Past Events
Huge cheers 4 @billmckibben in NYC last night calling @NYCComptroller 2 #DivestNY from fossil fuels. Watch & share! https://t.co/7HyMemUJMu pic.twitter.com/sQPJGAze4w
— Fossil Free (@GoFossilFree) November 6, 2017
Pretty amazing to hear Joan Baez at tonight’s #PathwaytoParis concert in #NYC – so many great artists all calling for #climate action! pic.twitter.com/9lPspFoAVh
— Fossil Free (@GoFossilFree) November 6, 2017
October 2017 protest of NYC pension board
May 2017 NYers rally at Trump Tower
May 2017 Climate, Justice, Jobs Accountability Forum challenges NY leaders to divest
WEACT Deputy Director Cecil Corbin-Mark calls on NYC Public Advocate to divest city pension funds
WEACT Deputy Director Cecil Corbin-Mark calls on City Comptroller to divest city pension funds
Retired Teacher Nancy Romer calls on city leaders to divest NY pension funds
Photo Gallery Climate Jobs Justice Accountability Forum
December 2016 NYers protest at quarterly meeting of the city pension funds
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Divestment commitments by New York institutions and other pension funds
What is Fossil Fuel Divestment?
CERES: Investor Concerns About Fossil Fuels are Growing
In The News
Washington Post, October 31
Energy 202: Clean Energy Investment Needs to Triple to Halt Catastrophic Warming, Finds New Report
Common Dreams, November 15
350.org on NYC Pension Board Study: “No More Excuses” Not to Divest
Religious News Service, November 3
Faith Leaders Must Stop Acting As If There’s No Preventing Natural Disasters
NY Daily News, November 1
New York Has the Power to Counter a Record Greenhouse Gas Surge
Democracy Now!, October 30
New Yorkers Demand Climate Action on 5th Anniversary of Superstorm Sandy
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 30
Climate change protesters march across Brooklyn Bridge on Sandy anniversary
Daily News, October 28
Activists march across Brooklyn Bridge calling for action on climate change 5 years after Sandy
News12, October 28
Thousands march across BK Bridge to mark 5 years since Sandy
PBS News Hour, October 28
Five years after Hurricane Sandy, New Yorkers call for action on climate change
The Real News Network, October 28
5 Years Later, Have We Learned from Superstorm Sandy?
MetroNY, October 26
‘Are we going to wait for another Sandy to hit us?’
Univision, October 24
El drama de una familia afectada por el huracán Sandy, que cinco años después sigue esperando ayuda estatal
Scribe, October 24
A Jewish Response To A Year Of Weather Calamity
El Diario, October 24
Contra los combustibles fósiles
Untapped Cities, October 24
After Sandy
ABC7, October 23
Sandy 5 years later: Families still waiting to go home
Pura Politica, NY1, October 21
Quinto Aniversario Del Huracán Sandy: ¿Hemos Aprendido Algo?
The Huffington Post, October 11
Devastated by Hurricanes Sandy and Maria: It’s Time for Action
The Brooklyn Ink, October 5
Flood Barriers Go Up in Red Hook—But They’re Not a Permanent Fix
NY Daily News, Tuesday, October 3
New York, divest from fossil fuels
Nyack News & Views, October 1
Sandy 5 Years Later: A March For Awareness
Jacobin, September 19
Shooting Bullets at a Hurricane
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 18
Activists to Mobilize for Fifth Anniversary of Sandy