May Day Strong in New York City.
Hi John,
This was a heavy month. It marked five years since George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis, reigniting a mass movement that called to reckon with who is and is not safe and free in the U.S. Five years later, we're watching the unraveling of many of the meager protections that were put in place for BIPOC communities. And we know that the administration’s fossil fuel expansion and cuts to climate adaptation also impact BIPOC communities the hardest.
It's hard to feel hopeful right now—but we are heartened by the resistance happening at the city, state, and global levels. This month also marked 136 years since the first International Workers’ Day, known as May Day. In 1889, workers united to vastly improve working conditions in the U.S. despite formidable odds. We draw on that same spirit and countless moments in our own movement.
Read on for some of the seeds being sown that give us hope for climate justice. We hope you enjoy this third edition of our new monthly newsletter, "Cracks in the Fossil-Fueled Facade."
In solidarity
- Team 350
SPOTLIGHT: Hawaii. 350 Hawaii and their allies helped get four key pieces of legislation passed for their state! These include:
Why this matters for us and should give us hope: These climate bills and budget items provide a wide array of crucial climate protections that encapsulate what climate justice is all about: a truly livable future for all, especially those most impacted. That includes efficiency standards and reducing emissions, but it also means jobs and financial security, food security, and reliable energy to power people’s homes and lives amidst worsening climate impacts.
SPOTLIGHT: May Day Strong. The labor movement and its allies came out in force on International Workers’ Day to send a powerful message: “Working people built this nation and we know how to take care of each other.”
Some of the rallies and signs shined a spotlight on the huge hypocrisy in the U.S. of depending on migrant labor while also vilifying and scapegoating migrants.
“At more than 1,000 events from Alaska to Florida, from Philly to LA, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country to demand a country that works for our families, not billionaires’ fortunes.”
SPOTLIGHT: Chubb. Climate activists from the African diaspora to the Gulf have collectively campaigned to get Chubb, a global insurance company, to drop major fossil fuel projects across continents.
Last month, our friends and allies in the StopEACOP coalition announced that Chubb had officially refused to insure the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). Just weeks ago, public records revealed that Chubb was no longer providing property insurance for the Calcasieu Pass project, a contested LNG export terminal in southwest Louisiana. This is a massive win across continents that shows how the Global North is intrinsically tied to climate issues in the Global South and how we need to continue to bridge solidarity in our collective struggles to win.
“We have been pressuring Chubb for several years now to not insure these dangerous, polluting projects, because insuring those projects is ensuring environmental racism in communities that are overburdened by pollution.”
— Roishetta Ozane, Founder of the Vessel Project of Louisiana (Inside Climate News)
The people clearly value their right to protest… so much so that 350US Campaign Manager Candice Fortin’s “Protest” episode is now the highest listened to and rated episode in the history of People Over Plastic’s podcast! And now, it’s been shortlisted for the “Changing the World One Moment At a Time” category in next month’s International Women's Podcast Awards. Listen to the episode.Listen to the episode 🎧 »
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