April Thomas

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"Climate chaos is reshaping life in Puerto Rico. In the summer of 2019, we rose up against a corrupt local government that failed to represent the interests of the people. Now we have 10 demands to respond to the #ClimateCrisis." - Hernaliz Vazquez Torres

https://t.co/fGAig3uZDQ

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"Equity transformation doesn’t mean changing the face you show the world, and keeping your heart the same. When you say you want equity in our society, it means you want a fundamentally different society." - Hop Hopkins, director of org transformation

https://t.co/biNeNgledC

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

“The climate crisis is most deeply felt in EJ communities. The executive orders signed today are a significant step for responding to the ambivalence and structural racism that is prolonging the climate crisis.” - Peggy Shepard, @weact4ej, on #Climate #ExecutiveOrder

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"We need to stop not just the literal extraction of fossil fuels from the ground, but also the extraction of wealth from workers. We need systems that value health and well-being over profit." -Hop Hopkins

https://t.co/tcWF7lZhfi

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

Sierra Club president @RamonCruzDiaz: “The role of Justin Peterson on the board that governs Puerto Rico is to undermine the public preference for clean energy and promote gas infrastructure."

https://t.co/iDQBCku5SA

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

New Trump admin appointee to board that governs Puerto Rico budget 'advises senior executives in the oil and natural gas industry' & helps 'roll back harmful regulations, expand oil and natural gas development'. -
@RamonCruzDiaz

https://t.co/IyDFAtgApL

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"We are witnessing in real time how little the federal government learned from past lessons managing multiple disasters at the same time."

#HealthyCommunities director Pedro Cruz on the #DoubleDisaster unfolding across the U.S.

https://t.co/P7vTGc8TMS

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

Tomorrow Yudith Neito is supposed to testify about the Valero refinery in Houston. She won’t be able to, because she's evacuating due to #HurricaneLaura. But the @TCEQ doesn’t mind; they’re going to hold the hearing anyway, with or without Yudith. https://t.co/AQN4STwn8D

[Charlotte Business Journal @CBJnewsroom]

North Carolina had been looking for a 7.6% jump in clean-energy jobs this year. The Covid-19 recession pushed the industry into losing 18.8% of its workers by the end of July.​ https://t.co/p2h4uHTuvL

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"While COVID-19 pandemic has caused untold economic calamity not seen since the Great Depression, climate change will cause even greater damage to our economy." @JustinOnwenu in @thehill https://t.co/qE5WwdH7Uz

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"Lack of funding to rebuild critical infrastructure & the Trump administration’s ongoing neglect have elevated the risk that unimaginable human suffering awaits with the next storm." - Sierra Club prez @RamonCruzDiaz & @EnvDefenseFund prez @FredKrupp

https://t.co/CFc1xe62LK

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

Hop Hopkins on the possibility of constitutional crisis: "The best thing we can do to prepare ourselves for whatever is coming in November is to deepen our relationships. We need to be more interdependent, not independent." https://t.co/xdd6hlQMlM

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"Black people are stepping forward to exert the moral leadership that’s been lacking in this country. We are going to defund the police and use that money to build a sustainable and healthy society." -Hop Hopkins in @Blavity

#DefundPolice #GreenNewDeal https://t.co/Br7w9yqrSR

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

Don't miss Sierra Club organizer @JustinOnwenu testifying at a roundtable about the need for @RepRaulGrijalva and @RepMcEachin's Environmental Justice for All Act, today at 3:30 pm EST.

#EnviroJusticeNow

https://t.co/Y7Nx5z51D1

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

“For so long these communities and these environments were out of sight, out of mind. But we all know that air doesn’t stay in one place. the accumulation of all of that dehumanization has created the cumulative impact where everyone’s now screwed.” https://t.co/WUfXtE0VqS

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

The @SenateGOP's JUSTICE Act does nothing to end excessive, brutal & militarized policing. Take action with @ColorOfChange: Tell your senators to reject this bill & take actual steps to #DefundThePolice & invest in Black communities: https://t.co/ndQRJp1ZNn

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"This pandemic isn’t a conspiracy against black communities. It’s so much bigger than that.

"Our ENTIRE SOCIETY is a conspiracy against black communities."

- Sierra Club's director of strategic partnerships Hop Hopkins

https://t.co/eMhMXc9huP

[Sierra Club @SierraClub]

lol no -- "After years of improvement, US air quality has gotten worse since 2016, report suggests" https://t.co/TttcE0XZmm

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Today, @NydiaVelazquez and I introduce legislation to say: Millions are going hungry during this pandemic. The people of Puerto Rico must receive same help from the federal government as any state—period.

[April Thomas @aprilthomassc]

"Puerto Ricans have been killed by three consecutive disasters — Hurricane Maria, the 2020 earthquakes and COVID-19 — in under three years. The Earthquake Supplemental awaits Senate action. Please don’t hold any more Puerto Rican lives hostage." https://t.co/n7LoyD9R3Z