Elena Weissmann
@elenaweissmann.bsky.social
Northeast Director at Vote Solar
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📣Tell Mayor Adams - Renewable Rikers can’t wait!
🔗bit.ly/close-rikers-now
An analysis of grievances submitted by people in NYC jails from 2017-2023 shows 277 complaints about sewage, and 380 complaints about flooding.
🔗bit.ly/close-rikers-now
An analysis of grievances submitted by people in NYC jails from 2017-2023 shows 277 complaints about sewage, and 380 complaints about flooding.
July 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
📣Tell Mayor Adams - Renewable Rikers can’t wait!
🔗bit.ly/close-rikers-now
An analysis of grievances submitted by people in NYC jails from 2017-2023 shows 277 complaints about sewage, and 380 complaints about flooding.
🔗bit.ly/close-rikers-now
An analysis of grievances submitted by people in NYC jails from 2017-2023 shows 277 complaints about sewage, and 380 complaints about flooding.
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New Yorkers! The state Senate just passed a bill to stop for-profit utility companies from charging you for their political expenses. Email your Assembly Member NOW and urge them to get this bill over the finish line to protect New York's families:
act.solarunitedneighbors.org/a/stop-the-u...
act.solarunitedneighbors.org/a/stop-the-u...
June 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New Yorkers! The state Senate just passed a bill to stop for-profit utility companies from charging you for their political expenses. Email your Assembly Member NOW and urge them to get this bill over the finish line to protect New York's families:
act.solarunitedneighbors.org/a/stop-the-u...
act.solarunitedneighbors.org/a/stop-the-u...
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705+ grievances by people incarcerated in #Rikers and other city jails from 2017-2023. 277 about sewage, 380 about flooding, and also breathing issues, odors, rashes, and gastrointestinal distress. No one should be subject to this. #CloseRikers #RenewableRikers
bit.ly/abc7Rikers
bit.ly/abc7Rikers
Inside Rikers Island : Exclusive look at flooding, sewage complaints
Eyewitness News has investigated the violence, the staffing levels, even the sexual abuse allegations inside Rikers Island. Now, we're getting an exclusive look at some of the living conditions inside...
bit.ly
May 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
705+ grievances by people incarcerated in #Rikers and other city jails from 2017-2023. 277 about sewage, 380 about flooding, and also breathing issues, odors, rashes, and gastrointestinal distress. No one should be subject to this. #CloseRikers #RenewableRikers
bit.ly/abc7Rikers
bit.ly/abc7Rikers
Reposted by Elena Weissmann
Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
Here Is Everything That Has Changed Since Congestion Pricing Started in New York
Fewer cars. Faster travel. Less honking. And some questions we still can’t answer.
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Sing it from the rooftops: congestion pricing in NYC is an unambiguous triumph. It is succeeding beyond its backers wildest aspirations & none of the second-order effects people worried about have come to pass.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
It's a pure win. Celebrate it! Talk about it! For once, let's own the f'ing narrative.
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025... read this, share this- we need more of this in the world!
Sh’ma Koleinu: A joint message from Jews of Columbia across the ideological spectrum
We, a diverse coalition of Jews at Columbia and Barnard, wholeheartedly reject the invocation of <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-sem...
www.columbiaspectator.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025... read this, share this- we need more of this in the world!
Reposted by Elena Weissmann
Solar farms are good for birds 🦜🎶
Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields, study shows
"We have a golden opportunity for finding multiple functions for land: generating clean energy while restoring biodiversity."
theprogressplaybook.com
April 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Solar farms are good for birds 🦜🎶
I had the privilege of hearing from Ruth Messenger through @hias-refugees.bsky.social at my synagogue this Shabbat, who spoke with moral clarity about the Jewish responsibility to refugees and immigrants. Fellow Jews: this is being done in our name.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived.
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I had the privilege of hearing from Ruth Messenger through @hias-refugees.bsky.social at my synagogue this Shabbat, who spoke with moral clarity about the Jewish responsibility to refugees and immigrants. Fellow Jews: this is being done in our name.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
I was happy to join Barry Wygel on this week’s episode of #PluggingIn with @aceny.bsky.social! Tune in to learn the importance of putting solar policies into action, and how NY is already leading the way.
podfollow.com/1755391935/v...
podfollow.com/1755391935/v...
Plugging In!
Welcome to "Plugging In: Powering our Way to a Brighter and Healthier New York," the podcast dedicated to exploring the exciting world of clean energy and New York's pioneering role in the movement. J...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I was happy to join Barry Wygel on this week’s episode of #PluggingIn with @aceny.bsky.social! Tune in to learn the importance of putting solar policies into action, and how NY is already leading the way.
podfollow.com/1755391935/v...
podfollow.com/1755391935/v...
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The US generated more power from wind and solar in 2024, than from coal. (data: EIA Electricity Data Browser)
March 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The US generated more power from wind and solar in 2024, than from coal. (data: EIA Electricity Data Browser)
Reposted by Elena Weissmann
4/Now more than ever, our city needs leadership that will take the responsibility to #CloseRikers seriously. We demand action to ensure that the island’s future uses benefit and respond to the people and communities Rikers has most harmed. Learn more at renewablerikers.org
Renewable Rikers
renewablerikers.org
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
4/Now more than ever, our city needs leadership that will take the responsibility to #CloseRikers seriously. We demand action to ensure that the island’s future uses benefit and respond to the people and communities Rikers has most harmed. Learn more at renewablerikers.org
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3/While the former administration made two #RenewableRikers transfers, Mayor Eric Adams has refused to transfer any Rikers land or buildings to DCAS, missing every single Rikers land transfer since 2022. queenseagle.com/all/2023/8/2...
