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*Cities Climate Law: A Legal Framework for Local Action in the U.S.*
Our report offers a comprehensive guide, and a new body of law, for local GHG mitigation policy around the U.S.🧵https://t.co/Ldc9xBE6hr
The Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act, NYS's landmark climate legislation won't become law until @NYGovCuomo signs a stalled environmental justice bill. More from our senior fellow @amyturner on why he must do this by Dec. 31. https://t.co/jibwBTDF3e
57 years ago today I was released from Mississippi State Penitentiary, better known as Parchman, after being arrested in the Jackson, MS bus station for using a so-called "white" restroom during the Freedom Rides. #goodtrouble
"One of the biggest realizations I’ve had in the past few years is that while Americans talk a lot about the importance of children and education, those things actually are not that important to us.” 2/2
#tdih Juneteenth or Emancipation Day, commemorates end of US institution of slavery. Why is this not a national holiday to focus on history/legacy? Read: https://t.co/Fo7awiHqlu Lesson: "Teaching a People's History of Abolition Movement" https://t.co/fFt1ZossgE
In honor of #Juneteenth, this picture depicts abolitionist Sojourner Truth sitting for one of the Civil War’s most iconic portraits. https://t.co/olCV93C0F7
"They recognize, in other words, the validity of the downsides to the 1450 start date; and they never intended a hymn to the West in the first place.” #APWH https://t.co/u75jNV2dXp