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25 Jan

Next Meeting – February 13

Next Meeting: Thursday, February 13, 7:30 PM Brooklyn Commons 388 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill)

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24 Jan

Climate Wednesdays February 12

Climate Wednesdays on Feb 12: Our Bodies our Planet What is the impact of the climate crisis on our bodies? Fossil fuels already affect the health of New Yorkers, with some communities suffering far greater harm than others. As we fight warming temperatures, pollution and natural disasters, can we use this moment to create a […]

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22 Jan

Renewable Rikers

On January 27th members of 350BK’s City Action Sub-committee will join with Just Leadership USA (JLUSA), NYLPI, NYJA and other groups to deliver testimony in support of the Renewable Rikers act. The Act is a trio of bills that would clear the way for the conversion of up to 400+ acres of newly available land […]

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21 Jan

Stop The Money Pipeline Campaign

350Brooklyn joins a national campaign to target fossil fuel financiers: stopthemoneypipeline.com. More than 20 organizations in 20 cities are focusing on Chase, BlackRock, Wells Fargo and Liberty Mutual.  The recent decision by BlackRock to divest from coal and prioritize sustainability shows we (and their endless search for profits) can force their hand, as they see the […]

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2 Jan

Next Meeting – January 9

Next Meeting:  Thursday, January 9th, 7:30 – 9:30pm Brooklyn Commons 388 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill) Planning for 2020. Make this the year you deepen your commitment to taking action on the climate! 350Brooklyn’s January monthly meeting will review the status of our campaigns, and together we will plan for the New Year.  Your skills, ideas, […]

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2 Dec

Climate Wednesdays Dec. 11: Green New Meal

Green New Meal: The Food-Climate Connection Wednesday December 11th, 7:00pm to 8.30pm Commons Lab at Brooklyn’s Central Library Come join us and our panelists for our 4th Climate Wednesday! This time, let’s have a chat about what’s on our plate. More info: bklynlibrary.org/event-series/Climate-Wednesdays What impact does what we eat have on the climate? How has […]

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26 Nov

Next Meeting – December 12

Next Meeting:  Thursday, December 12 at 7:30pm Brooklyn Commons 588 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill) Art! Music! Activism!  “If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” — Emma Goldman The climate movement needs more than science and statistics. We also need a vision, a soul, and a song. At our December […]

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11 Nov

Next Meeting – November 14

Next Meeting: Thursday, November 14, 7:30 PM Brooklyn Commons 588 Atlantic Avenue (Boerum Hill) Come join 350Brooklyn’s monthly meeting as we discuss “Publicly Owned Utilities: What’s the Future for New York State?” Renewable energy is critical to solving the climate crisis.  Are private companies like Con Ed and National Grid up to the challenge? Come […]

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11 Nov

350Brooklyn’s Holiday Hootenanny for the Planet

Join us for a Holiday Hootenanny for the Planet on Tuesday, December 10th at the legendary Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook. We’ll celebrate the gains made this year and raise money to support future initiatives. The event will feature live music from luminaries of New York City’s folk and old-time music scenes, including M Shanghai […]

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4 Nov

Green New Deal Town Hall Nov. 7th

Tuesday, November 7th at 6:30 pm Restoration Plaza, 1360 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, 5th Floor Come hear about how the Green New Deal will address issues of health, jobs, and housing.  Congressman Hakeem Jeffries—the only Brooklyn Congressional Representative who has yet to sign on—has been invited to hear how the Green New Deal will be a […]

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6 Sep

23 NY State Candidates Sign Onto Climate Leadership Pledge

BE A CLIMATE VOTER! For the past several months, 350BK has been asking all candidates to sign the “Climate Leadership Pledge” and show their voters that if elected they will be climate leaders. By signing the pledge, candidates and representatives are telling their voters that they will: 1) work towards a just and swift transition […]

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10 Jan

NYC Divests!

