@batul.bsky.social
Labor director at @cplusc.bsky.social
Steering committee @socialists.nyc
Steering committee @socialists.nyc
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At the United for Green Schools panel for NYC climate week.
Great story from a Chicago school board member on how there was a resolution passed in June to do 12 green school pilots, creating a revolving fund for new money for these protects.
Great story from a Chicago school board member on how there was a resolution passed in June to do 12 green school pilots, creating a revolving fund for new money for these protects.
September 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
At the United for Green Schools panel for NYC climate week.
Great story from a Chicago school board member on how there was a resolution passed in June to do 12 green school pilots, creating a revolving fund for new money for these protects.
Great story from a Chicago school board member on how there was a resolution passed in June to do 12 green school pilots, creating a revolving fund for new money for these protects.
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In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green?
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
September 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green?
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g
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EXTRACTION is hitting the road this fall. Thrilled to be in conversation with @dharna.bsky.social @bentarnoff.com @dwallacewells.bsky.social @earthworks.bsky.social and others.
Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com
Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
EXTRACTION is hitting the road this fall. Thrilled to be in conversation with @dharna.bsky.social @bentarnoff.com @dwallacewells.bsky.social @earthworks.bsky.social and others.
Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com
Stay tuned for more events in the winter and spring! @wwnorton.com
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‼️ Join my team ‼️ @cplusc.bsky.social is hiring a Housing Policy Manager to help advance progressive housing and climate solutions alongside some of the best tenant unions, labor unions, policymakers, and researchers in the field.
Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
Work With Us - Climate and Community Institute
Job opportunities at the Climate and Community Institute
climateandcommunity.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
‼️ Join my team ‼️ @cplusc.bsky.social is hiring a Housing Policy Manager to help advance progressive housing and climate solutions alongside some of the best tenant unions, labor unions, policymakers, and researchers in the field.
Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
Apply here by Oct 5! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
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Will be celebrating the launch of Issue 2 at Climate Week w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more
Tix free but going fast!
Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more
Tix free but going fast!
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Will be celebrating the launch of Issue 2 at Climate Week w/ @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more
Tix free but going fast!
Come hang out w me and excellent panellists David Wallace-Wells, @brusselermel.bsky.social @batul.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social to talk about green planning + much more
Tix free but going fast!
Somehow this NYT piece “dissecting” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s schools agenda fully erased the campaign’s detailed plan for green, healthy schools, which can be read in full on the campaign site: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Somehow this NYT piece “dissecting” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social ‘s schools agenda fully erased the campaign’s detailed plan for green, healthy schools, which can be read in full on the campaign site: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The climate crisis is a catastrophe we cannot afford to ignore, means-test, or isolate as an “add-on” to other problems. Workers and tenants across the country understand that, and are advancing green economic populism at home and at work.
So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.
So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.
As Dixon Romeo, executive director of Southside Together, told us, “The tenant organizing feeds into broader campaigns so tenants not only have a union in their building but are also fighting for better neighborhoods.”
The Growing Fight for Green Economic Populism
In Chicago and across the country, unions and progressive leaders are implementing policies to address the climate crisis while improving working people’s lives.
inthesetimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The climate crisis is a catastrophe we cannot afford to ignore, means-test, or isolate as an “add-on” to other problems. Workers and tenants across the country understand that, and are advancing green economic populism at home and at work.
So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.
So fun to get to dig into it w/ @batul.bsky.social.
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Labor and tenant unions can not only win climate objectives as well as economic ones but also build their bases through them.
Chicago's @ctulocal1.bsky.social and Southside Together show us how, as recounted in this piece by @cplusc.bsky.social's @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and @batul.bsky.social.
Chicago's @ctulocal1.bsky.social and Southside Together show us how, as recounted in this piece by @cplusc.bsky.social's @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and @batul.bsky.social.
As Dixon Romeo, executive director of Southside Together, told us, “The tenant organizing feeds into broader campaigns so tenants not only have a union in their building but are also fighting for better neighborhoods.”
The Growing Fight for Green Economic Populism
In Chicago and across the country, unions and progressive leaders are implementing policies to address the climate crisis while improving working people’s lives.
inthesetimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Labor and tenant unions can not only win climate objectives as well as economic ones but also build their bases through them.
Chicago's @ctulocal1.bsky.social and Southside Together show us how, as recounted in this piece by @cplusc.bsky.social's @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and @batul.bsky.social.
Chicago's @ctulocal1.bsky.social and Southside Together show us how, as recounted in this piece by @cplusc.bsky.social's @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and @batul.bsky.social.
