No war on Iran
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No war but the climate class war
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No war on Iran
No war on Venezuela
No war on Cuba
No war but the climate class war
Public renewable energy means affordable energy, clean air, and a healthy future for all New Yorkers.
Instead, Hochul is doubling down on the broken, dirty, greedy system pushing New York into crisis.
It's still Build or Burn. Which side are you on, @governor.ny.gov?
It’s still cold AF outside but leave it to ConEd to get your blood boiling. Thanks to corporate greed, New Yorkers are about to see even higher bills. 🤬
Staving off frostbite shouldn’t mean exploding your energy bill. We need power that works for people, not shareholders.
New York Times headline A Week Without Heat in New York City Across New York City, complaints of a lack of heat and hot water shot up to record highs this past year, and over the past two years, the number of city-issued violations for serious heat deficiencies was more than double the typical average.
“We are just left to freeze,” said George Sanchez, 25, a seasonal worker at the Bronx Zoo who lives in the building on Anderson Avenue. The Bronx, the poorest borough, may also be the city’s coldest, judging by the number of heat complaints in 2024, according to RentHop, a real estate site. In an interview on Jan. 6, Mr. Sanchez said it was the first day the heat had been on in about a week. During the lapse, the temperature outdoors had dropped to a bitter 19 degrees at night, making him fear for his pet turtles’ health. “We feel like prisoners in our own homes, just neglected,” he said.
Mercedes Escoto, 67, keeps a space heater in each room and a pot of water in her open oven for steam heat when the boiler fails. The cold has pushed her to become a tenant organizer with Community Action for Safe Apartments, a group participating in the long-running legal battle with the landlord. Ms. Escoto said she was hopeful about the professed tenant-first policies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, including “rental rip-off” hearings for tenants to voice their housing problems. “I deserve to live well in an apartment that provides all the services I pay for,” Ms. Escoto said after a week without heat, her voice breaking. In her hand was the wool cap she wears on the days when she can see her breath in her apartment. “I don’t deserve this,” she said.
Energy Must Be A Human Right During bitter winters and sweltering summers, energy is a life-or-death necessity. But under our for-profit system, millions of New Yorkers are forced to choose which of their basic needs they can afford to skip. There’s only one way out of this crisis: an energy system that puts our needs first, not shareholders. We need public power.
During times like this, a warm home is a life-or-death necessity. But in our profit-fueled system, exploitative landlords and greedy energy companies extort us just to stay alive.
We need a public energy system that puts people first and cuts out the rent-seeking middle men.
this could be us 💔🥀 @governor.ny.gov
Great coverage of the fight for public power in AMNY, including
⚡ Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's support for 15 GW of public renewables
💡 The new Public Power Democracy Act
🏛️ The need to fund public renewables in the budget
www.amny.com/news/new-yor...
Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and naked oil grab prove what we already knew: anti-imperialism and ecosocialism are a shared struggle.
Join NYC-DSA Ecosocialists for a call Tuesday at 8pm ET and hear from DSA climate organizers about our role in the fight! bit.ly/VZecosocialism
Tomorrow: join CCI'ers @triofrancos.bsky.social and @batul.bsky.social to learn more about the dangerous return of resource imperialims.
MASS CALL Venezuela, Resource Imperialism & Internationalist Climate Politics Featuring: Thea Riofrancos, Gabriel Hetland, Danny Valdes Moderated by: Batul Hassan Tuesday 1/13, 8pm ET bit.ly/VZecosocialism
Trump's Venezuela oil grab shows why oil imperialism is leading the world to the brink of disaster.
Join us Tuesday at 8pm ET for a mass call on what these events mean for Latin America, the planet, and the fight for anti-imperialist ecosocialism. RSVP: bit.ly/VZecosocialism
Join @dianaforqueens.com & @claireforqueens.bsky.social in demanding the public renewables we need for lower bills! 😤
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New from @claireforqueens.bsky.social & @dianaforqueens.com! 📰
@governor.ny.gov has a choice: Higher bills, blackouts & more pollution? Or lower costs, clean air, & good union jobs?
