Presentation: Doug Tallamy - Rebuilding Nature's Relationships at Home

The Western New York Land Conservancy invites you to join us for a special presentation: Doug Tallamy "Rebuilding Nature's Relationships at Home."

Doug Tallamy is the famed author of the award-winning book, Bringing Nature Home. His work has sparked a national conversation about using native plants in our gardens and landscapes to reverse the loss of wildlife and to make our communities healthier. Don't miss this opportunity to see him in person!

The speaker series is our new annual member event, so please join us, your fellow Land Conservancy members, and people from around the region at this special event. Purchase your tickets ($20) in advance at the UB Center for the Arts Box Office or online at www.Tickets.com. 

Our last event sold out, so buy your tickets today!

Science Museum: What On Earth? Play, Create, Imagine

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Public Meeting: Threats Posed by Derailment of Explosive Oil Trains in WNY

CLIMATE JUSTICE COALITION OF WNY 

Did you know that highly explosive Bakken Crude Oil Trains are traveling through our towns and the city of Buffalo neighborhoods here in Western NY? You are invited to learn more about this potentially disastrous situation and meet the small dedicated group that is working to investigate and take action to protect our homes, families and businesses. Please Join Us!

WNY Drilling Defense Meeting
Thursday, April 7 at 6:00 PM
Crane Branch Library (Upstairs)
633 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY

 
Please Join Us  
Let's act to Protect WNY

Read about derailments and explosions of dangerous oil trains rolling across Erie County, WNY and the USA:

- Ban the Bomb Trains Traveling through Buffalo & Erie County
- Oil tankers: Danger on the rails, CNN Report
- Why oil-by-rail is an explosive disaster waiting to happen
- Bombs on the railway:” CP train that derailed in Watertown (Ohio) was carrying Bakken crude oil
- Crude Oil Transportation: A Timeline of Failure

Community Gathering: Interfaith Climate Justice - All People Welcome

Gather in the Community Room behind the Church [Map]

BUFFALO YOUTH FORUM ON CLIMATE JUSTICE

A YOUTH FORUM ON CLIMATE JUSTICE will take place on Tuesday, April 12th, at 271 Grant Street, from 4 PM to 7:30 PM. The event will be co-hosted by the Crossroads Collective and the Western New York Environmental Alliance. 

Dinner will be provided by BPS Child Nutrition Services.  To help us plan the dinner, please let us know how many people (youth and adults) will come by Thursday, April 7th.  Contact Rebekah Williams by email at Rebekah@mass-ave.org or by phone at (716) 882-5327 x6.

The event will be interactive, incorporate the arts and performance, and engage the youth participants in dialogue on what they think about climate change and how climate change has impacted their lives, either here in the states or perhaps in other countries (considering youth who are new Americans).

Some of the organizations coordinating the forum are Grassroots Gardens, Massachusetts Avenue Project, 4-H / Cornell Cooperative Extension, Ujima Theatre, the WASH Project, the Jane Goodall Foundation, HEAL International, and Buffalo Farm to School.

The purpose of the event is to connect with youth who are interested in advocating for climate justice in Buffalo, and help guide us in our next plan of action.

The forum will provide an important opportunity for organizations working on climate justice issues to learn what youth are thinking, and help us determine necessary education, behavioral, and attitudinal change regarding climate change work.  It’s too often that adult-led organizations presume what youth are thinking or their experiences, rather than ask youth directly.  This is our opportunity to do something different.

We hope that you will get involved by bringing your youth out on April 12th! 
Contact Rebekah@mass-ave.org or call (716) 882-5327 x6 with questions.

Communal Forum on the Environment

Congregation Shir Shalom, 4660 Sheridan Dr., Williamsville 

716-633-8877

Open to the public

Click here to view the flyer
 

Presentation: Renewable Energy Initiatives in Erie County

Petitioning President Obama: Keep Fossil Fuels Safely in the Ground

PRESIDENT OBAMA — SECURE YOUR CLIMATE LEGACY:

KEEP FOSSIL FUELS SAFELY IN THE GROUND

Mr. President,

We call on you to secure your climate legacy by halting all new drilling, fracking, and mining on public lands and waters, including stopping all new offshore drilling in the Arctic, Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic.

The world is in a deep climate hole and now that we find ourselves here, we must stop digging. As you said when you rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, “we’re going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground.”

We couldn’t agree more.

The science is clear. [1] A safe climate means we need to stop drilling and mining for more fossil fuels; and we need to keep at least 80% of what we already have in the ground.

The first place to start is our precious public lands and waters. New oil and gas sales on these lands would expand known reserves of fossil fuels, which would clearly fail to harmonize our energy policy with climate science.

The historic Paris climate agreement was the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era. To create that fossil free future we need a just transition to 100% renewable energy, and we need to implement a climate test to stop expanding reserves and keep our fossil fuels in the ground.

We thank you for your leadership to date, and we urge you to boldly secure your climate legacy by announcing that America’s public lands and waters will no longer be auctioned off to oil, gas, and coal companies.

To Sign the Petition, CLICK HERE.

Brought to you by: Other98 - Greenpeace USA- Oil Change International - Rainforest Action Network - Daily Kos - Environmental Action - Friends of the Earth - Courage Campaign- Stand- The Nation- WildEarth Guardians - Food & Water Watch - WatchDog.net

Fundraiser: Pie for PAI - Public Accountability Initiative

Pie for PAI, a celebration and fundraiser for the Public Accountability Initiative (PAI) & LittleSis.org, is back this year by popular demand – it will be held Wednesday, March 30th at 6pm at Allen Street Hardware. Please join us for home-made pie and a drink at the bar. 

The details:

Pie for PAI

>Wednesday, March 30th

6 PM at Allen Street Hardware in the backroom (245 Allen Street)

$20 suggested donation

Free pie, cash bar

Please share/join the event on facebook 

A special request: we are looking for people to make/bring delicious pies! Past Pie for PAIs have been a huge success in large part because of our amazing pie-making crew. Please email Rob, rob@public-accountability.org, if you are interested in making a pie.

Below, you can find a few highlights from our year of watchdog research on the powers that be, in Buffalo and beyond. If you can't make it to the event but still want to support PAI, you can always make a donation online. 

Hope to see you there!

Kevin Connor

Co-founder, Public Accountability Initiative

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Over the past eight years, PAI’s watchdog research on undue influence and corruption has spiked rotten deals, prompted resignations and recusals, and exposed corporate front groups, in Buffalo and beyond. 

LittleSis, our database and research community that tracks ties between politicians, lobbyists, financiers, and their affiliated institutions, continues to grow and inform hard-hitting journalism and organizing.

Some quick highlights from our year: