@petesikora
The climate crisis & inequality. Married, two kids. Lifelong NYCer, diner guy. With nychange.bsky.social, directing climate/jobs campaigns 9 years. Previous: 10 yrs CWA D-1, 7 yrs NYPIRG. On climate only, my takes are NYCC “official”. 🇵🇸
😂😂😂 NY Senator Kevin Parker is right to firmly reject Hochul’s attempt to roll back NY’s climate law:
“We should be in our sustainable energy bag now.”
Indeed. Well put!
It’s time to do a windfall profits tax on oil and gas profits for New York State
Rolling back NY's Climate Law will do nothing to reduce costs, because it isn't the cause of rising costs. The oil and gas status quo created the affordability crisis, and cheap, quickly-deployable renewables, storage, and efficiency will get us out of it. spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...
Fight over climate law looms as New York energy costs soar
Broken record here: Energy costs soar because of lack of cheap renewables generation, not because of it.
And no, Iran doesn't help. The answer to fossil price spikes every time a leader blows a fuse? Get off fossil fuels.
👀Check out Tom O'Keefe on Hochul's attack on New York climate law:
thomasokeefe.substack.com/p/why-is-kat...
Liz Krueger from the top rope!
🎯 And also: it’s like a cross section of a better America runs to help!
Major NYC points
Tell me one of your favorite NYC things. I’ll go first: hearing a subway coming and running full tilt to just make it cleanly through closing doors. Just happened! 🤌
By attacking the state’s climate law again, Kathy Hochul has once again managed to unify absolutely every group and activist that gaf climate, environmental and energy issues.
Congratulations, Governor!
“What do we want? LOWER BILLS!”
Rally outside Con Ed HQ urging @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social @council.nyc.gov to enact #GasFreeNYC
Right on! I think it should be embarrassing to Hochul that she’s using Trump math and the sort of obviously not-true arguments Republicans make. But I guess for her that’s the point.
Both the Senate and Assembly should tell her HELL NO like this.
So proud of our Brooklyn legislators for holding the line on #CLCPA and NYS climate commitments.
And for calling out @governor.ny.gov BS that blames rising energy costs on renewables.
@agounardes.bsky.social @joannesimonbk52.bsky.social @petesikora.bsky.social
We moved a (larger) weekend protest for April 18 to a weekday on March 25 to influence the Legislature to stop Hochul's attack on the climate law.
She wants to raise our energy bills, increase pollution & destroy clean energy jobs to benefit her big donors. NO!
actionnetwork.org/events/deadl...
Oops bad copy paste. Anyway, come to Albany on March 25th!
18 to a weekday on March 25 to influence the Legislature to stop Hochul's attack on the climate law.
She wants to raise our energy bills, increase pollution & destroy clean energy jobs for the benefit of her big donors.
RSVP:
actionnetwork.org/events/deadl...
There are real cost concerns I solemnly intone as my city begins to drown under rising sea levels and major wars start over oil and gas.
There are real cost concerns I solemnly intone as my city begins to drown under rising sea levels and major wars start over oil and gas.
To be sure, we can’t go to 100% renewables overnight
No one will ever say “the real estate people have some great points”
Instead they’ll point to front groups and right wingers making those points and say, oooo, there’s a “real concern here” and they don’t even realize they’re being snookered.
F that!
And don’t get me started on corporate media!
I want to make an observation: some enviro groups and thought leaders are way too willing to make polluting industry’s arguments for them.
No you don’t gotta hand it to them! Make OUR points! Don’t worry, they can competently advocate for themselves lol.
NYCC’s memo on her attack on the state’s climate law:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
👀 Solar’s the cheapest form of energy and new batteries are cheaper than new gas plants.
Yet here in NY, corporate dem Hochul is pushing Trump math to pretend that high energy costs due to high gas costs and legacy maintenance issues are the climate law’s doing. 🤬
The legislature must stop her!
We have a sub through work so that’s how I read it. I bet archive works. Also if you want a story, they give subscribers 10 free links a month
Worth reading 👀
Needless to say I am not saying Trump bombing Tehran and Hochul trying to weaken NY’s climate law are equally bad. But they are part of a puzzle of evil empire
Awful. Trump and the Republicans are evil. Also: There’s a link between fossil fueled wars and Governor Hochul trying to keep NY dependent on oil and gas for the profit of billionaires.
Pure evil. And they're not even trying to hide it.
I don’t really read the NYTimes anymore b/c I’m uninterested in stupid both sides-ing, bad political gossip “reporting,” and unsubtle pro-war/genocide/anti-left propaganda. FT is my primary news source. Here’s coverage that’s useful and informative:
www.ft.com/content/7af0...
NYers:
Call your senator and assemblymember NOW and urge them to halt hochuls’ attack on the climate law
