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Pete Sikora
@petesikora.bsky.social
The climate crisis & inequality. Married, two kids. Lifelong NYCer.

With nychange.bsky.social, directing climate/jobs campaigns. We get wins via people power. Previous: 10 yrs CWA D-1, 7 yrs NYPIRG. On climate only, my takes are NYCC “official”. 🇵🇸
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November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The climate crisis 😢

Meanwhile, deep blue politicians like @bradlander.bsky.social @nyccomptroller.bsky.social promise major climate action, but then don’t deliver.

It’s the RESULTS that matter, not the rhetoric.

Lander has only a few weeks left to make good on action he himself promised.
SOUTH AFRICA is an unstoppable factory of heat waves:
One after another

Another historic day with the November hottest day in history in Cape Town with 40.8C
and in Port Nolloth with 39.7C

Next night will be exceptionally warm with many more records.
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Positive: Mamdani appears to be moving a lot faster than mayors I recall in their transition. Bisgaard-Church and Fuleihan are great choices. Getting everything into place faster is great!

Negative: so far he’s appointed Tisch and helped suppress a primary challenge to Jeffries.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There’s a type of nominally pro climate action person who kind of revels in oil and gas companies winning, and likes to grave dance on people opposing them. It’s pretty weird, tbh.
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Hochul gets paid off and praised by the oil & gas lobby. She raises our utility bills as she causes more pollution.

Vote @delgadoforny.bsky.social

gothamist.com/news/fossil-...
Fossil fuel, utility lobbyists targeting Gov. Hochul with big spending, new report shows
There was a 52% increase in lobbying spending from the energy sector.
gothamist.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Reposted by Pete Sikora
My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Hey! You! Fire up your credit card and become a monthly sustainer for @nysfocus.bsky.social
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Great news media - not the usual propaganda from the msm - is very important!
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November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I have a vivid memory from a cocktail party a few years ago: a recently-retired Biden supporter lady freaked out when she asked if I thought ICE (which didn’t exist until recently) should be abolished, and I said yes. I wonder what she thinks now (and if she recalls the convo).
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
NY corporate dem gov Kathy Hochul must be proud that gas industry lobbyists are calling her politically courageous. 😬😬😬

Please: Volunteer and donate to @delgadoforny.bsky.social, who supports policy to create good jobs, cut utility bills and slash pollution.

There is no planet B!

delgadoforny.com
Antonio Delgado for Governor of New York
Antonio Delgado has a vision for New York. A vision that allows all New Yorkers to afford to live and grow our families here. A New York that can fight back
delgadoforny.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
💯 I sure do want Hochul to lose the upcoming primary!

Go @delgadoforny.bsky.social

www.notus.org/climate-envi...
Environmentalists Want Kathy Hochul to Lose Her Primary
Their criticism of her climate and energy stances has intensified. Will that make a dent in her reelection campaign?
www.notus.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Reposted by Pete Sikora
MTG is resigning from Congress because she has agreed to be my business partner in a cart selling the world's first alcoholic hot dogs
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
It’s very funny how in public Hakeem Jeffries is like c’mon tough guys bring it on, but then behind the scenes like any elected pol desperately wants to avoid a serious primary battle. 🧵
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Reposted by Pete Sikora
And this is just the reported spending. Political expenditures like, say, buying Twitter are not listed here.
November 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Maybe the most cost-sensitive industry in the universe - restaurants - use heat pumps primarily. Tell me again they’re not practical and too expensive lol.
November 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
When AOC first came in, she did a sit in at Pelolsi’s office that captured the nation’s attention & launched the Green New Deal idea.

Republicans attacked. Instead of jumping on her popular ideas and support, Dems marginalized.

Nonetheless, what she did was transformational! Now’s a moment, too.🧵
November 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Every day, nyc public servants - government workers - do really great stuff. Appreciated!

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/a...
How Actors Teach Child Welfare Workers to Balance Safety With Sensitivity
Child protection rookies learn how to engage helpfully with families in crisis, with help from performers who have turned civil service training sessions into a long-running engagement.
www.thecity.nyc
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No, this is evidence of how politics *have not* changed in America, as the elite’s bipartisan support for wars and corporate crime goes on.
If anybody needed more evidence of how politics have changed in America: Rachel Maddow is at Dick Cheney's funeral
November 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I hope Mamdani’s right to keep Adams’ NYPD commissioner Tisch - and she doesn’t undermine him or move the admin to the right.

However, she’s fundamentally unqualified for the job, and also a billionaire heiress.

She has the job b/c of billionaire elites and the msm promoting her. Bad!
November 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hi remember the @bradlander.bsky.social @nyccomptroller.bsky.social
substack post where he attacked
@nychange.bsky.social? And NYCC responded w/ the 🧵 below?

In his post, he promised action by “Thanksgiving”. Today, the most-progressive nyc pension fund, NYCERS, meets. Will he act? Or nah?
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reminder: the landlord lobby, nyc msm & right wing attack on Local Law 97 as unaffordable is trash. It’s like their attack on rent regulations.

LL97 is delivering:
✅ good jobs
✅ far less pollution
✅ lower utility bills

Net savings, often. 10 examples:
www.nycommunities.org/ll97-in-action
New York City's Local Law 97 in Action: Buildings Upgrading to High Energy Efficiency — New York Communities for Change
www.nycommunities.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Good moment for reminder amidst the maneuvering wrt Ossé & Avilés etc:

My opinions are my own and do not necessarily align with @nychange.bsky.social

In practice I almost always share NYCC’s positions, but I’m NOT repping NYCC here *except* on climate policy. On that only, I’m NYCC “official”.
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great!

As soon as actblue is up, my money printer go brrrrr 😂

Also Jeffries saying “come on in the water’s warm” makes me think he’s peeing in the pool, which is apt to the situation as Jeffries and Schumer bungle fighting fascism. He IS peeing in the pool. 😬

gothamist.com/news/nyc-cou...
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-councilmember-chi-ossé-files-to-challenge-rep-hakeem-jeffries
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s good the AOC of 2018 didn’t listen to the AOC of 2025
November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM