magazine – February 25, 2019

On February 25, 2019, Harlem World Magazine reported the news that WE ACT was co-hosting an Inclusive Renewable Energy Economy Powered By Green Jobs panel discussion with the Congressional Black Caucus on Capitol Hill. Moderated by WE ACT’s Director of Legislative

Green New Deal Accountability Forum

As you saw above, we have been active on the Federal level to ensure that the Green New Deal is a just and equitable one. But there is similar legislation being debated at the City and State levels as well.

Green Jobs Panel in E&E Daily – February 28, 2019

In a February 28, 2019 article on the green economy, E&E Daily featured coverage of the February 26, 2019 panel discussion on the Inclusive Renewable Energy Economy Powered By Green Jobs we co-hosted on Capitol Hill with the Congressional Black