Vote for Climate Change: A Historic Democratic Primary
Climate change action is moving to the local level as never before.
With the Infrastructure Act and the Inflation Reduction Act both coming into full swing, the task of moving rapidly forward on carbon and climate justice now involves state and local government action as never before. We need leaders that will ensure that Philadelphia gets its fair share of federal dollars to make it a greener, more sustainable city. We strongly encourage you to vote on May 16.
If you live in Philadelphia, you have an unusual opportunity this spring to shape Philadelphia’s environmental activities in a big way. Nonpartisan poll shows statistical tie in Philadelphia Mayor Race, and just a few votes may make the difference. And the winner is almost certain to become Mayor in November: three-quarters of all voters in Philadelphia are registered Democrats. Moreover, 6 members of the City Council resigned to run for Mayor, so the City Council has had an unusual turnover and its composition will likely change more than at any time in recent memory.
To learn something about the positions of the Mayoral candidates, Grid magazine canvassed eight of them on environmental questions:
GRID MAGAZINE
We recommend that you look at the primary recommendations of Philadelphia Neighborhood Networks (PNN) & the Sierra Club, two organizations that are actively fighting for environmental justice.
PNN ENDORSEMENTS
SIERRA CLUB ENDORSEMENTS
If you would like to be even more active, you can sign up to canvass with PNN: Saturday May 6th or 13th @ 11:00 AM outside Lovett Library, or Sunday May 7th or 14th @ 1:00 PM at the Studio, 5535 Lena St
MORE INFO ON ENDORSED CANDIDATES
MAYOR:
Helen Gym (PNN & Sierra Club)
CITY COUNCIL:
Amanda McIllmurray (PNN & Sierra Club)
Rue Landau (PNN & Sierra Club)
Isaiah Thomas (PNN)
Erika Almiron (PNN)
Nina Ahmad (Sierra Club)
Eryn Santamoor (Sierra Club)
CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT:
8th District: Seth Anderson-Oberman (PNN &Sierra Club)
PNN also has endorsements for offices other than the mayoralty and city council. Note that recent Pennsylvania court decisions have had important impacts recently (including redistricting) and that an important climate issue, Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which has the potential to reduce our carbon emissions by 31 % by 2030, is in the court system right now, so the quality of our judicial candidates matters.
Additional information on the qualifications of judicial candidates here