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Students are demanding bold climate policy! We’re here in Albany marching to the capital for several bold climate bills such as the All Electric Buildings Act! This common sense policy is a crucial step towards a green energy economy and ensuring the health and safety of all NYs!
.
@GovKathyHochul
and the fossil fuel lobby are trying to fundamentally undermine NY's Climate Act with no hearings, no committee votes, no public debate. If there were, itd be crystal clear that its a sham! Gov and Legislature should immediately reject this big oil and gas scheme
We will not accept any rollbacks to New York’s climate law. Full stop.
@GovKathyHochul
, don’t listen to gas industry lobbyists who want to gut the work of the Climate Action Council and destroy our future. We need to move forward, not back.
As wildfire smoke envelops NYS making it unsafe to breathe, all eyes are on
@CarlHeastie
and
@GovKathyHochul
to pass the
#NYHEAT
Act before the end of session.
NY HEAT
✅ Saves money
✅ Reduces emissions
✅ Creates jobs
Take action today: Go to
#Wildfire
smoke! Health emergency in NYS, but the
@NYSA_Majority
still not bringing
#NYHEAT
to a vote!
Tell the Assembly to Pass NY HEAT today! or text “NYHEAT” to 52886
.
@AndreaSCousins
@CarlHeastie
, please reject the rollback of NY's Climate Act! Kill bill # S6030/A6039, which would gut NY's nation-leading climate trajectory by changing how NY accounts for methane emissions. This isn't a technicality – the future of our Climate Act is at stake!
Fossil fuel front group pays for public poll
Poll results says MAJORITY SUPPORT for ending fossil fuel use in new building construction (we know it's popular, now they do too!)
Fossil group tries to spin hard😵💫😵💫
✨falls on face✨
Check out our statement with
#GasFreeNY
NYPIRG students are marching to demand the next State Budget incudes the
#NewDeal4CUNY
! No more austerity budgets! Students need a free and fully funded CUNY that supports students mental health, academic success, and investment in opportunity programs!
VICTORY Alert! NY passes law ending fossil fuels in new buildings!! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
A great win for the climate movement and great leadership by
@EmilyAssembly
and
@BrianKavanaghNY
to get it done.
Organizing gets the goods again
This is what 3277 voter registration forms looks like! And that’s just this week’s NYC batch — students are EXCITED to vote this November (today is the voter reg deadline)
#StudentVoterBloc
NEWS: NYC will soon ban gas in new buildings!
Final bill language negotiated late last night and final Council vote next week. “Official”
#GasFreeNYC
campaign statement below
The message is clear: era of fossil fuels is OVER
The All Electric Buildings Act is a feasible, common sense policy that will reduce greenhouse gases and create green, sustainable jobs!
@GovKathyHochul
@CarlHeastie
pass
#GasFreeNY
this year! Students and young people are depending upon this bold climate policy for their futures!
NYPIRG students rallied today to tell
@nycmayor
that we need to Implement Local Law 97 aka NYC’s Green New Deal! Our futures are at stake! ALL buildings should be retrofitted and energy efficient to the Law’s standards!
#locallaw97
#nypirgstudents
#environmentaljustice
Save money, save lives - kick fossil fuels out of buildings rally right now for
#allelectricbuildingact
and NYHEAT Act. Assembly envi chair
@DeborahJGlick
says we’re not going too fast, we’re behind! That’s right! Pass AEBA without delay in the budget
More on
#NYCBudget
:
@NYCCouncil
wins restoration of $32.4 million to CUNY. Other *nationally renowned* CUNY programs were also restored, including ACE and ASAP. This is a disaster-averted scenario, but does not fully recoup the Mayor's PEG cuts to CUNY over the last few years
VICTORY! News release: NYPIRG Celebrates Passage of Right to Repair Bill by NYS Legislature
“This is a terrific win for consumers, local businesses and the environment,” said
@RussHaven1
, NYPIRG General Counsel. “New Yorkers just want to fix their stuff."
Every single day we get closer and closer to a
#NewDeal4CUNY
and
#Newdeal4SUNY
! Students, faculty, and staff have been pushing for years! We know a better university is possible. Call your state legislators and
@AndreaSCousins
@CarlHeastie
every day until it becomes a reality!
Donald Ross, 1943-2022
We are saddened by the loss of Donald Ross, NYPIRG's first executive director and a lifelong, visionary champion for the public interest.
Read our tribute here:
New York taxes Wall Street billions of dollars each year - and then immediately gives that money right back to Wall Street. It’s time for New York to reclaim the
#StockTransferTax
NYPIRG students stand with
@nychange
@NewEconomyNYC
over 100 legislators, and others who believe NY needs a public bank! Let's invest our tax dollars in communities, not private interests!
The New York Waste Reduction Coalition, including
@NYPIRG
and
@plasticsbeyond
, advocated at the NYS Capitol in Albany on 2/15 to advance the Bigger Better Bottle Bill and the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Act.
Today, we were by the Chelsea Pier in the cold to say
#makepolluterspay
! We need to pass the Climate Change Superfund Act to make sure that the fossil fuel industry pays for climate damages! They made the mess, they should clean it up.
We’re here in Albany making noise to say NO TUITION HIKES! Fully fund CUNY and SUNY - let’s make them tuition free! We need more mental health professionals and academic advisors! We stand in solidarity with
@psc_cuny
@cunyrising
@usscuny
@sunysa
@uupinfo
@nysut
New York's Tuition Assistance Program is one of the nation's most robust financial aid programs. Its recent expansion to part-time students is a much needed step for education equity. Part-time students often support families, and juggle work and other responsibilities
Yesterday we rallied with
@nychange
@foodandwater
and NYC council members to call on
@NYCMayor
to fully implement NYC’s Green New Deal! Buildings contribute to 70% of all carbon emissions in NYC! Retrofitting to higher efficiency standards is a necessary climate solution!
#LL97
NYPIRG's
@blairhorner
speaks in support of legislation that would hit the pause button on cryptominging in NY and require an assessment of environmental and climate impacts before the state allows digital mining sites to proliferate and potentially undermine NY's climate goals.
The largest source of emissions by far in NY is the heating of homes and commercial buildings. A 1st step is to ban the use of fossil fuels in new construction ASAP - Bob Howarth, PhD, Cornell University earth systems scientist and a
#ClimateActionCouncil
member
Thank you
@AndreaSCousins
for joining our Fall 2020 Student Empowerment Conference and speaking with student reporters from across the state.
NY's Senate Majority Leader gave a big thank you for youth voter turnout in the 2020 elections
Great to hear from
@SUNY
at the Joint Budget Hearing that they are prioritizing cutting GHGs and installing geothermal heat pumps! SUNY and CUNY aiming be "best in class" in climate action -- as they should be. The
#GasFreeNY
bill will help other sectors go all-electric too!
Our statement applauding
@NYCMayorsOffice
announcement to ban new fossil fuel hookups in NYC. NYPIRG urges this goes into effect starting 2022, and looks forward to working with the mayor and
@NYCCouncil
to get a bill through! CC:
@muoiod
Will the
#AllElectricBuildingAct
move TODAY? Call Sen Leader
@AndreaSCousins
at 518-455-2715 & say:
Hello, my name is__ and I live in__. I urge the Senate Leader to pass S6843C, the All Electric Building Act, this session. The Climate Action Council & UN are calling for it. Thx
BREAKING:
#GasFreeNY
coalition reacts to
@GovKathyHochul
's budget announcement
New York will be first state to pass state law ending fossil fuel use in new buildings but key details are unknown, including whether gas lobby "poison pill" is included
Thank you Assembly Member
@EmilyAssembly
for supporting
#GasFreeNYC
#intro2317
today at our rally! We need to get off fossil fuels and transition to 100% renewable energy.
Q: Will the
#AllElectricBuildingAct
pass this session?
A: It must pass! There's momentum in the Assembly and
@CarlHeastie
has to do it and not be fooled by oil & gas misinfo campaign. When the ppl lead, the leaders will follow. Contact your Assemblymember today to urge support!
“I'm here today because nearly my entire family has asthma, we worry about the impact of rising sea levels and sewers that overflow in storms, and we're paying through the roof on utility bills.” -BRKLYN College student Damien Andrade
Next Wednesday, we're joining with faculty and student groups in Albany to advocate for affordable, accessible higher education.
#CUNY
&
#SUNY
are among nation's best at helping working-class rise up the economic ladder. They need investment, students need support to succeed.
Thank you
@andreascousins
@carlheastie
for your leadership on raising revenue. Let’s hold the line at $7 billion & stand strong together. New Yorkers’ needs are great & we can rise to the challenge. The money is there.
#InvestInOurNY
& pass the
#NewDeal4CUNY
!
City Hall outreach day for NYC's top climate pollution and job creation law, LOCAL LAW 97, with
@nychange
and
@foodandwater
.
@NYCMayor
, fully implement the law – don't cave to real estate-backed loopholes and gut our best chance at climate action in a summer of climate crises!
A 3% hike every yr for 5 years, no less. And higher hikes on top of that at University Centers. With enrollment cratering, why would the Gov put more funding burden on students and their families?! NY must do its part to fully fund CUNY & SUNY, including passing the
#NewDeal4CUNY
Everyone should be able to see a doctor, get vision, dental, hearing and mental healthcare, regardless of race, gender, citizenship, employment or cost! We need to
#PassNYHealth
! Join our NY Health Act Student Action Network to help pass this bill!
CUNY is a lifeline for working class NYers and people of color, but Mayor de Blasio’s Executive Budget proposes a $77 MIL cut to community colleges. Will
@NYCCouncil
commit to voting for a final budget that includes the
#NewDeal4CUNY
platform?
