Me on Brian Lehrer TV.
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After the storm subsided, I went outside and walked around. New Yorkers were out in force. Everybody was out in the streets, and everybody was inspecting, repairing. It felt like this great cathartic release, and everybody was like, “thank god it’s over, we’re back outside, we’re a working city, we’re not going to let this storm kick our asses.”
At that point, I felt super empowered, and not just empowered but also angry, because our whole analysis is that the fossil fuel industry has been blocking clean energy progress for twenty years and is responsible for these kinds of storms. That’s the connection we’re making.
In that moment, when I walked outside after the storm and I saw a bunch of people playing soccer in Fort Greene park, and people going to get coffee at the local coffee shop, it was like, these folks are really strong, they’re new Yorkers, they’re going to bounce back, but you know what? Fuck the fossil fuel industry because this is their responsibility. They should be paying for this cleanup. They should be held responsible for this storm.
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It shouldn’t take a hurricane to blow open the debate about climate change. But Sandy might help 350.org prove what’s at stake in a nationwide campaign to divest university endowments from the fossil fuel industry.
— Bill McKibben’s Math: Climate Change Hits Home (in a 22-City Tour) by Phil Aroneanu — YES! Magazine
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Why Environmentalists are Occupying Wall Street →
Interviewed for TerraInforma radio show.
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Occupy Wall Street: Good for the Environment? →
Interviewed for On Earth piece on #occupywallstreet
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Free Speech TV Interview
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Frogloop - Care2 Impact Prize Awarded to Phil Aroneanu of 350.org
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Al Jazeera Interview - Put Solar On It Campaign