Adams administration continues to miss Rikers closure deadlines — Queens Daily Eagle
The Adams administration has yet to complete a single transfer of land on Rikers Island, a crucial part of the city’s plan to turn the jail complex into a renewable energy hub by 2027.
queenseagle.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
3/While the former administration made two #RenewableRikers transfers, Mayor Eric Adams has refused to transfer any Rikers land or buildings to DCAS, missing every single Rikers land transfer since 2022. queenseagle.com/all/2023/8/2...
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1/On this day in 2021, former Mayor de Blasio signed #RenewableRikers legislation championed by Rikers survivors, environmental justice communities, and allies, creating a pathway toward addressing the harms of mass incarceration and environmental racism. nyc.urbanize.city/post/plans-t...
Plans to transform Rikers Island into a green energy hub move forward
Long one of the country's most notorious jails, Rikers Island could soon be remade into a renewable energy hub.
nyc.urbanize.city
February 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
1/On this day in 2021, former Mayor de Blasio signed #RenewableRikers legislation championed by Rikers survivors, environmental justice communities, and allies, creating a pathway toward addressing the harms of mass incarceration and environmental racism. nyc.urbanize.city/post/plans-t...
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California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy.
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#Energy #CA #California #Renewables #Solar
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#Energy #CA #California #Renewables #Solar
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy
Are renewables reliable? A new study says California ran on renewables alone for a record number of days last year.
grist.org
February 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
California just debunked a big myth about renewable energy.
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#Energy #CA #California #Renewables #Solar
The state went a record 98 of 116 days providing up to 10 hours of electricity with renewables alone.
grist.org/energy/calif...
#Energy #CA #California #Renewables #Solar
REPORT: Less than 2% of the money six electric utilities sent to their shareholders last year could cover the cost to prevent all 662,000+ of their power shutoffs in 2024. We need a utility system that prioritizes people over profit. #NoShutoffs
Read more from @CenterforBioDiv ➡️
Read more from @CenterforBioDiv ➡️
www.biologicaldiversity.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
REPORT: Less than 2% of the money six electric utilities sent to their shareholders last year could cover the cost to prevent all 662,000+ of their power shutoffs in 2024. We need a utility system that prioritizes people over profit. #NoShutoffs
Read more from @CenterforBioDiv ➡️
Read more from @CenterforBioDiv ➡️
With our new administration already walking back our climate and EJ commitments on Day 1, we need state leaders to step up and do the right thing. Governor Hochul's budget's disregard for the climate crisis and our DACs it hits the hardest is unacceptable.
January 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
With our new administration already walking back our climate and EJ commitments on Day 1, we need state leaders to step up and do the right thing. Governor Hochul's budget's disregard for the climate crisis and our DACs it hits the hardest is unacceptable.
Great piece by Kate at @solaronenyc.bsky.social and Alex Lee at Cooper Square Committee about why affordable solar is so key! citylimits.org/2025/01/20/o...
Opinion: Expand NY's Residential Solar Tax Credit
"The money New York State invests to accelerate solar is missing the households and communities that need it the most."
citylimits.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Great piece by Kate at @solaronenyc.bsky.social and Alex Lee at Cooper Square Committee about why affordable solar is so key! citylimits.org/2025/01/20/o...
So excited to see the Clean Energy Equity Act introduced in Massachusetts this week! Grateful to our champs @votesteveowens.bsky.social and Senator Liz Miranda. Surreal to see our coalition's work come to bear like this and eager to move it along this session!
January 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
So excited to see the Clean Energy Equity Act introduced in Massachusetts this week! Grateful to our champs @votesteveowens.bsky.social and Senator Liz Miranda. Surreal to see our coalition's work come to bear like this and eager to move it along this session!
This is so important. Saw illustrations of this at Rikers and the Boat- toxic waste, mold, leaking sewage- our jails and prisons are environmental dumping grounds. Abolition and environmental justice are closely linked.
www.ehn.org/fight-toxic-...
www.ehn.org/fight-toxic-...
Op-ed: Toxic prisons teach us that environmental justice needs abolition
Prisons, jails and detention centers are placed in locations where environmental hazards such as toxic landfills, floods and extreme heat are the norm.
www.ehn.org
January 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is so important. Saw illustrations of this at Rikers and the Boat- toxic waste, mold, leaking sewage- our jails and prisons are environmental dumping grounds. Abolition and environmental justice are closely linked.
www.ehn.org/fight-toxic-...
www.ehn.org/fight-toxic-...
With things looking so bleak for climate at the federal level, I'm feeling grateful for states that step up and take action. Exciting day in Massachusetts with a robust climate and clean energy bill moving through the legislature! votesolar.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts’ Bill Combats Climate Crisis by Prioritizing Equitable Clean Energy Solutions - Vote Solar
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2024 Boston, MA – On November 14, the Massachusetts legislature passed S.2967, a robust climate bill advancing our clean energy future. The climate bill was annou...
votesolar.org
November 15, 2024 at 5:18 PM
With things looking so bleak for climate at the federal level, I'm feeling grateful for states that step up and take action. Exciting day in Massachusetts with a robust climate and clean energy bill moving through the legislature! votesolar.org/massachusett...