Opening comments from Leslie Cagan, a leader in the Peoples Climate Movement NY - Peoples Climate Movement 2018 Kick-off event is a city-wide organizing meeting on learning how you can get more involved in climate campaigns. Followed by brief updates on the exciting work of several campaigns and breaking groups focused on how we can strengthen and expand climate action in New York City and NY State, as well as nationally. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Jim Brown, a constituent of Senator Todd Kaminsky - Over 15 organizations representing thousands of Long Islanders rallied outside Senator and chair of the Senate environment committee Todd Kaminsky office on August 14, 2019 and delivered a strong message calling on the Senator to call on Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to deny construction permits for the unwanted and unnecessary Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Over 15 organizations representing thousands of Long Islanders rallied outside Senator and chair of the Senate environment committee Todd Kaminsky office on August 14, 2019 and delivered a strong message calling on the Senator to call on Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to deny construction permits for the unwanted and unnecessary Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Black Snake Killaz: a NoDAPL Story Film screening and fundraiser for Unicorn Riot independent media and the American Indian Community House. Unicorn Riot brings you the raw experience from many front-line actions throughout the struggles to protect the water. Although the Dakota Access Pipeline is completed, the impact of the movement will be long lasting. Hosted by Sane Energy Project and American Indian Community House at DCTV. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Before an administrative hearing on a negotiated settlement on Consolidated Edison’s (ConEd) recent proposal to raise rates in New York City, New Yorkers rallied outside the offices of the New York State Public Service Commission, saying the plan fails the climate test by investing nearly a billion dollars a year expanding and extending the life of fracked gas infrastructure. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Prior to Governor Cuomo's State of the State address on January 16, 2019 in Albany, over 100 climate activists swarmed the state capitol to demand that Governor Cuomo and legislative leaders reject fracking infrastructure and move NewYork off fossil fuels by 2030. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Baba Brinkman's RAP GUIDE TO CLIMATE CHAOS - Rap for Sane Energy!

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A broad coalition of activists and community leaders rallied on May 7, 2018, outside JP Morgan Chase Headquarters on Park Avenue, along with 14 US cities for #ShutDownChase, a national day of action holding top US funder of extreme fossil fuels, JPMorgan Chase, accountable for its financing practices. Chase has claimed to support the Paris Agreement, yet has been ramping up its funding for the worst fossil fuels and in the process, has financed projects and companies that threaten Indigenous rights and culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

STRATEGIES FOR RESISTING OIL AND GAS PIPELINES - Food & Water Watch Climate and Energy Forum: Building a Movement for a Safe, Healthy, and Just Future

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North Brooklyn community members and elected officials packed the Polish Slavic Center in Brooklyn, on February 5, 2020 for an information meeting about National Grid's North Brooklyn Pipeline phase 4 construction in Brooklyn. Residents and local elected officials have expressed strong opposition to the pipelines cutting through their neighborhoods carrying highly volatile fracked gas. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On December 20 in Hempstead, NY, as the first offshore wind project in New York gets approval, a huge crowd of elected officials, environmental groups, activists and concerned New Yorkers rally to support Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and ask for offshore wind commitment in New York

On December 20 in Hempstead, NY, as the first offshore wind project in New York gets approval, a huge crowd of elected officials, environmental groups, activists and concerned New Yorkers rally to support Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and ask for offshore wind commitment in New York

Arlene Way, Executive Director of the Arbor Hill Development Corporation - Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy (SHARE), a new coalition of leaders of local community organizations, backed up by environmental organizations throughout the state, released a letter on September 19, 2017; calling on Governor Cuomo and the Department of Environment Conservation (DEC) to undertake a full environmental review, including an Environmental Impact Statement on a 16-megawatt gas-fired power plant proposed in Sheridan Hollow, a low income, people of color, neighborhood near the State Capitol. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

At a press conference before the monthly Public Service Commission (PSC) meeting on December 12, 2019 New Yorkers from across the state called on the PSC to reject Con Ed’s proposed rate hike which will raise electricity rates over the next three years by a compounded 16% and gas rates 25% for cooking customers and 34% for heating customers. Following the press conference, participants held a silent protest against gas infrastructure and in support of renewable heating during the PSC meeting. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Public hearing held by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation on the Williams NESE Pipeline at the Bay Ridge Manor House on February 26, 2019. The Williams NESE pipeline, will carry fracked gas for 23 miles through our thriving and beautiful New York Harbor. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Public hearing held by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation on the Williams NESE Pipeline at the Bay Ridge Manor House on February 26, 2019. The Williams NESE pipeline, will carry fracked gas for 23 miles through our thriving and beautiful New York Harbor. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Public hearing held by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation on the Williams NESE Pipeline at the Bay Ridge Manor House on February 26, 2019. The Williams NESE pipeline, will carry fracked gas for 23 miles through our thriving and beautiful New York Harbor. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