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Recommended read: The @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social examined how the focus of New York City mayor frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on lowering the cost of living can serve as a “blueprint” for embedding climate action in everyday life.
📝 @batul.bsky.social
📝 @batul.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani Is Proposing Green Abundance for the Many
The New York City mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani is focused on lowering the cost of living. It can serve as a blueprint for progressives seeking to embed climate action in real improvements for…
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June 29, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Recommended read: The @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social examined how the focus of New York City mayor frontrunner Zohran Mamdani on lowering the cost of living can serve as a “blueprint” for embedding climate action in everyday life.
📝 @batul.bsky.social
📝 @batul.bsky.social
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"Mamdani's campaign has put forth a transformative, green vision of a city that works for the 99%—one that takes on the existential threat of the climate crisis through kitchen-table proposals to improve working peoples’ daily lives + take back power from the richest 1%"
jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
June 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Mamdani's campaign has put forth a transformative, green vision of a city that works for the 99%—one that takes on the existential threat of the climate crisis through kitchen-table proposals to improve working peoples’ daily lives + take back power from the richest 1%"
jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
The Mamdani campaign offers a blueprint for the climate left: the path to full decarbonization must run through working class demands for affordability and quality-of-life jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
Zohran Mamdani Is Proposing Green Abundance for the Many
The New York City mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani is focused on lowering the cost of living. It can serve as a blueprint for progressives seeking to embed climate action in real improvements for wo...
jacobin.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Mamdani campaign offers a blueprint for the climate left: the path to full decarbonization must run through working class demands for affordability and quality-of-life jacobin.com/2025/06/mamd...
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Vienna is the global capital of social housing, and is regularly ranked as the world's most livable city.
Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here.
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here.
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
www.npr.org
June 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Vienna is the global capital of social housing, and is regularly ranked as the world's most livable city.
Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here.
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
Our new report, featured in this @npr.org exclusive, explores Vienna’s green social housing—home to the majority of its renters—and how it can work here.
www.npr.org/2025/06/15/n...
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Converting unused public school property to green social housing can offer a range of benefits—from stemming enrollment drops to stabilizing teacher workforces to reducing building emissions.
Join us to learn from organizers & experts taking up these campaigns: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us to learn from organizers & experts taking up these campaigns: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Converting unused public school property to green social housing can offer a range of benefits—from stemming enrollment drops to stabilizing teacher workforces to reducing building emissions.
Join us to learn from organizers & experts taking up these campaigns: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us to learn from organizers & experts taking up these campaigns: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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NEW: Two-thirds of NYC voters support creating municipal grocery stores to bring down prices.
"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."
"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."
New York City Voters Support Municipal Grocery Stores - Climate and Community Institute
Read our Substack piece on why municipal grocery stores can bring down costs and repair food supply chains. The rising cost of groceries has driven nearly 50 …
climateandcommunity.org
April 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW: Two-thirds of NYC voters support creating municipal grocery stores to bring down prices.
"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."
"The concept is imminently feasible. In fact, publicly owned grocery stores are quite common and already exist at scale—in the US military."
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Last night, Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez was taken by ICE in Washington State, where he has lived, worked, and organized as a farmworker since he was 14, on his way to take his partner to work. Take action against this attack on farmworker leadership now:
bsky.app/profile/food...
bsky.app/profile/food...
Take action for Lelo today:
Contact Washington AG's office: fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhand... | 360-753-6200
Contact Governor’s office: governor.wa.gov/contacting-g... | 360-902-4111
Donate to Lelo's legal defense: www.foodjustice.org/donate-1
Contact Washington AG's office: fortress.wa.gov/atg/formhand... | 360-753-6200
Contact Governor’s office: governor.wa.gov/contacting-g... | 360-902-4111
Donate to Lelo's legal defense: www.foodjustice.org/donate-1
Contact Form
fortress.wa.gov
March 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Last night, Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez was taken by ICE in Washington State, where he has lived, worked, and organized as a farmworker since he was 14, on his way to take his partner to work. Take action against this attack on farmworker leadership now:
bsky.app/profile/food...
bsky.app/profile/food...
