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The A2 Times: Seawall Plan Divides a Community
New York City was the center of the universe for all things climate related during Climate Week, September 22-29. And A2 was there!
Under the theme “It’s Time,” the annual event touched on a variety of issues from energy and environmental justice to food and fossil fuels. The city was a hub of activity as speakers, guests — and protesters — attended more than 600 events and activities. Virtual and hybrid events were also an option.
Read MoreTrepidatious but Determined
Some environmental organizations may now retrench. We’re doing the opposite. Here’s why: Clean air and water, floods, high insurance costs, housing shortages, and rising food and energy prices are bread and butter issues; they are also environmental issues.
Read MoreThe A2 Times: “It’s Time!” for the Climate Week Roundup
New York City was the center of the universe for all things climate related during Climate Week, September 22-29. And A2 was there!
Under the theme “It’s Time,” the annual event touched on a variety of issues from energy and environmental justice to food and fossil fuels. The city was a hub of activity as speakers, guests — and protesters — attended more than 600 events and activities. Virtual and hybrid events were also an option.
Read MoreThe A2 Times: They Fought a Multi-Billion Dollar Pipeline – And Won! A Conversation with Jonathan Mingle
In 2024, a coalition of grassroots advocates accomplished the unthinkable: they defeated a multi-billion-dollar energy company attempting to build an interstate methane pipeline. In Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America’s Energy Future, journalist Jonathan Mingle tells the story of the six-year battle between Dominion Energy and the communities and organizations who challenged it.
Read MoreThe A2 Times: A2 Group Finds its Voice in Flood-Prone Cicero, Illinois
On July 2, 2023, an unprecedented flash flood inundated the predominately Latino community of about 85,000, along with Berwyn and other communities in the Chicago suburbs. Residents were left with flooded basements and damaged appliances. The nine inches of rainwater, mixed with toxins already present in the soil, created a contaminated stew that seeped into yards and the community’s already limited green spaces.
Read MoreThe A2 Times: The U.S. Tested Nukes on Its Own People. It’s Time to Apologize and Pay.
In early May, Cordova stood outside the U.S. Capitol alongside Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Benjamin Ray Lujan (D-NM) to urge the House to take up a bill, passed in the Senate, to extend and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), which was set to expire on June 7.
Read MoreThe A2 Times: Weathering the Storm: Surviving the Next Disaster
While it’s not possible to prepare for all weather eventualities, having a disaster readiness plan can mean the difference between life and death. Here, A2 members and a staffer share their best advice about how to prepare for the next, potential disaster.
Read MoreThe A2 Times: For A2 environmental groups, Biden’s LNG decision cause for celebration — and caution
Environmentalists had reason to celebrate recently when the Biden administration announced a pause on new permits to export liquified natural gas (LNG), pending updates by the Department of Energy (DOE) to its authorization process.
Read MoreThe A2 Times: In New Mexico, Advocates Demand Clean Air from Intel
Semiconductor manufacturing claims, falsely, to be a clean industry. The plant in Rio Rancho requires 2.4 million gallons of water daily, and uses around 250 dangerous chemicals, acids and inorganic compounds to manufacture microchips. Waste products are filtered once by pollution control devices, and whatever is not destroyed or captured is emitted into the air or water.
Read MoreThe A2 Times: A2 Activist Tells Her Neighbors: “You Are Your Environment!”
Jackie Echols didn’t need another crisis to add to her dossier. As president of the South River Watershed Alliance (SRWA), she was already working hard to clean up a river — almost forgotten by locals — that flows through Fulton, DeKalb, Rockdale and Henry counties in Georgia. South River traverses a mostly low-income African American community and has long been polluted by sewage spills and hemmed in by landfills, truck yards and industrial sites.
Read MoreImage top: The North Star newspaper, Rochester, New York, edited by Frederick Douglas, June 2, 1848