Urban Forestry and Racial Justice
ICCT Sponsors a Panel on Urban Forestry and Leveraging Funding for Projects for Trees in Underserved Communities May 11, 2023
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ICCT Sponsors a Panel on Urban Forestry and Leveraging Funding for Projects for Trees in Underserved Communities May 11, 2023
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A new direction for ICCT that holds so much promise and hope for the Earth's future!
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Voicing two concerns in our community - affordable energy bills for low income households through energy efficiency upgrades and emergency shelter for homeless neighbors in extreme weather.
At the ICCT Imagination Convention on January 28, 2023, we gathered to celebrate our past and imagine our future.
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A 2023 Zoom forum, attended by 96 people, featured author Neta C. Crawford, Professor at the University of Oxford discussing her book on the Pentagon, the world’s largest single greenhouse gas emitter and how to break the link between national security and fossil fuels.
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See this film about the Pope’s meeting with 5 climate champions from around the world and how they embody the message of Laudato Si’, his letter to everyone on earth.
“Save Our Mother,” "Vote/Pray," -- some of the messages from almost 200 folks holding signs that greeted drivers on Raleigh’s Wade Avenue during ICCT’s 2ndPrayer Chain for the Earth on October 3, 2022.
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Good news! The U.S. Senate passed the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act on July 28, 2022. ICCT supported the bill when we hosted an April 2022 webinar presented by the U.S. Composting Council and attended by 50 people in April 2022. Ask your U.S. House member to support the bill using this easy-to-navigate link. See more information on the bill, the webinar, the recording, and ICCT’s position here.
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Duke Energy’s Carbon Plan lacks urgency, concern and commitment to meet Governor Cooper’s mandate to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.
It’s not too late to comment online if you missed the meeting. (Reference Docket No. E 100, Sub 179.) Use the ICCT Policy Statement as a resource.
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In the fall of 2021, North Carolina passed HB951, a landmark piece of legislation requiring Duke Energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in North Carolina by 70% from 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve net-zero by 2050. Duke has now released their Carbon Plan, outlining how they intend to meet these targets and much effort and careful analysis has been put into it.
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