North Brooklyn community members and elected officials packed the Polish Slavic Center in Brooklyn, on February 5, 2020 for an information meeting about National Grid's North Brooklyn Pipeline phase 4 construction in Brooklyn. Residents and local elected officials have expressed strong opposition to the pipelines cutting through their neighborhoods carrying highly volatile fracked gas. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

You Are Here Map - Western Pennsylvania

Kim Fraczek, Director, Sane Energy - Peoples Climate Movement 2018 Kick-off event is a city-wide organizing meeting on learning how you can get more involved in climate campaigns. Followed by brief updates on the exciting work of several campaigns and breaking groups focused on how we can strengthen and expand climate action in New York City and NY State, as well as nationally. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

DAY 2 - New Yorkers started a 3-day Climate Hunger Strike outside Governor Cuomo’s Midtown Manhattan office on May 14, 2019 ahead of New York State’s May 16 permitting deadline for the Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline proposed for New York Harbor. The women ranging from ages 21 to 75, are sitting outside the office on a water-only hunger strike from 8am-7pm each day until a decision is made on the pipeline. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Community members from across North Brooklyn rallied at Manhattan Avenue and Moore Street near the construction site of National Grid’s controversial Metropolitan Reliability Infrastructure (MRI) project shutting down construction for the day on February 15, 2020. Community calls for immediate, permanent halt of construction and on Mayor De Blasio, and Governor Cuomo to oppose project. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Mac McGill, Breeze Godfrey, Eric Blitz and On Davis performing a multimedia slide show and spoken word of graphic novel about the disastrous New Orleans flood of 2005. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

A broad coalition of activists and community leaders rallied on May 7, 2018, outside JP Morgan Chase Headquarters on Park Avenue, along with 14 US cities for #ShutDownChase, a national day of action holding top US funder of extreme fossil fuels, JPMorgan Chase, accountable for its financing practices. Chase has claimed to support the Paris Agreement, yet has been ramping up its funding for the worst fossil fuels and in the process, has financed projects and companies that threaten Indigenous rights and culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

New Yorkers held a rally outside the New York Stock Exchange on March 7, 2018; as Exxon CEO Darren Woods speaks at the corporation’s “Global Analyst Meeting” at the New York Stock Exchange. This comes weeks after Exxon released a report claiming climate change will have “little risk” on its core business model of fossil fuel extraction. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

The auction of a South Philadelphia refinery in Manhattan prompted a regional protest of fossil fuels as Philadelphia activists, New York activists, faith leaders, seniors and youth stormed the lobby of Kirkland & Ellis LLP offices in Manhattan on January 17, 2020 with a creative disruption using banners, signs and a die-in to express public opposition to the refinery reopening. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

The auction of a South Philadelphia refinery in Manhattan prompted a regional protest of fossil fuels as Philadelphia activists, New York activists, faith leaders, seniors and youth stormed the lobby of Kirkland & Ellis LLP offices in Manhattan on January 17, 2020 with a creative disruption using banners, signs and a die-in to express public opposition to the refinery reopening. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Zach Fink is the lead Geothermal Designer for ZBF Geothermal, LLC. Heating and Cooling Home and Business w Renewables at Bungalow Bar event space in Rockaway Beach. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On December 20 in Hempstead, NY, as the first offshore wind project in New York gets approval, a huge crowd of elected officials, environmental groups, activists and concerned New Yorkers rally to support Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and ask for offshore wind commitment in New York

Over a thousand people including environmental justice, faith-based, youth, Indigenous, and civil rights groups, labor unions, frontline communities, and other justice-focused organizations, took to the streets for climate, jobs, and justice. The Long Island Climate March joined the tens of thousands marching around the country in solidarity with the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2017. This event was the largest climate mobilization since the election, and marks the end of the first 100 days of the Trump Administration