The solution is clear: commit $200M for public renewables in 2026 ⚡️
Tell Hochul: Fund Public Renewables Send a message before her State of the State address on Tuesday: fossil fuels aren't an affordability solution, public renewables are. Demand $200 million for public renewables in this year's budget! bit.ly/200millionorbust
Donald Trump is driving your bills up to make his Big Oil donors richer. @governor.ny.gov is doing his bidding — fast-tracking gas pipelines and pushing new fossil fuel plants in NYC. Tell her to invest in real affordability solutions: public renewables.
bit.ly/200millionorbust
possibly relevant:
Fossil fuel capitalism is killing the planet, our communities, and our wallets
We need to #BuildPublicRenewables to break out of the death spiral
Tell @governor.ny.gov to invest in *real* solutions, not disaster pipelines: bit.ly/200MillionOrBust
New York needs power BY the people, FOR the people
@sarahana.bsky.social & @sengonzalezny.bsky.social are making sure NYPA truly represents the people it needs to serve ✊
Ready to fight for affordable energy? Demand @governor.ny.gov commit $200M for public renewables in the 2026 budget 😤
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Canary Media headline: New York’s public utility approves plan to build 5.5GW of renewables The move nearly doubles NYPA’s initial renewables goal but still scales back from summer targets. The agency blames Trump’s tax-credit cuts and grid challenges. By Alexander Kaufman, for Canary Media
The New York Power Authority approved a plan Tuesday to nearly double the state-owned utility’s goal for solar, wind, and energy storage projects to 5.5 gigawatts. The new investments would boost clean power in the state as the private market fails to deploy renewable energy fast enough to meet New York’s lofty decarbonization goals. In a unanimous decision, the board of trustees voted to greenlight the utility’s new strategic plan for renewables. Though the 5.5 GW figure is an increase over the utility’s initial plan, released this January, it also represents a reduction from the 7 GW draft plan NYPA unveiled over the summer.
The utility blamed the slimmer target on private renewable-energy developers pulling out of 16 joint ventures. Activists, however, accused NYPA of dropping projects to boost plans for new fossil-fuel infrastructure recently approved by Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat. The 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act requires New York to generate 70% of its power from renewables by 2030 and the rest of its electricity from zero-carbon sources by 2040. It’s one of the most ambitious decarbonization goals in the country, but the state is lagging behind on meeting its legally mandated benchmarks in virtually every category of clean power except for distributed energy sources that include rooftop solar.
![The finalized plan drew sharp criticism from Public Power New York, a left-wing group that campaigned for the Build Public Renewables Act. Rather than cut back, the group said, NYPA should expand its target to 15 GW of solar, wind, and batteries. The organization helped marshal more than 10,000 public comments supporting the higher-end goal.
“This is unfortunately part of a pattern,” [Public Power NY co-chair] Paulson said. “Instead of using the tools to build a more affordable and better future, Hochul is pushing toxic fossil-fuel projects to enrich her utility donors and potentially even enrich her own family.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dx7xfcbtkmkerk72yxqwdo55/bafkreifdyaqcpczxega4g5dlflmpxkk6vhpyxjaqsx4o7xdui4gwsxt3bq@jpeg)
The finalized plan drew sharp criticism from Public Power New York, a left-wing group that campaigned for the Build Public Renewables Act. Rather than cut back, the group said, NYPA should expand its target to 15 GW of solar, wind, and batteries. The organization helped marshal more than 10,000 public comments supporting the higher-end goal. “This is unfortunately part of a pattern,” [Public Power NY co-chair] Paulson said. “Instead of using the tools to build a more affordable and better future, Hochul is pushing toxic fossil-fuel projects to enrich her utility donors and potentially even enrich her own family.”
So @governor.ny.gov & her Republican NYPA CEO Justin Driscoll saw the affordable energy crisis and decided the best plan was for NYPA to build even LESS public renewables? 😵💫
Unacceptable. Public renewables are NY’s best tool for affordable energy - we need more, not less.
Albany Times Union headline Commentary: New York schools and campuses need clean-energy investment By Melinda Person, for the Times Union
New York’s students walk into school buildings every morning with big dreams. But too many of those buildings across every region of the state are simply not built for the realities of today — or the climate of tomorrow. If we’re serious about student health, academic success and meeting New York’s clean-energy goals, we need a statewide investment that matches the scope of the challenge. A Carbon Free and Healthy Schools Bond Act is that investment.
