The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) is a network of community-based groups in low-income neighborhoods of color throughout NYC. Founded in 1991, NYC-EJA organizes its member groups to advocate for the empowerment of environmentally overburdened communities by coalescing around City & State-wide issues which threaten their ability to thrive. What distinguishes NYC-EJA is our ability to: a) Create, nurture & organize a collective voice to mobilize citywide support to resolve environmental justice issues. b) Highlight key environmental justice issues & policies that arise in multiple communities, or impact citywide conditions, requiring innovative & creative problem solving. c) Involve people of color & other stakeholders directly affected by environmental issues in leadership roles For 30+ years, NYC-EJA has been at the forefront of City & State campaigns to advance environmental & climate justice. Our recent campaign accomplishments have re-defined environmental/climate justice advocacy in NY – our leadership has included: * the Waterfront Justice Project, (NYC’s first citywide community resiliency campaign) * the Sandy Regional Assembly, * the historic 2014 People’s Climate March (the largest climate mobilization in history, with over 400,000 marchers), * NYC’s first “waste equity” law (reduced waste transfer station capacity in NYC's most overburdened communities), * Transform Don’t Trash NY (the largest proposal to overhaul NYC’s commercial waste system in decades), * Climate Works for All (won the 2019 NYC Climate Mobilization Act, the most ambitious climate action plan by any major U.S. city), * NY Renews (lead for the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act, CLCPA, the most aggressive climate action law among U.S. states - inspired President Biden's Justice40 Initiative), * congestion pricing for NYC’s central business district (the first by any North American city); and * the NYC Climate Justice Agenda.
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US，New York，Brooklyn，11232
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Did you know that ConEd is trying to make your electric bills even more unaffordable while making minimal investments in cleaning our air? Join the PEAK Coalition as we break down ConEd’s proposal to increase electricity bills by 11.4% and profits by $200 million, and learn how we can organize against unjust rate hikes. Sign up at bit.ly/4h1MdUi
Did you know that ConEd is trying to make your electric bills even more unaffordable while making minimal investments in cleaning our air? Join the PEAK Coalition as we break down ConEd’s proposal to increase electricity bills by 11.4% and profits by $200 million, and learn how we can organize against unjust rate hikes. Sign up at bit.ly/4h1MdUi
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How can the US Army Corps of Engineers work with communities and agencies to create more effective coastal protection projects? Jacqueline Klopp and Robert Rosso of the Resilient Coastal Communities Project—a partnership with the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance and the Columbia Climate School Center for Sustainable Urban Development—surface issues and recommendations from recent collaboration with Texas-based Surge Forward coalition (including Houston-based Bayou City Waterkeeper), Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN), Miami Waterkeeper, and Norfolk-based Wetlands Watch, moderated by Rachel Rhode of the Environmental Defense Fund: ? 1) Take into consideration compound flooding analysis and use the most up-to-date data and modeling. 2) Increase the amount and quality of community engagement.? 3) Use an updated benefits/cost analysis (BCA) that considers critical equity and justice considerations. 4) Leverage natural and nature-based features or landscape features like dunes or marshes that reduce flooding.? 5) Use more nonstructural approaches. Learn more via State of the Planet: https://lnkd.in/enHhzZRm ?? Water from the Banana River surges onto base in the early morning hours following Hurricane Milton’s landfall at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, October 10, 2024. The storm was a Category 1 when it reached Brevard County, producing extreme winds, fallen debris, and flooding. Credit: U.S. Space Force, Tech. Sgt. Zoe Russell
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Done right, NYS’ cap-trade-and invest program can fit an affordability agenda. The program can not only be a tool to reduce our emissions, but also be a tool to cut consumer costs. The CTI program is simple: require corporate polluters to pay for their emissions and allow the State to invest that money in clean energy, public health, good jobs, and affordability for New Yorkers. A new study titled “Analyzing Affordability: Supporting Households Under New York’s Cap-Trade-and Invest Policy” by New York City Environmental Justice Alliance and Resources for the Future shows that a cap-trade-and invest program could result in net savings for many New Yorkers, especially when payments to New Yorkers are targeted by region and income. Furthermore, a high allowance price paired with a targeted payment distribution strategy yields the greatest benefits for many New Yorkers, particularly those making less than $200,000 per year. The cap-trade-and invest revenue could be invested to reduce transportation and energy cost burdens and put dollars back in New Yorkers’ wallets while yielding greater GHG and co-pollutant emissions reductions, health, and climate benefits. Check out the full report here: https://lnkd.in/dPVESGi6
Tomorrow!
Join us next Wednesday for a webinar introducing our 2024 - 25 Climate Justice Agenda! Come learn about our various campaigns and how we plan to build grassroots power for just and clean communities in the challenging times ahead. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ey7kur6k
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Join us next Wednesday for a webinar introducing our 2024 - 25 Climate Justice Agenda! Come learn about our various campaigns and how we plan to build grassroots power for just and clean communities in the challenging times ahead. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ey7kur6k
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance转发了
Join us next Wednesday for a webinar introducing our 2024 - 25 Climate Justice Agenda! Come learn about our various campaigns and how we plan to build grassroots power for just and clean communities in the challenging times ahead. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ey7kur6k
Join us next Wednesday for a webinar introducing our 2024 - 25 Climate Justice Agenda! Come learn about our various campaigns and how we plan to build grassroots power for just and clean communities in the challenging times ahead. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ey7kur6k
We are excited to announce the release of the PEAK Coalition’s latest report, "Demanding a Better Grid: How Demand Management Can Accelerate the Phase-Out of New York City’s Peaker Power Plants." NYC-EJA is proud to be part of the PEAK Coalition, which came together to end the long-standing pollution burden from peaker plants on the city’s most climate-vulnerable people. 5 years after the coalition’s inception, a lot of progress has been made, but too many harmful peakers remain. Environmental justice communities cannot be sacrificed any longer. Peaker plants are harming people’s health, contributing to global warming, and costing New Yorker’s millions of dollars in utility bills. There are much better ways to ensure a reliable grid. Read our report to learn more about one of them: Demand Management. https://lnkd.in/eaEu-Qmv
We are excited to announce the release of NYC-EJA’s 2024 NYC Climate Justice Agenda! This newest agenda arrives at a critical juncture. While we have seen some progress in implementing New York State’s landmark Climate Act and other climate justice initiatives since 2019, we have also seen increased resistance from fossil fuel interests and state actors seeking to undermine climate mandates and co-opt climate justice rhetoric. As we approach the 10th anniversary of the historic People’s Climate March (as well as Climate Week), New York faces a critical moment. Our State and City have a little more than five years to meet their 40% emission reduction mandates set out by the Climate Act and Climate Mobilization Act, respectively. With mayoral and gubernatorial elections on the horizon, our 2024 NYC Climate Justice Agenda provides strategic recommendations to address environmental burdens for frontline communities and tackle climate change with a focus on equity and health. Check out the report here: https://lnkd.in/ePx5hxQ4