State Policy

WE ACT Applauds New York State Legislature for Passing Bills to Reduce the Cumulative Impacts of Pollution on Disadvantaged Communities

Governor Hochul’s Signature Could Save Communities of Color from Continuing to be Environmental Sacrifice Zones FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 28, 2022 Contact: Chris Dobens, 718-679-8542, chris@weact.org NEW YORK – Yesterday the New York State Senate and Assembly passed legislation

WE ACT Applauds New York State Legislature for Passing Bills to Reduce the Cumulative Impacts of Pollution on Disadvantaged Communities

WE ACT is Disappointed with the Fiscal Year 2022-23 New York State Budget

WE ACT is Disappointed with the Fiscal Year 2022-23 New York State Budget New York State Governor Kathy Hochul and the Legislature Fail to Adequately Fund Environmental and Climate Justice Initiatives FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 13, 2022 Contact: Chris

WE ACT is Disappointed with the Fiscal Year 2022-23 New York State Budget

Testifying at a Public Hearing 101 Training Session for Con Ed Rate Case Hearings

Con Ed Wants to Raise Your Utility Rates! Help Us Fight This by Providing Online Testimony Con Edison wants to increase its electricity rates by 11.2 percent and gas rates by 18.2 percent beginning next year. But you can

Jasmine Graham Talks Utility Debt and Energy Justice in the Guardian – March 13, 2022

WE ACT for Environmental Justice’s Energy Justice Policy Manager Jasmine Graham was featured in an article in a March 13, 2022 Guardian article on the rising utility rates in the U.S. Graham discussed the inequitable impacts of rising utility rates

Jasmine Graham Talks Utility Debt and Energy Justice in the Guardian – March 13, 2022

WE ACT Makes Recommendations to New York State’s Solar Roadmap to Ensure It Adheres to the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 2022 Contact: Chris Dobens, 212-410-1963, chris@weact.org NEW YORK – WE ACT for Environmental Justice submitted a letter to the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday with detailed recommendations to ensure that the

WE ACT Makes Recommendations to New York State’s Solar Roadmap to Ensure It Adheres to the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act

New York State Energy Efficiency, Equity, and Jobs Act Teach-In

Our communities deserve equitable funding for energy efficiency upgrades – including the removal of mold, lead, and asbestos – along with the jobs this will create. Come learn how you can help us pass our New York State Energy Efficiency, Equity,

New York State Utility Debt Roundtable

Trouble with your utility bill? Join us on Monday, March 7 at 6:00 PM for the Energy Democracy Alliance’s Utility Debt Roundtable. We will hear testimony from members of our community and then have a panel discussion on how

New York State Climate Justice Advocacy Day

Do you want to do something about climate change? Do you want climate justice for all New Yorkers? Then join us on Tuesday, March 8 for the New York Renews in-person Albany Advocacy Day! Sign up here. We’ll be meeting

Gas Free NY: New York State’s All-Electric Building Act

Did you know that your gas stove produces harmful indoor air pollution, including toxic gases such as nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide, which happen to be the same nasty gases that come out of a car’s exhaust pipe? In fact, studies have

Gas Free NY: New York State’s All-Electric Building Act

New York State Energy Efficiency, Equity, and Jobs Act Teach-In

Our communities deserve equitable funding for energy efficiency upgrades – including the removal of mold, lead, and asbestos – along with the jobs this will create. In preparation for our March 2 Advocacy Day, come learn how you can help