According to state facilities data, the average school building in New York was already over 50 years old as of 2005. Many were constructed in the 1950s through the 1970s, long before modern ventilation standards, reliable cooling or energy-efficient design. National data tells a similar story: The average U.S. instructional school building is now 49 years old, with 38% built before 1970. When buildings are this old, they weren’t designed for the electrical loads needed for solar power, clean-energy systems or modern filtration. We are asking mid-20th-century facilities to meet 21st-century climate and learning demands. It will not work without major capital investment.
Solar is especially powerful. Schools are among the most effective sites in New York for solar energy generation, dramatically reducing operating costs and freeing up local funds for classrooms and student support. Our public colleges face the same pressures. SUNY’s 2,800 buildings carry a deferred maintenance backlog of roughly $10 billion that is growing by $600 million to $700 million each year. A bond act that includes SUNY and CUNY recognizes that climate leadership and educational excellence are inseparable, and that New York’s higher education system cannot prepare the workforce of tomorrow in buildings built for the last century.
New York's teachers @nysut.bsky.social are right: our kids need upgraded schools — and the publicly-owned renewable energy to power them
Green schools can be the first step to a future we'll be proud to pass to the next generation
2023: Pass groundbreaking BPRA climate law with Zohran Mamdani ✅
2025: Elect him the first Ecosocialist mayor in NYC ✅✅
2026: Supercharge the movement for a Green New York ✅✅✅
It's baffling to see @governor.ny.gov work overtime to trash our climate law, poison our water and air, and raise our utility rates to line the pockets of fossil fuel barons--until you see how much money is flying around between big polluters, big lobbyists, and Hochul's campaign
Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm Opponents of a natural gas pipeline approved by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York noted that the project would benefit a client of the prominent law firm where her husband works.
Kathy Hochul could bring down bills and protect our future by building 15 gigawatts of public renewables.
Instead, she's raising bills to build Trump's fracked gas pipeline and a crypto mine.
Is this why?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...
How dare you imply that being married to someone at the firm representing the Williams Pipeline would affect @governor.ny.gov’s judgment?
She is totally capable of being a strong female corporate sell-out all by herself.
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‼️ConEd and @Governor.ny.gov want to raise our bills AGAIN? Not without a fight 😡
This weekend we rallied with @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social to tell Hochul & her cronies to #StopTheCon 💰 and #MakePollutersPay
Tell them New Yorkers won’t pay more for dirtier energy: sunrisenyc.org/stopconed
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@nycdsaecosoc.bsky.social deserves so much of the credit for the Build Public Renewables Act—which, by several measures, is the biggest, most ambitious and promising climate law in the nation.
If you're in NYC and climate is your thing, ecosocialists.nyc is probably the DSA working group for you.
Headline: Gov. Hochul OKs key permit for Trump-favored gas pipeline for NYC, North Jersey
NYC is NOT a pipeline
When @governor.ny.gov tells you she wants affordable clean energy, don’t believe it. She’s doing Trump’s work for him, selling you out to the gas companies raising your bills.
NY needs to #BuildPublicRenewables, not pipelines!
On Tuesday, NY elected an ecosocialist mayor. ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
In the Assembly, Zohran fought to #BuildPublicRenewables. Now as mayor, he'll fight to make our lives affordable AND sustainable.
Join today’s @socialists.nyc mass call to learn what’s next, & how to get involved. bit.ly/11-6-call
The climate crisis is here and it’s not going away.
NYC wasn’t built to withstand climate chaos. It’s up to us to build a sustainable, resilient city where tragedies like this never happen again.
Example of this why this is wrong: Zohran was key in stopping a billion dollar fracked gas plant Asthma Alley. One tactic was introducing the Clean Futures Act, which would banned it. The bill helped create pressure that got the plant rejected. It didn't pass, but didn't need to, because we had won!
Spooky Solidarity party poster for NYC DSA Ecosocialists Costumes, movement building d.b.a — 41 1st Ave, New York, NY October 30th, 8-11pm Graphic: green skull in a boiling cauldron with mushrooms growing out of the eyes and a rose tucked into the cauldron handle
The climate crisis is a man-made horror — but nothing scares those Big Oil ghouls more than organized ecosocialists 😱
Come party with us next Thursday to build some spoOoOoky solidarity 👻
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