Pleased to share my article "Energy Justice and Renewable Rikers." It is the lead article of the latest volume of the
#MiamiLawReview. It draws in part on all the
#history research I did for
#NamingGotham. TLDR: If we start by prioritizing justice, we think about problems (and their answers) in new ways.
#EnvironmentalJustice #CloseRikers #RenewableRikers #climatechange #climatejustice #NewYork #NYC #histodons #NamingGotham #energyjustice https://repository.law.miami.edu/umlr/vol78/iss2/3/Energy Justice and Renewable Rikers
Unsustainable energy practices generate the lion’s share of global carbon emissions as well as staggering levels of deadly particulate pollution. Replacing the current dirty, fossil fuel-based system with affordable, clean energy is both a human rights imperative and a climate change necessity. This transition, which has already begun, creates the opportunity to do things differently. By confronting the structural racism embedded in existing energy structures, we can build a just transition rather than just a transition. This Article uses New York City’s Renewable Rikers project as a case study to explore how we might take advantage of the intersections between social justice, racial justice, and environmental justice to achieve sweeping social progress as part of the ongoing green energy transition.
I dropped in for a joint session of the Lean to the Left podcast and the Justice Counts podcast to talk about
#EnvironmentalJustice #NYC #History #RenewableRikers #climatechange #comicbooks and
#NamingGotham and more. Give it a listen.
https://youtu.be/XCWFrJ9NS28First
#JanesWalk is in the books. It was such fun talking
#MajorDeegan, the war on pigeons, and plans to daylight Tibbetts Brook with a really engaged group. On to Walk No. 2--#RenewableRikers
#NYC #NamingGotham #twitterstorians #history #JanesWalk2023 https://www.mas.org/events/renewable-rikers-how-to-power-a-city/Renewable Rikers: How to Power a City – The Municipal Art Society of New York
Whatcha doin" on May 6? Join at 11 for a free virtual Jane's Walk tour of Renewable Rikers.
https://www.mas.org/events/renewable-rikers-how-to-power-a-city/#JanesWalk #NYC #RenewableRikersRenewable Rikers: How to Power a City – The Municipal Art Society of New York
So thankful for the
#RenewableRikers event at Women Lifting Up in Brooklyn. Being in conversation with @WomensCJA
@JS_thinkdance
@HourChildren
@FreedomAgendaNY
I learned so much.
#BEYONDrosies #closerikersToday is publication day for Naming Gotham. I am so excited to have it out in the world! Hope folks love
#reading it as much as I loved
#writing this book. Completely changed the way I see
#NYC #history and informs my thinking on current public policy issues like
#RenewableRikers.
#amWriting https://www.amazon.com/Naming-Gotham-Villains-Rogues-Heroes/dp/1467151408
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