Ellie Alter 🦋

Environmental Science & Policy @columbiaclimate | formerly @maketheroadny & @maketheroadact | she/her

[Ellie Alter 🦋 @AlterEllie]

Passing #Coverage4All is a no-brainer, @GovKathyHochul! It saves our state money and realizes a basic human right for all New Yorkers.

Lives are on the line. Let’s get it done!

[maya kosoff @mekosoff]

eric adams is going to put another 50,000 cops in the subway with the mandate of shooting the earthquake

[Julia Salazar (@juliasalazar on bluesky) @JuliaSalazar__]

There is now a @NotifyNYC alert specifically for New Yorkers living in basement-level apartments.

All NYC residents can sign up here to receive emergency alerts:
https://t.co/vsR7yBM1pb

Heavy rain and potential flooding is expected tomorrow (Saturday) from 2:00AM to 8:00PM.

[Jeremy Raguain🇸🇨 @mahesituated]

Presenting on behalf of my @ColumbiaMPA_ESP summer workshop group, Leaf it to Nature, was rewarding. Unpacking @nycgov' Local Law 10 that surveys #NYC's vacant sites to create small #urbangreenspace in #EnvironmentalJustice Areas wasn't easy, but teamwork made the dream work!

[Jamie Henn @jamieclimate]

Launching today! A new database that tracks fossil fuel lobbyists and their other clients, including environmental groups, museums, cities, and universities.

Some explosive stuff in here. https://t.co/T9lMPXAkc6

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

An elite, white majority determining after just 50 years of weak, half-hearted
affirmative action efforts, that they are the ones to decide that enough has been done to address centuries of explicit racial exclusion against Black people is the most American ruling ever.

[Office of New York City Comptroller Mark Levine @NYCComptroller]

The @NYCMayor and @NYCCouncil shook hands on a FY24 budget agreement.

Buoyed by strong tax receipts, it restores some essential services that were cut from the Executive Budget – but leaves long-term challenges unaddressed.

My statement on the FY24 City Budget Agreement:
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[vibe instructor✌🏾🐝 @Vanessa_ABee]

clarence thomas said if black children want a hand in using education to overcome the setbacks this nation has thrust upon black people, they should simply acquire a great-uncle on the supreme court with a billionaire friend willing to cover their tuition anywhere

[Juan Rosa @JuanRosa_NYC]

This woman is Jeanie Dubnau, the Co-Founder of the Riverside Edgecombe Neighborhood Association (RENA), a tenants & housing rights advocacy organization in Upper Manhattan. She has +40 years advocating for low income NYers of all races. Jeanie is not a racist & this was wrong.

[Min Jin Lee @minjinlee11]

What would happen if migrants on boats with limited resources were also seen as brave explorers gifted with curiosity and wonder for depths unknown, I wonder.

[Justin Elliott @JustinElliott]

Our story:

Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

https://t.co/lfXmHiwZxl

[Sally Hayden @sallyhayd]

“I am struck by the alarming level of tolerance to serious human rights violations against refugees, asylum seekers and migrants that has developed across Europe,” says Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, @Dunja_Mijatovic, in Lampedusa today. https://t.co/SVFzno16TO

[Mohamed Adow @mohadow]

The entire premise of the Paris Agreement was underpinned by the assurances that the rich world would fund this transition. Poor countries signed up in good faith & submitted their emission reduction plans, & yet still rich nations have failed to deliver the finance they promised

[Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies]

There’s just no denying it.

Corporations raised prices to take advantage of a global crisis.

While working people struggle to afford basic necessities, billionaire CEOs are still clinging to their profit margins.

[Make the Road Action NV @makeroadactNV]

We’re tired of the constant attacks on our healthcare, economy, and environment by MAGA Republicans. 🚨

Congress, we need protection from the #MAGADefault. #TaxTheRich and the big corporations NOW.

[NYC Civic Engagement Commission @NYCCEC]

#ThePeoplesMoney is NYC's first-ever citywide #ParticipatoryBudgeting process! From 5/10 - 6/25, ALL NYers 11 and up can vote on how to spend part of the city budget.

#StatenIsland, we're sharing a sneak peek of the projects on your ballot!🗳️ Learn more: https://t.co/A87iyPpv3l

[Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies]

Fun fact: the term “carbon footprint” was popularized by oil giant BP in the early 2000s to shift climate change blame onto individuals & away from corporations.

Individual action is great, but 20 fossil fuel companies are responsible for a third of global carbon emissions.