FEET to the FIRE
Notification of Action Page
includes information and updates on policies and legislation pending nationally,
locally and NYS with links to other informational pages
Upstate Actions
Adirondacks and Greater Glens Falls/Queensbury
please use buttons below for local initiatives
and access files relating to area actions including
Farmers Markets, Town Councils, NAACP, Adirondack Lobby Day
and Clean Air Action Network www.cleanairactionnetwork.org
March from Glens Falls to Lake George 10/23 to sound the alert about CODE RED and how to take action
Light Brigade 9/3 and subsequent evenings in Sept/October; please contact Earth Action Squad
SUNY Adk conference with Bill McKibben and Katherine Hayhoe Oct 21. Call Suny Adirondack
Watch for our announcement of pop up demos with the climate countdown clock
Farmers Market
NCEA's Earth Action Squad members display their large "PROTECT OUR EARTH" banner weekly at local Farmers' Markets in the North Country along with handing out information about lobbying for important State and Federal Climate Action Bills.
NAACP
NCEA's Earth Action Squad member(s) attend monthly NAACP meetings and share local climate action news.
Queensbury Town Board
NCEA's Earth Action Squad member(s) attend Board meetings at least monthly to share and comment on Climate Crisis action news.
Glens Falls Common Council
NCEA's Earth Action Squad member(s) attend Common Council meetings at least monthly to share and comment on Climate Crisis action news.
see work by the Clean Air Action Committee www.cleanairactionnetwork.org in file below
and Adirondack Lobby day issues outlining water and climate issues relating to the Adirondacks
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| glens_falls_air_pollution_watchdog_training.pdf |
Please click button below for information relating to False Solutions
National:
Sept 15, 2021 final date for Biden Jobs/ Infrastructure Reconciliation Bill as per Senator Schumer in mid August 2021 issues include:
1/21/21 Biden formally rejoined The Paris Accord and cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline.
Now we need him to:
Sept 15, 2021 final date for Biden Jobs/ Infrastructure Reconciliation Bill as per Senator Schumer in mid August 2021 issues include:
- Extending the child care tax credit.
- Creating universal pre-K.
- Paid family and medical leave.
- Tuition-free community college.
- Lower prescription drug costs.
- Medicare expansion — including dental, hearing and vision coverage.
- Lowering the eligibility age for Medicare.
- Expanding the Affordable Care Act.
- Major funding for climate and energy programs.
- Immigration and border security.
1/21/21 Biden formally rejoined The Paris Accord and cancelled the Keystone XL pipeline.
Now we need him to:
- declare a climate emergency
- help eliminate the filibuster
- deal with plastics: Please click here to sign the #PlasticFreePresident petition now >>
Biden Plan Tracker:
www.climaterealitycapitalregionny.com
We are the Federal Policy Working Group, a sub-team of The Climate Reality Project: Capital Region, NY Chapter. We are pleased to share the scorecard we created to monitor, encourage and recognize action by the new presidential administration in completing their initial climate commitments.
Nation’s Largest Higher Education Union Pushes TIAA to Divest from Fossil Fuels and Deforestation
The largest higher education union in the U.S., the United University Professions (UUP), passed a resolution on January 23rd pressing TIAA to divest from fossil fuels and deforestation-risk investments, which worsen climate change.