Applications for the 2025 @cplusc.bsky.social junior fellowship are open until Monday, March 3. All current grad students interested in researching the climate/economy nexus this summer should apply. Come work with us! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
Work With Us - Climate and Community Institute
Job opportunities at the Climate and Community Institute
climateandcommunity.org
February 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Applications for the 2025 @cplusc.bsky.social junior fellowship are open until Monday, March 3. All current grad students interested in researching the climate/economy nexus this summer should apply. Come work with us! climateandcommunity.org/careers/
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We are hiring Junior Research Fellows for the summer of 2025! We are looking for outstanding graduate students to join us for the summer to make meaningful contributions to our transformative research and policy work across geographies and economic sectors. Applications due March 3.
Work With Us - Climate & Community Institute
There are currently no open positions at Climate & Community Institute.
climateandcommunity.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We are hiring Junior Research Fellows for the summer of 2025! We are looking for outstanding graduate students to join us for the summer to make meaningful contributions to our transformative research and policy work across geographies and economic sectors. Applications due March 3.
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Batul Hassan: "War is a defining feature, not a bug, of the extractive economy. We can't decarbonize without demilitarizing. The climate left has begun to take up the fact these military activities are meant to destroy. We need to be transitioning from a war economy to a peace economy."
December 9, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Batul Hassan: "War is a defining feature, not a bug, of the extractive economy. We can't decarbonize without demilitarizing. The climate left has begun to take up the fact these military activities are meant to destroy. We need to be transitioning from a war economy to a peace economy."
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So Trump won the election - now what? We at Climate and Community Institute (@cplusc.bsky.social) are going to talk about what this means for climate politics this coming Monday. With: @batul.bsky.social, @williamlawrence.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CCI webinar: What's Next for the Climate Left?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join Climate and Community Institute (CCI) to discuss the 2024 election and where to go from here to build the power for climate policies that the multiracial working class deserves and will fight for...
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December 5, 2024 at 7:11 PM
So Trump won the election - now what? We at Climate and Community Institute (@cplusc.bsky.social) are going to talk about what this means for climate politics this coming Monday. With: @batul.bsky.social, @williamlawrence.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social
bit.ly/cci2024elect...
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We’re asking big questions about what’s needed to build power and policies that create a greener, more just world for all. Honored to be speaking alongside these incredible panelists!
Tuesday 12/9, 4-5pm ET: t.co/GEcz4s0OFI @cplusc.bsky.social
Tuesday 12/9, 4-5pm ET: t.co/GEcz4s0OFI @cplusc.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 12:08 AM
We’re asking big questions about what’s needed to build power and policies that create a greener, more just world for all. Honored to be speaking alongside these incredible panelists!
Tuesday 12/9, 4-5pm ET: t.co/GEcz4s0OFI @cplusc.bsky.social
Tuesday 12/9, 4-5pm ET: t.co/GEcz4s0OFI @cplusc.bsky.social
Excited to join this panel reception in DC for “Powerlines: Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement” alongside incredible renewable energy rank-and-file organizers from across the country! Tonight in-person at 6pm, register here: forms.gle/HpzqKF4afPjS...
November 18, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Excited to join this panel reception in DC for “Powerlines: Building a Labor-Climate Justice Movement” alongside incredible renewable energy rank-and-file organizers from across the country! Tonight in-person at 6pm, register here: forms.gle/HpzqKF4afPjS...
Looking forward to moderating this label tonight in DC. Come through in person or on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
May 7, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Looking forward to moderating this label tonight in DC. Come through in person or on Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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NEW with @organizeworkers.bsky.social : Climate Justice at Work! From solar installation to teaching to farming, all workers have a stake in winning cross-industry campaigns for climate safety and action on the job. Join us on Tuesday 4/10 with @jmijin.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/Climate-at-W...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Climate Justice at Work. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
We’ll be joined by workers in union and non-union workplaces who’ve been fighting climate injustice at work. Farmworkers, teachers, solar construction workers, and Starbucks baristas – all using their...
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April 5, 2024 at 4:28 PM
NEW with @organizeworkers.bsky.social : Climate Justice at Work! From solar installation to teaching to farming, all workers have a stake in winning cross-industry campaigns for climate safety and action on the job. Join us on Tuesday 4/10 with @jmijin.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/Climate-at-W...
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The US climate movement must demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Palestine to hold the line against genocide now and the abandonment of vulnerable communities in the future as the climate crisis intensifies. Our new briefing explains why 🧵
Ceasefire Now, Ceasefire Forever
The US Climate Justice movement must support freedom and self-determination for Palestine.
www.climateandcommunity.org
December 14, 2023 at 5:26 PM
The US climate movement must demand an immediate, permanent ceasefire in Palestine to hold the line against genocide now and the abandonment of vulnerable communities in the future as the climate crisis intensifies. Our new briefing explains why 🧵