Today is the day! Join us to demand tuition free public higher education, living wages for faculty, more mental health services on campus, funding for opportunity programs and much more! It’s time for a
#newDeal4CUNY
and SUNY
#allin4sunycuny
We're reading the executive budget now. Here's what we've found for Higher Ed so far:
✅$108.4 mil to close TAP Gap at CUNY & SUNY
✅$106 mil to hire additional full-time CUNY and SUNY faculty
✅Maintaining 100% funding for Community Colleges (avoids cut from enrollment drop)
wowie,
@NYCMayor
commits to issuing an executive order stopping all new fossil fuel infrastructure! That's the leadership we need to see!
#OffFossilFuels
Also ending plastic bottle use on City Property👍
doubling solar, increasing wind, 🚗going electric👍👍👍
🎉🎉DEC denies permits for Danskammer and Astoria fossil power plants today. If approved, both plants would have polluted the Hudson Valley and Astoria, Queens (a community already dubbed ‘asthma alley’) for decades. Glad to see
@GovKathyHochul
stepping up to the climate crisis
Have you seen a billboard or commercial about someone taking your stove or grandma freezing this winter?
It's because corporate and fossil fuel industry groups are spending $$ millions $$ to fear monger, spread disinfo & obstruct climate action
Fossil fuel companies and corporate lobbyists working to obstruct climate action in New York have spent more than $15.5 million on lobbying and more than $1.4 million on campaign donations since 2016.
More in our latest report, 'Fueling Obstruction':
Today we celebrate the life of Donald K. Ross, NYPIRG's first executive director and and a lifelong champion for the public interest. The program, featuring guest speakers and a tribute video, will be live streamed at 3:30 PM on Friday, 9/23 at .
The science is clear: we need get off fossil fuels to avoid a climate catastrophe.
Intro 2317 cuts gas emissions from buildings, which are the largest source of fossil fuel emissions in New York City.
@NYCSpeakerCoJo
must support
#GasFreeNYC
for our city and our planet!
“People power won today!!”
@NoNYHarborPipe
#StoptheWilliamsPipeline
Congrats to all who fought day in and out to stop this dangerous and toxic fracked gas pipeline!
The days of fossil fuel infrastructure are over
We’ll be here every day to make sure it doesn’t come back
We must put people over profit. Thousands die every year due to air pollution, and we cannot let this get any worse. Support the All-Electric Building Act and support a healthier New York!
Education is a human right. And the majority of New Yorkers agree! - Incarcerated people should have the chance to get an education while in prison.
#TurnOnTheTAPNY
!
Applauding this program to forgive student institutional debt at
@CUNY
, which will wipe out unpaid tuition/fee balances. Qualifying students and recent grads wont be restricted from accessing transcripts, transferring, or registering for classes because of unpaid balances. Bravo!
🥳 We join
@NYGovCuomo
to announce that CUNY is eliminating up to $125 million in unpaid debt for at least 50,000 students as part of the
#CUNYComeback
Program!
This is one of the nation’s largest student debt forgiveness plan of its kind. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
“Even with insurance, I am still thousands of dollars in debt. Every time I open the mail, every time I receive a phone call I am shocked with anxiety” - Hunter College student Anthony Calafiura. New Yorkers need quality healthcare without fear. Let’s
#endmedicaldebt
today.
The gas industry is running the same disinfo campaign to stop efforts to go fossil fuel free. The playbook: scare people about clean energy, distract from real solutions with bogus ideas & delay progress toward a clean, healthy future. But NYers and lawmakers are wising up!
Thank you to
@howarth_cornell
for educating legislators about the ongoing disinformation campaign from the fossil fuel industry to stop New York's progress toward a clean energy future that is reliable, affordable, and equitable.
LIVE NOW: The first committee hearing on
#HR1
— a historic pro-democracy package that includes:
-Automatic voter registration
-Public financing of elections
-An end to gerrymandering
-A constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United
Watch:
NYPIRG's Legislative Associate and student leader from Syracuse University spoke during today's CAC Energy Efficiency and Housing Advisory Panel meeting. She urged NY to ban fossil fuel hookups for new construction ASAP!
NYC must take on the climate crisis, so join us on Tuesday, 7/26 at 11 AM at City Hall as we rally to demand that
@NYCMayor
fully implements and enforces NYC's landmark Local Law 97, the world's most important municipal-level climate/jobs law. RSVP TODAY!
The harmful health effects of gas impact us all, but disproportionately more in Black and Brown communities. We have to improve their quality of life and push for a
#GasFreeNY
.
@BasilSeggos
,
@SteveEngles
,
@toddkaminsky
support the All-Electric Building Act
We need a lifeline for communities facing environmental injustice. We need the Climate and Community Protection Fund (CCPF)!
@CarlHeastie
and
@AndreaSCousins
, let’s make this bill law before time runs out this session. ⌛
#ClimateJobsJustice