{"id":3940,"date":"2021-05-19T13:32:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weact.org\/updates\/peggy-shepard-joins-senate-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-in-east-harlem-may-4-2021\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T20:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T01:10:00","slug":"peggy-shepard-joins-senate-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-in-east-harlem-may-4-2021","status":"publish","type":"update","link":"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/peggy-shepard-joins-senate-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-in-east-harlem-may-4-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Peggy Shepard Joins Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in East Harlem \u2013 May 4, 2021"},"template":"","class_list":["post-3940","update","type-update","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","update_type-announcements","person_tax-peggy-shepard"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"featured_image":1791,"update_type":[363],"focus_area":false,"authors":[232],"abstract":""},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer invited Peggy Shepard and other environmental leaders to speak at his press conference in East Harlem on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 announcing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.banking.senate.gov\/newsroom\/majority\/majority-leader-schumer-and-chairman-brown-unveil-new-clean-transit-for-america-plan-to-replace-nations-polluting-buses-with-clean-buses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.banking.senate.gov\/newsroom\/majority\/majority-leader-schumer-and-chairman-brown-unveil-new-clean-transit-for-america-plan-to-replace-nations-polluting-buses-with-clean-buses\">Clean Transit for America plan<\/a>. Among the plan\u2019s improvements for public transit, it would provide funds for the MTA to purchase all-electric buses for its entire fleet. Before endorsing the plan, Peggy talked about WE ACT\u2019s history of fighting the MTA to reduce emissions from its buses and depots \u2013 and winning. She also urged the Senator to find funding to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weact.org\/2020\/10\/we-act-joins-coalition-to-protect-new-york-city-children-from-diesel-school-bus-emissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.weact.org\/2020\/10\/we-act-joins-coalition-to-protect-new-york-city-children-from-diesel-school-bus-emissions\/\">replace the city\u2019s dirty diesel school bus fleet with all-electric buses<\/a> as well.","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Peggy Shepard Joins Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in East Harlem \u2013 May 4, 2021 - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/peggy-shepard-joins-senate-majority-leader-chuck-schumer-in-east-harlem-may-4-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peggy Shepard Joins Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in East Harlem \u2013 May 4, 2021 - 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