AOC Suggests Turning Rikers Island into Solar Utility to Help Fight Global Warming

OCASIO CORTEZ coming forward ░░░░░░░░ is to make sure ░░░░░░░░ whenever we come out ░░░░░░░░ we activate it s ░░░░░░░░ always in resistance it ░░░░░░░░ not always to protest ░░░░░░░░ things that we want ░░░░░░░░ prevent the expansion of ░░░░░░░░ world that is unjust ░░░░░░░░ we also come together ░░░░░░░░ put together a vision ░░░░░░░░ the world that we ░░░░░░░░ to build for ourselves ░░░░░░░░ that is what today ░░░░░░░░ all about because when ░░░░░░░░ come together and we ░░░░░░░░ that we re going ░░░░░░░░ shut down Rikers and ░░░░░░░░ re going to turn ░░░░░░░░ not into a playground ░░░░░░░░ the real estate lobby ░░░░░░░░ not into a playground ░░░░░░░░ the rich we re ░░░░░░░░ to put it and ░░░░░░░░ re going to transform ░░░░░░░░ into a public good ░░░░░░░░ all people That is ░░░░░░░░ this is about We ░░░░░░░░ professors in there there ░░░░░░░░ be live streams you ░░░░░░░░ catch it But what ░░░░░░░░ ve seen is that ░░░░░░░░ inaudible commissioned a study ░░░░░░░░ she saw rather she ░░░░░░░░ a study She saw ░░░░░░░░ if you just put ░░░░░░░░ percent of Rikers just ░░░░░░░░ percent of Rikers Island ░░░░░░░░ cover it in solar ░░░░░░░░ we can close every ░░░░░░░░ power plant in New ░░░░░░░░ City that was built ░░░░░░░░ the last two decades ░░░░░░░░ And we have to ░░░░░░░░ show we have to ░░░░░░░░ realize that these injustices ░░░░░░░░ t abstract right The ░░░░░░░░ air our right to ░░░░░░░░ air and our right ░░░░░░░░ our access to clean ░░░░░░░░ always falls along lines ░░░░░░░░ income it falls along ░░░░░░░░ of privilege And so ░░░░░░░░ we need to make ░░░░░░░░ is that no child ░░░░░░░░ getting subjected to asthma ░░░░░░░░ of the family that ░░░░░░░░ were born in and ░░░░░░░░ zip code that they ░░░░░░░░ born in that no ░░░░░░░░ should get lead in ░░░░░░░░ water because they couldn ░░░░░░░░ afford to live in ░░░░░░░░ high rise apartment These ░░░░░░░░ not luxuries these are ░░░░░░░░ They are rights to ░░░░░░░░ And so my vision ░░░░░░░░ what I m so ░░░░░░░░ to show and to ░░░░░░░░ is how we re ░░░░░░░░ to move forward how ░░░░░░░░ only how we re ░░░░░░░░ to stop the bad ░░░░░░░░ but how we re ░░░░░░░░ to heal and build ░░░░░░░░ our future That positive ░░░░░░░░ is what s going ░░░░░░░░ keep us going And ░░░░░░░░ know we always said ░░░░░░░░ we re saying is ░░░░░░░░ we first introduced the ░░░░░░░░ New Deal we talked ░░░░░░░░ this We named front ░░░░░░░░ communities we said if ░░░░░░░░ re going to it ░░░░░░░░ not about just transitioning ░░░░░░░░ solar it s about ░░░░░░░░ the pipes in Flint ░░░░░░░░ s about making sure ░░░░░░░░ these — “