Court support for #Albany55 - The 55 people arrested at the Cuomo Walk The Talk Action are facing COURT over 4 days. Please attend this brief morning experience to show your appreciation to those who put their bodies on the line to show Governor Cuomo our movement is ready to escalate to halt fracking infrastructure, move swift and just to 100% renewable energy and make corporate polluters PAY! The Action is not over until the last person is released from jail or court! (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Jessica Azulay, Executive Director of Alliance for a Green Economy - On May 13, 2019 just three days shy of the regulatory deadline for Governor Cuomo to exercise New York State’s authority to stop the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, dozens gathered outside of National Grid’s “80x50 Pathway Forum” to send a strong message to the utilities and the Governor to invest in renewable solutions for heating buildings instead of more fracked gas pipelines. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Jessica Azulay, Executive Director of Alliance for a Green Economy - On May 13, 2019 just three days shy of the regulatory deadline for Governor Cuomo to exercise New York State’s authority to stop the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, dozens gathered outside of National Grid’s “80x50 Pathway Forum” to send a strong message to the utilities and the Governor to invest in renewable solutions for heating buildings instead of more fracked gas pipelines. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Caroline Town Board Member Irene Weiser - On May 13, 2019 just three days shy of the regulatory deadline for Governor Cuomo to exercise New York State’s authority to stop the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline, dozens gathered outside of National Grid’s “80x50 Pathway Forum” to send a strong message to the utilities and the Governor to invest in renewable solutions for heating buildings instead of more fracked gas pipelines. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Happy Birthday Nancy Vann - Resist Spectra Film and Music Festival Fun-raiser, October 21, 2018 at the Beanrunner Cafe in Peekskill. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Activists rallied outside JPMorgan Chase’s headquarters on February 27, 2018; at the bank’s annual ‘Investor Day.’ Groups ranging from Rainforest Action Network, the American Indian Community House and Sane Energy Project demanded that the bank defund tar sands, one of the dirtiest fossil fuels on the planet. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Over 15 organizations representing thousands of Long Islanders rallied outside Senator and chair of the Senate environment committee Todd Kaminsky office on August 14, 2019 and delivered a strong message calling on the Senator to call on Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to deny construction permits for the unwanted and unnecessary Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

Enabling equity in energy democracy: the roles of

government, community and businesses -

Jen Metzger, Councilwoman (Rosendale Town) and

Co-Director, Citizens for Local Power

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Food & Water Watch Climate and Energy Forum: Building a Movement for a Safe, Healthy, and Just Future

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Before an administrative hearing on a negotiated settlement on Consolidated Edison’s (ConEd) recent proposal to raise rates in New York City, New Yorkers rallied outside the offices of the New York State Public Service Commission, saying the plan fails the climate test by investing nearly a billion dollars a year expanding and extending the life of fracked gas infrastructure. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

A clear message to Governor Andrew Cuomo struck the heart of Times Square this Valentine's Day. A building-side message was displayed on February 14, 2019 calling the Governor to "Be a real climate leader and stop the Williams fracked gas pipeline". (Photo by Erik McGregor)

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Public hearing held by the NY Department of Environmental Conservation on the Williams NESE Pipeline at the Bay Ridge Manor House on February 26, 2019. The Williams NESE pipeline, will carry fracked gas for 23 miles through our thriving and beautiful New York Harbor. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

REAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS PANEL DISCUSSION - Food & Water Watch Climate and Energy Forum: Building a Movement for a Safe, Healthy, and Just Future

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Mac McGill, Breeze Godfrey, Eric Blitz and On Davis performing a multimedia slide show and spoken word of graphic novel about the disastrous New Orleans flood of 2005. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

New Yorkers held a rally outside the New York Stock Exchange on March 7, 2018; as Exxon CEO Darren Woods speaks at the corporation’s “Global Analyst Meeting” at the New York Stock Exchange. This comes weeks after Exxon released a report claiming climate change will have “little risk” on its core business model of fossil fuel extraction. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

A broad coalition of activists and community leaders rallied on May 7, 2018, outside JP Morgan Chase Headquarters on Park Avenue, along with 14 US cities for #ShutDownChase, a national day of action holding top US funder of extreme fossil fuels, JPMorgan Chase, accountable for its financing practices. Chase has claimed to support the Paris Agreement, yet has been ramping up its funding for the worst fossil fuels and in the process, has financed projects and companies that threaten Indigenous rights and culture. (Photo by Erik McGregor)

On December 20 in Hempstead, NY, as the first offshore wind project in New York gets approval, a huge crowd of elected officials, environmental groups, activists and concerned New Yorkers rally to support Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and ask for offshore wind commitment in New York

Over a thousand people including environmental justice, faith-based, youth, Indigenous, and civil rights groups, labor unions, frontline communities, and other justice-focused organizations, took to the streets for climate, jobs, and justice. The Long Island Climate March joined the tens of thousands marching around the country in solidarity with the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2017. This event was the largest climate mobilization since the election, and marks the end of the first 100 days of the Trump Administration