Hannah Shvets
Candidate for Common Council, Ithaca, NY
Hannah has done extensive research for the Climate Jobs Institute on the impact of clean energy policies like the Federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on working people in New York, publishing memos for labor unions, explaining why it benefits unions and working people to support and embrace the green energy transition.
Hannah has also worked with Ithaca's Sunrise Movement chapter and the city's Sustainability Director to educate the public on the importance of implementing the Ithaca Green New Deal. Hannah has been active in organizing since she was a student at Ithaca High School, where she wrote about injustices in Ithaca as an editor of The Tattler, IHS's newspaper.
Hannah’s Vision
Ithaca Green New Deal
Getting back on track and supporting policies that benefit Ithaca communities who have been disproportionately affected by climate change. This includes Introducing home energy ratings and required disclosure for residential properties, rapid deployment of battery storage, and more
Community Owned Renewable Energy
The community choice aggregation pilot program created in collaboration between the city and town of Ithaca has immense potential to further our decarbonization goals, bring energy costs down, and reduce our reliance on the central grid in case of blackouts. The city and county should cooperate to fully implement and expand this program to all parts of Tompkins County.
Green Workforce Development
The Energy Warriors: Green Career Pathways program provides job opportunities for historically marginalized people in our community and sets up Ithaca to be a leader in the green economy of the future but it only works if we invest the funding it needs. We need to work with our state legislators and other sources of funding to make programs like this possible.
Keep Clean Energy Local
Work with city and county government to commit to sourcing labor for clean energy projects from entities with offices within Tompkins county in an effort to increase economic opportunity, build community wealth, and increase the number of good-paying jobs available to Ithacans.
“I believe that the fight for climate is deeply intertwined with many other social justice struggles. For me, advocating for a more sustainable future means advocating for a world that better serves everyone, not just the wealthy. If elected, I will fight for the full implementation of Ithaca's Green New Deal and advocate for policies that especially support communities that have been most impacted by climate change, expand public transit, decrease reliance on cars, and more. We can and must decrease emissions in Ithaca while bringing clean energy jobs into the community.”
-Hannah Shvets
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