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Grassroots Global Justice Alliance Responds to Manchin’s Dirty Energy Permitting Legislation: “This bill is an environmental justice disaster.”

September 21, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT: Celina Lee, media [at] ggjalliance [dot] org National alliance of grassroots groups call to stop legislation fast tracking fossil fuel projects and false climate solutions Washington, D.C. — In response to the introduction of the...

GGJ statement in response to the Inflation Reduction Act: This is not a climate justice bill

July 28, 2022

Contact: media@ggjalliance.org Washington, D.C. – The Inflation Reduction Act introduced by Senate Democrats in a deal with coal baron Senator Joe Manchin is a bad deal for frontline communities. After a long and tortuous year of negotiations between Democratic leaders...

In racist decision, Supreme Court rules on the side of corporate polluters and against frontline communities

June 30, 2022

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Washington, D.C. — Today, in another onslaught of right-wing, corporate-backed judicial overreach, the United States Supreme Court ruled to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and limited the ability of the...

Grassroots Global Justice Alliance responds to House passage of Build Back Better Act

November 19, 2021

For Immediate Release Contact: Adrien Salazar, adrien@ggjalliance.org In response to the House passage of the Build Back Better Act, Grassroots Global Justice Alliance issued the following statement: Today the House passed the Build Back Better Act, a bill that reflects critical...

It Takes Roots Statement on Conclusion of the UNFCCC COP26 Conference of the Parties and Glasgow Climate Pact: Incrementalism Leaves Frontline Communities to Face Increasing Climate Chaos

November 13, 2021

For Immediate Release Contact: Aimee Inglis, Communications Coordinator, It Takes Roots: aimee@ittakesroots.org
Eddie Vale, NP Agency: eddie@npagency.com Glasgow, Scotland — As negotiations of the UNFCCC COP26 have concluded, the It Takes Roots alliance issues the following statement: The Glasgow Climate...

New Feminist Peace Initiative Releases Movement-Driven Foreign Policy Framework

October 13, 2020

Vision Links Domestic & Foreign Policy, Aims to Democratize Foreign Policy Discussions, Center Leadership of Women, People of Color Impacted By These Decisions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 CONTACT: Anna Zuccaro | anna@unbendablemedia.com Grassroots feminists from MADRE, GGJ...

Indigenous, Frontline Community Groups & Climate Leaders Decry Greenwashed Climate Summit, Deliver Open Letter to Gov. Brown

September 10, 2018

For Immediate Release: September 10, 2018 Contact: Cabot Lee Petoia, 828-899-9239, cabot@megaphonestrategies.com; Kawana Lloyd, 240-472-2860, kawana@megaphonestrategies.com In Open Letter to Brown, Communities Most Affected by Climate Change Demand Real People and Earth-Based Solutions SAN FRANCISCO- On day three of...

Grupos indígenas, comunidades afectadas y líderes sobre el clima denuncian la hipocresía ecológica en la Cumbre Climática, entregan una Carta Abierta al Gobernador Brown

September 10, 2018

For Immediate Release: el 10 de septiembre, 2018 Contacto: Cabot Lee Petoia, 828-899-9239, cabot@megaphonestrategies.com; Kawana Lloyd, 240-472-2860, kawana@megaphonestrategies.com Grupos indígenas, comunidades afectadas y líderes sobre el clima denuncian la hipocresía ecológica en la Cumbre Climática, entregan una Carta Abierta ...