via WXXI Monroe County has been without a permanent public defender since the start of the year. This week brought an intense debate about who should lead the office.
Continue readingvia WXXI Local climate activist Sue Hughes-Smith handily won the Democratic primary for County Legislature in the 14th District. She has been working in climate change activism and education for years, and if she wins the general election in November, she’ll move into a new role where she’ll have a hand in creating climate legislation. This hour, we discuss the …
Continue readingRead their article, One New York Town’s Solar Rollout, featuring quotes from Susan Hughes-Smith.
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Continue readingSusan Hughes-Smith with the Rochester People’s Climate Coalition says she’s in favor of the governor’s goals. However, she stresses that carbon-free transportation needs to consider the way people use public transit in upstate New York in order for those changes to work.
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Continue reading“That’s attractive to Hughes-Smith and other climate coalition members, who see such projects as key to cleaning up New York’s power grid.”
Continue readingHughes-Smith hopes the event will inspire people to get active in the climate movement, and serve as a reminder that change starts at a local level.
“No one person or one group can do that alone. We need everybody in our community from the poorest person to the wealthiest person, regardless of race or class or socio-economic statuses, their ethnicity, we all really need to come together around shared human values.”
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