Green New Deal Coalition

07/30/2024

Stop IRG's fake "recycling" plant in Erie. Using plastic waste in steel production is a time tested and failed idea. Sign the petition:
https://forms.gle/WcvUWDXY1huiyS8N8

Tell the U.S. Department of Energy to withdraw $182 million in loan guarantees. PLEASE SIGN ON TODAY: https://forms.gle/WcvUWDXY1huiyS8N8

10/18/2023

Makayla here,

Take a read of these egregious violations the Curtis Bay and South Baltimore community have been facing and continue to face.

This sentence is decades too late and not enough. People have been and continue to face illegal and unjust environmental discrimination.

“The need for this case arose because of decades of disinvestment and one company’s complete
disinterest in protecting the health and well-being of Baltimore City residents in Curtis Bay – all
things we are working diligently in my Administration to overcome,” said Mayor Brandon M.
Scott.

Attorney General Anthony Brown Announces Guilty Plea and Sentencing of Curtis Bay Energy, LP – Owner of Largest Medical Waste Incinerator in the United States ATTORNEY GENERAL ANTHONY BROWN ANNOUNCES GUILTY PLEA ANDSENTENCING OF CURTIS BAY ENERGY, LP –OWNER OF LARGEST MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATOR I...

10/04/2023

It’s been an inspiring honor to work alongside South Baltimore’s youth at the South Baltimore Community Land Trust.

From fighting against an incinerator to now dealing with the aftermath of a coal plant explosion, these EJ activists mean business - and they’ve got the momentum (and wins) to be a force.

~Makayla

Take a read:

South Baltimore has some of the most polluted air in the country. Local teenagers are fighting polluters back, and slowly building toward climate justice.

06/07/2023

In 2019, GNDC collaborated with Erie organizers and activists to protest with the Climate Strike. The climate strike szn is in September, but I’m posting this today while outside breathing in some of the most polluted air in the country. Why? Because if you haven’t heard, Canada is on fire - and this year, it’s unprecedented and uncontrollable.

I remember we used to say that Erie, PA would be a safe haven while the climate crisis worsens, but my loved ones back home see yellow, hazy skies and wear masks outside. No where on earth is safe from the irreversible destruction of climate change.

we aren’t doomed, but it sure feels like it.

Keep pushing, or fighting, or reconnecting, or finding new outlets for holding systems, governments, & corporations accountable for mitigating affects & adapting to the crisis.

Championing the GND for communities is the best option, as those most vulnerable are truly centered, with the goal to mobilize every aspect of American society to 100% clean and renewable energy, guarantee living-wage jobs for anyone who needs one, and a just transition for both workers and frontline communities… and more.

Because as Canada is on fire like never before, what makes the news is the oil, gas, and mining industries being put to a halt. Wildfires are the second most expensive disaster in Canada, and it is those fossil fuel industries that are causing the destruction in the first place. We need to move forward, we need the Green New Deal.

Pwr to the ppl ✌🏽

01/04/2023

Sound familiar?

A Philadelphia environmental group has filed an appeal to block a proposed $1.1 billion “advanced” plastics recycling plant in rural Pennsylvania after the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf, a Democrat, exempted the facility from having to obtain a solid waste permit. The Clean Air Council believe...

11/17/2022

Wow!

Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, November 17, 2022 Erie Coke and Corporate Officer Indicted for Violating the Clean Air Act over Four Years ERIE, PA - Erie Coke Corporation, along with a corporate officer, have been indic...