What – Rally and speak out for climate justice at the CLCPA Draft Scoping Plan Hearing in Buffalo! When – Wednesday April 27, rally starts at 2:30pm, hearing starts at 3:30pm Where – The Buffalo Central Library, 1 Lafayette Square, Buffalo NY We recently covered what the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) is […]

We are so excited to announce that we are hiring a new Just Transition Organizer! Are you passionate about building grassroots power with poor and working class communities? Do you have a drive to push anti-racist policy in our climate just movement? Do you want to work on a team that values your leadership development and […]

In rebuttal to this column published in The Buffalo News on March 1 from Blockfusion, we submitted the following rebuttal to the Another Voice section, but it unfortunately was not accepted for print, so we are instead publishing it here to our blog. The Clean Air Coalition of WNY disagrees strongly with the assertions made […]

Clean Air will be hosting an Action Hour on Tuesday, April 19th at 5pm to get our folks ready to submit public comments on the proposed changes to the Brownfield Cleanup Program regulations. We need you to join us in taking action so that all of our communities, especially poor and working class communities and […]

It’s that time of year! We’ll be holding our annual meeting on Wednesday, March 30th at 6pm on Zoom. Join us to hear about our work in 2021, our plans for 2022 and, if you’re a member, vote for our annual board of directors! Register online today at bit.ly/cleanair2022 Members can vote for board candidates at bit.ly/3BvXZTJ […]

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Have you heard of “cryptocurrency mining”, aka, Proof-of-Work Blockchain operations? Did you know that this industry consumes more power than it takes to run all the refrigerators in the United States? Did you know that Erie and Niagara County have a disproportionately large number of Proof-of-Work Blockchain operations? Help us to Knock Out POW! Join […]

Are you a member of another organization or business? Sign our letter urging Gov. Hochul to amend her NYS Budget proposal to include environmental and worker justice!

Have you heard about the CLCPA, or Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act? This revolutionary legislation, passed and signed into law in July 2019, is already greatly changing the lives of each and every New York resident and has also influenced national legislation related to climate change.  The CLCPA sets goals of net-zero emissions by […]

Did you know that the Department of Environmental Conservation posts reports related to each and every Brownfield and Superfund clean up in NY on their website? As fantastic as this resource is, it can take a bit of practice to know how to use it – in this short guide, we’ll walk you through the […]

On January 18th, Governor Hochul released her first  State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022-2023 Executive Budget Proposal: A New Era for New York. The proposal includes many long needed investments in New York State’s environmental protections, green jobs training and climate resiliency. New York has long been a leader in the global fight against climate change, […]