On Tuesday evening, June 25th we gathered for a night of delicious potluck dinner, inspiring singing and great conversation with Amy Goldsmith, State Director of Clean Water Action to hear her assessment of the New Jersey Energy Master Plan…
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NJ State Investment Council Meeting May 29th 2019 in Trenton
Several members of the DivestNJ Coalition, 350NJ-Rockland, NJ Sierra Club and The Climate Reality Project attended the NJ State Investment Council’s (SIC) public hearing on May 29th. We picketed outside of the hearing as the SIC members were arriving with …
(More...)Food, Drink, Singing, Sharing & Divestment Gathering on May 16th 2019
We had a terrific potluck dinner on May 16th at the Brookdale Reformed Church where the Solidarity Singers lead us into song.
Tina Weishaus, leader of the DivestNJ Coalition, Chair of Sustainable Highland Park and a 350NJ-Rockland Steering Committee member …
(More...)Providing Regional Coordination and Empowerment – “NJ Takes Action” Conference (Bloomfield, NJ; March 23, 2019)
Lobbying – “Divest NYS’s Pension!!” (Albany, NY; February 27, 2019)
Ted and Jordan represented 350NJ-R at Lobby Day in Albany to support NY’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Act. Two of the legislators they saw decided to become co-sponsors of the bill before they even met, and two more decided to become …
(More...)350NJ-Rockland Joins Protest at Embattled CPV Plant (Orange County, NY; February 9, 2019)
On Saturday, February 9th 11am in front of the CPV site we joined up with local activists to be loud and clear that the CPV plant needs to be shut down for the health and safety of the community and …
(More...)Gathering with the Ramapough Lenape in Support of Harold (Mahwah; January 27, 2019)
On January 27th we attended a gathering at the Ramapough Lenape Community Center in Mahwah to support Harold Molt. He was unfairly arrested by the Mahwah government – at the prompting of the “Polo Club.” He spent 40 days …
(More...)Protest at NJR Shareholders’ Meeting (Farmingdale; January 23, 2019)
On January 23, we joined a protest at the New Jersey Resources (NJR) shareholders meeting in Farmingdale, NJ. This company is involved with the proposal to build a 28 mile Southern Reliability Link natural gas pipeline through …
(More...)Tabling at the Northeast Earth Coalition Event (Montclair; January 19, 2019)
Five of us did a great job at the conference in Montclair. The title of the event was the “Acting Locally for a More Sustainable World Conference.” There were about 100 people there. The conference was focused on issues like …
(More...)People’s Climate March – April 29, 2017
An estimated 200,000 people converged in Washington, DC on Saturday April 29, with the rallying cry “We Resist! We Build! We Rise!”
On April 29th, students, workers, faith communities, Indigenous Nations, community organizations, and environmental groups joined together to make …
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