Earth Day is a perfect opportunity to exercise your advocate muscles! Even if you usually participate from the sidelines, even if you're mostly intere

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Earth Day is a perfect opportunity to exercise your advocate muscles! Even if you usually participate from the sidelines, even if you're mostly interested in just keeping up with the news, here are two easy ways for you to get your feet wet and TAKE ACTION! So jump in: Have fun, Change the world!

TODAY at 5pm: Port Ambrose Rally at Cuomo's Office

Rising Tide teams with Sane Energy Project for a creative action against Port Ambrose LNG, in solidarity with New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania communities who are fighting multiple pipelines and other destructive projects. Governor Cuomo has the power to veto Port Ambrose and stop the wholesale destruction of upstate by infrastructure. We'll thank the Governor for preventing fracking in NYS, and ask him to do the right thing again and veto Port Ambrose, and protect New York State. Great artwork and a chance to meet likeminded friends!
5pm, TODAY: Gather at Cuomo's office: 633 Third Avenue (at 41st street)

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Come join us and put this banner to good use!

Ask Your Rep for an Earth Day Mitzvah!

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There's a Resolution against Port Ambrose in City Council right now that only needs 11 more votes to pass! Here's a super easy thing you can do to make sure it does: Email these 10 reps (takes 10 minutes MAX!) with a message asking them to mark Earth Day by signing onto Reso 549! Here are their email addresses and a sample letter (please personalize as desired). Bonus brownie points if you call them too!

Email these 10 City Council Members:

1) Councilmember Rose, DROSE@Council.nyc.gov
2) Councilmember Vallone, district19@council.nyc.gov
3) Councilmember Deutsch, cdeutsch@council.nyc.gov
4) Councilmember Garodnick, DGarodnick@council.nyc.gov
5) Councilmember Greenfield, dgreenfield@council.nyc.gov
6) Councilmember Ferreras, jferreras@council.nyc.gov
7) Councilmember Williams, JWilliams@council.nyc.gov
8) Councilmember Maisel, AMaisel@council.nyc.gov
9) Councilmember Ignizio, vignizio@council.nyc.gov
10) Councilmember Matteo, SMatteo@council.nyc.gov

Sample note (please personalize as desired):

Dear Council Member,
In honor of Earth Day, I urge you to sign onto Resolution 549 in the City Council, sponsored by Environmental Committee Chair, Donovan Richards. The resolution asks Governor Cuomo to veto Port Ambrose LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas). There is already wide bipartisan opposition to Port Ambrose, with Senator Dean Skelos and multiple state and local Democrats and Republicans sending letters to the Governor.

Port Ambrose would worsen sea level rise and super storms. LNG is 40% WORSE in its warming effect than "natural" gas (which is itself 86 times worse than carbon). We cannot afford to continue building fossil fuel infrastructure that will require city funds to fend off flooding.

Port Ambrose would prevent the construction of a 700MW wind farm (enough energy for 200,000 homes) that is predicted to create 17,000 jobs. New York could become the Eastern Seaboard hub for offshore wind, including the construction of a deepwater port that could bring 43,000 jobs to this area. But not if we build LNG where the wind farm should go. What does Port Ambrose offer in comparison? Only SIX permanent jobs! Wind farms are much better choice for our waterfront than LNG, and the two cannot coexist, according to a recent report from NRDC.

Please let me know if you will sign on to Reso 549, and thank you for your attention to this issue!

Thank you for your help, and Happy Earth Day!

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