NYC leaders show they can take bold steps together, and have the moral vision to address climate change now! nydailynews.com/opinion/applaud-mayor-de-blasio-nyc-climate-leadership-article-1.3748536

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7 Jan

350BK’S Response To Cuomo’s State Of The State

350BK’S RESPONSE TO GOVERNOR CUOMO’S STATE OF THE STATE In his 2018 State of the State, Gov. Cuomo announced significant climate initiatives, including his “Clean Energy Jobs and Climate Agenda” and his support for halting new fossil fuel investments in New York State’s retirement fund. For the first time, the Governor’s agenda includes a section […]

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20 Jun

Climate and Community Protection Act

This morning members of #350BK Legislative Committee, Kari Dietrich and Ari Lieberman, hand-delivered 75 signed constituent letters to the office of Senator Jesse Hamilton, urging a vote on the Climate and Community Protection Act. Unfortunately while the IDC has endorsed the Climate and Community Protection Act, they’ve still yet to bring it to a vote. […]

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15 Jun

Keeping up Pressure for CCPA!

There’s only one week left of the legislative session this year, so it is crunch time. All eight members of the IDC, the rogue group of Democrats that often caucuses with the Republicans, are co-sponsoring the Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA; S 6617). Now is the time to put the pressure on them to […]

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21 Apr

Why Brooklyn Will Be Marching

Why Brooklyn Will Be Marching On April 29 hundreds, even thousands, of Brooklynites will join a march in Washington for “Jobs, Justice, and Climate.” They are marching because the current powers in Washington deny that climate change is real. Here are five dangers that Washington policies pose for Brooklyn: Heat waves: The accumulation of carbon […]

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6 Mar

Call Cuomo Mondays: Stop the Pilgrim Pipelines!

The Pilgrim Pipelines would carry explosive fracked oil along the New York Thruway and through six counties, from Albany to New Jersey, and return the refined products back north.  If constructed, the Pilgrim Pipelines would threaten the drinking water for millions of New Yorkers, risk the safety of dozens of communities, and promote fracking and […]

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14 Feb

April 29 People’s Climate March 2017: Get on the Bus!

350Brooklyn will be joining hundreds of thousands of other Americans in Washington, DC, in a march for Climate, Jobs, and Justice.  Busses will leave from Grand Army Plaza.  The faster we fill these busses, the more busses we’ll be able to schedule.  So buy your ticket now! Go to newyork.peoplesclimate.org and click on the Transportation […]

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23 Jan

Next Meeting February 9

Next Meeting, February 9, 7:30 pm Beginning in February, 350Brooklyn will move the monthly meeting to a new day, the second Thursday of the month.  And we will be meeting in a new place:  Brooklyn Commons.  Brooklyn Commons is located at 388 Atlantic Avenue between Bond and Hoyt Streets, close to many subway lines.  There […]

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16 Jan

Women’s March in NYC 1/21

March with Women for Climate Justice at the Women’s March in NYC Saturday, January 21, 2017, 12:00 PM Ralph Bunche Park 43rd St / 1st Ave. New York, NY Meetup Time for the Women for Climate Justice Contingent is 1pm. Join us as we walk to Trump Tower to deliver a powerful message to Trump […]

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10 Jan

#DayAgainstDenial

Step it up Chuck!  More than 300 turn out to join in the 350.org National Day Against Denial in front of Senator Charles Schumer’s Brooklyn home on on January 9th. Speakers including 350BK, Union local DC37, Food & Water Watch and Resist Spectra called on the Senate Minority Leader to block the nomination of   to […]

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4 Jan

Next Meeting January 17

January 17, 7:30: Monthly Meeting, 350Brooklyn.org Park Slope United Methodist Church 410 6th Avenue, Brooklyn Join us for our January meeting.  Our featured speaker will be Patrick Robbins from SANE Energy Project who will update us on the current state of play regarding building Offshore Wind in New York.  After the general meeting, committees will […]

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4 Jan

The End of the Line (Movie Screening)

January 13, 7:30: Film  “The End of the Line” Park Slope United Methodist Church 410 6th Ave, Brooklyn All are invited to this free screening of The End of the Line, the true story of a coalition of farmers, activists, constitutional conservatives and religious orders, who joined together and defeated the controversial Bluegrass Pipeline. Doors […]

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4 Jan

Day Against Denial

January 9, 7 pm:  Rally—Chuck, Step It Up! 9 Prospect Park West Rally to tell Senator Charles Schumer that we want him to ensure that Trump’s climate-denying nominees are denied confirmation.  Trump’s climate change deniers  include the CEO of Exxon, Rex Tillerson, who has spent his career sowing climate change doubt and raiding the future […]

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21 Dec

Divest New York City from Fossil Fuels!

New York City should immediately freeze any new investments in fossil fuels and divest from direct ownership in any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within 5 years. This is so crucial — it’s time to divest from destruction. Please sign! Read more…

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