Take Action Today for Environmental and Climate Justice!
We currently have two actions you can take right now from where you are sitting for environmental and climate justice! Click here to send a letter to your State Senator to urge them to support S6486D, which would institute a two-year moratorium on the use of privatized fossil fuel power generation for the sole purpose […]
Tonawanda Community Building Events
Save the Date(s)! Join us on Thursday June 16 from 6-9pm at the NOCO Pavilion at 450 Ensminger Road in Tonawanda for a free film screening and community building party! We recently worked with Dr. Liv Yoon of Columbia University to make a documentary about Environmental Justice in Tonawanda, and are excited to watch it […]
Take Action for a Just Transition
Click here to read and sign our letter to the Climate Action Council calling for stronger Just Transition measures in the CLCPA Draft Scoping Plan, or sign the letter here – Last week, we joined other members of NY Renews at the Climate Action Council public hearing on the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act […]
Member Sticker Design Contest – chance to win $100!
We’re holding a member sticker design contest, with a chance to win $100! Submit your design for a sticker for the Clean Air Coalition by emailing Bridge a PNG or JPG 1080×1080 px or smaller in size by 5pm on Friday May 20. After submissions are received, we will hold a membership poll for the favorite […]
Our voices were heard at Honeywell’s annual shareholder meeting!
Clean Air Members’ Voices Heard at Honeywell Annual Shareholder Meeting Today, Clean Air member Maria Tisby provided a powerful statement to Honeywell International Shareholders at their annual meeting. Maria shared how the company needs to center human health and environmental justice and be proactive, transparent and just in their remediation efforts around the globe. Clean […]
The CLCPA, the Draft Scoping Plan, and Public Hearing April 27
What – Rally and speak out for climate justice at the CLCPA Draft Scoping Plan Hearing in Buffalo! When – Wednesday April 27, rally starts at 2:30pm, hearing starts at 3:30pm Where – The Buffalo Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo NY We recently covered what the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) is […]
We are hiring a Just Transition Organizer!
We are so excited to announce that we are hiring a new Just Transition Organizer! Are you passionate about building grassroots power with poor and working class communities? Do you have a drive to push anti-racist policy in our climate just movement? Do you want to work on a team that values your leadership development and […]
Rebuttal to the Another Voice Column from Blockfusion Representative in The Buffalo News
In rebuttal to this column published in The Buffalo News on March 1 from Blockfusion, we submitted the following rebuttal to the Another Voice section, but it unfortunately was not accepted for print, so we are instead publishing it here to our blog. The Clean Air Coalition of WNY disagrees strongly with the assertions made […]
Action Alert: NYSDEC Public Hearings on Brownfield Cleanup Program Regulations
Clean Air will be hosting an Action Hour on Tuesday, April 19th at 5pm to get our folks ready to submit public comments on the proposed changes to the Brownfield Cleanup Program regulations. We need you to join us in taking action so that all of our communities, especially poor and working class communities and […]
Save the date for our annual meeting!
It’s that time of year! We’ll be holding our annual meeting on Wednesday, March 30th at 6pm on Zoom. Join us to hear about our work in 2021, our plans for 2022 and, if you’re a member, vote for our annual board of directors! Register online today at bit.ly/cleanair2022 Members can vote for board candidates at bit.ly/3BvXZTJ […]