Albany Initiatives and Actions
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Governor Cuomo in his state of the state Jan 2021 The State of the included a huge victory for The NY Renews Youth Group Steering Committee member UPROSE -- an announcement of a $200 million investment to build out offshore wind assembly jobs on the Sunset Park waterfront. But pressure needs to be brought onto the State Administration for inclusions of the CCIA (Climate and Community Investment Act) into the CLCPA (Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act passed in June 2019). Call Governor Cuomo This Spring: Call him now, and let's win the CCIA. "PAUSE" local directory https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/A-business-directory-that-s-socially-responsible-15626060.php for -
Sign the petition to eliminate NYS subsidies to the Fossil Fuel Industry https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-funding-climate-destruction-and-pass-a257c/ A257C requires the Governor to identify all fossil fuel related tax expenditures and their effects on New York in his annual tax expenditure report. We call on the Assembly Government Operations Committee to vote in favor of the bill and Speaker Heastie to bring it to the floor for a vote. New York State- largest pension fund in the world to take comprehensive climate action, including fossil fuel divestment. The $226 billion state pension fund will review and divest from the riskiest oil and gas companies within 4 years and decarbonize the entire fund by 2040. This came after years of campaigning by the New York Youth Climate Leaders and the rest of the DivestNY coalition. Dec 8,2020 New York Youth Climate Leaders Divest NY Teachers Pension (NYSUT) www.divestnyteachers.org NYS ban plastic bags act went into effect spring 2020. It was put on pause during COVID and is back into effect late fall 2020. Contact Judith Enck if you see businesses/markets, stores packaging in single film plastic bags or take out styrofoam. NYS Passes the Green Amendment https://www.adk.org/nys-assembly-passes-a-green-amendment/ Announcement below for Judith Enck Plastics Course Bennington College winter spring 2021
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Judith Enck on Governor Cuomo signing the Norlite bill into law "Governor Andrew Cuomo did the right thing ...by signing legislation that will permanently ban the burning of toxic firefighting foam(PFOA's) at the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator in Cohoes, NY. Nov. 2020 Comments to the Public Serive commision on National Grid request for rate increase: Mark Schaeffer, People of Albany United for Safe Energy, the affiliate of 350.org (1) in the Capital Region November 25, 2020 1) The Climate and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) requires that all decisions by the PSC and other state agencies be consistent with the goals of reducing greehouse gas emissions in the electric power sector 70% by 2030, and 100% by 2040, and eliminating net GHG emissions by 2050 in the entire state economy. 2) Approving new infrastructure to expand the use of fossil fuels is inconsistent with that mandate, in this and all other proceedings. 3) National Grid is requesting that the PSC approve $42 million this year for new natural gas delivery infrastructure, and more to follow. 4) Natural gas is some 90% methane, a very powerful greenhouse gas with a climate impact more than 80x that CO2 per molecule over a twenty year time frame, about all the time left to meet the CLCPA mandate Ban Plastic course Bennington College Judith Enck,Former EPA Regional Administrator, President, Beyond Plastics www.beyondplastics.org Visiting Professor and Senior Fellow six-week online class in February 2021. JudithAEnck@gmail.com, see document below for announcement for the course NY Youth Climate Leaders led a NYS lobbying day on Jan 11, 2021 with legislators to garner endorsements for a tax bill package that would create progressive taxation/capital gains to help fund the 16B state deficit and redirect funds toward climate mitigation and just transition. This tax package will be coming to a vote in 2021 winter legislative session. NYRenews, Arielle Swernoff, a youth led action group who is working to get the CCIA or the climate justice aspect of the CLCPA included in the budget put out a call for: CCIA letter to the editor toolkit perfect for folks with and without experience. Spring: New Senate Fracking Bill pending: please click on button for more information |
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PETITIONS
BEFORE MARCH 9,2021
Petition President Biden to Stop LNG Exports
"We... respectfully petition you to stop the proliferation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export facilities. It is urgent that your Administration takes bold steps to build a green energy economy and encourage the same worldwide. Your pledge to decarbonize and replace fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy sources requires, in the first instance, rolling back the Trump Administration’s efforts to expand dirty fossil fuels and rescue the failing Oil and Gas Industry through a policy of “energy dominance”.
One action that needs to be taken immediately is to stop the implementation of Mr. Trump’s Executive Order and subsequent rulemaking to allow the transport of LNG by rail. This is a reckless and potentially catastrophic deregulation that endangers millions of Americans. We are also asking that your administration immediately stop the Trump Administration’s changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for LNG export projects that exempt facilities from review by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) through categorical exclusions, and especially including non-FERC-jurisdictional LNG export facilities where no NEPA review had ever been performed by any federal agency. "
If you or your organization wishes to sign this petition please use this link to see full letter and other signers.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZcxMFs-5aw7pNS0rDy24tWOZaj0DsWrsv-AjfDucxD1rTbQ/viewform
BEFORE MARCH 9,2021
Petition President Biden to Stop LNG Exports
"We... respectfully petition you to stop the proliferation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export facilities. It is urgent that your Administration takes bold steps to build a green energy economy and encourage the same worldwide. Your pledge to decarbonize and replace fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy sources requires, in the first instance, rolling back the Trump Administration’s efforts to expand dirty fossil fuels and rescue the failing Oil and Gas Industry through a policy of “energy dominance”.
One action that needs to be taken immediately is to stop the implementation of Mr. Trump’s Executive Order and subsequent rulemaking to allow the transport of LNG by rail. This is a reckless and potentially catastrophic deregulation that endangers millions of Americans. We are also asking that your administration immediately stop the Trump Administration’s changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for LNG export projects that exempt facilities from review by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) through categorical exclusions, and especially including non-FERC-jurisdictional LNG export facilities where no NEPA review had ever been performed by any federal agency. "
If you or your organization wishes to sign this petition please use this link to see full letter and other signers.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZcxMFs-5aw7pNS0rDy24tWOZaj0DsWrsv-AjfDucxD1rTbQ/viewform
