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Happy New Year
January 
Green Party Candidates: “It’s Worth
the Effort”
GREEN STAR asked two state-wide Green Party candidates for
their thoughts on the 2024 election.
 Leila Hazou was the Green
Party candidate for U.S. Senate. She owns a small business in Pike
County. Hazou’s primary issue was a call for an immediate and
permanent ceasefire in Gaza. She campaigned for equal rights for all
working people, especially women and LGBTQ, and an end to racism.
 Richard L. Weiss Esq. was the
Green Party candidate for PA Attorney General. He is a lawyer in
Allegheny County. During his campaign, Weiss charged, “Migrants aren't
taking anyone's job, prison slave laborers are. I will require payment
of market rates for work by inmates.” He also threatened to “sue any
federal administration that continues to provide military aid in
violation of the Foreign Assistance Act which requires that assistance
may not be provided to any state which restricts humanitarian aid, as
is currently occurring in
Gaza."
GREEN STAR
asked each of them four questions to help focus their
thoughts:
GS: What advice would you offer to Greens
who plan to run in 2025?
Hazou: Do it! Give it your best shot, do what you
can, and just get out there. Making connections with and educating the
community alone is worth your time and energy.
Weiss: Fight the good fight. It’s worth the effort
to get our message out whether or not we win
READ THE FULL STORY
HERE
PA Green News
Edited by Chris
Robinson
Green Party to Elect 2025
Leaders
Meeting virtually on January 12, Green
Party delegates from all corners of Pennsylvania will elect five
officers for their 2025 Steering Committee: Co-Chair, Secretary, and
three Members-at-Large. The nomination process has already ended, and
a forum for nominated candidates has been scheduled. The election will
take place at the Green Party’s State Committee meeting.
Allegheny Greens Organizing into New Year
The Green Party of Allegheny County (GPOAC) has been planning
activities into the New Year.
January 20, 2025, GPOAC will
participate in the national fight-back against the Trump
administration, which is taking place in Washington, DC, and in
Pittsburgh, PA.
During the last month of 2024, GPOAC members were very active:
December 11, GPOAC had a Zoom meeting with March on Harrisburg to
organize against corruption in the state capitol;
December 13,
GPOAC participated in a rally at Howmet Aerospace headquarters with
the Pittsburgh BDS (Boycott-Divest-Sanction) Coalition against
manufacture of parts for the F-35 fighter/bomber;
December 16, GPOAC held a bowling social; and
December 17, GPOAC held an open house with the Pittsburgh Sunrise
Coalition.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
Campaign Updates
Edited by Chris
Robinson
Green Party candidates who plan to run in 2025 are welcome
to contact GREEN STAR at [email protected].
The Green Party of Pennsylvania (GPPA) is seeking voters
who plan to run for elected office in 2025 as Green Party candidates.
Below is some basic information for new candidates who will be running
for the first time in 2025 and after.
The Green Party of the U.S. has some good information,
especially “What Every Green Candidate Should Know,”
http://www.gpus.org/other/committees/campaign/manual/shouldknow.pdf
This guide was written in 2004 and was based upon a poll of candidates
who ran in 2003. Little has changed since that time, and this document
remains the best, brief guide for deciding whether or not you want to
run for office as a Green.
The next step is to register to vote as a member of the
Green Party. Most citizens with a Pennsylvania driver’s license or
similar identification may register to vote online.
https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/Pages/VoterRegistrationApplication.aspx
Please note that you are not a registered Green Party member until
you receive a Voter ID which says “Green” under the Party designation.
Some people must try several times until this happens. If you have a
problem with voter registration, please let me know.
Your Campaign Committee
Once a Green Party member decides to run, the first task is
to organize a campaign committee (usually eight or ten friends and
relatives) who will volunteer to assist. In forming a campaign
committee, diversity is the best characteristic. One person (perhaps
the most well known) will be chair of the committee, and one person
(perhaps the most trustworthy) will be its
treasurer.
For more information, please contact [email protected]
Global Green News
Edited by Hal
Brown
Natural Disasters Caused
$310 Billion in Economic Losses
“Climate change is also playing a growing
role,” said the head of catastrophe coverage at Swiss Re, Balz
Grollimund. The group notes that with a global average temperature
that is “1.54°C above pre-industrial levels, 2024 is on track to
become the hottest year on record” which “favors the occurrence of
many of the natural catastrophes observed” this year. READ
THE FULL STORY HERE
Double Edged
Challenge of Carbon Credits for Africa
While developed countries are dragging
their feet to support the financing of climate action, at the same
time, we are seeing a craze for the issue of carbon credits. So we are
asking ourselves a lot of questions,” explains the Ivorian minister
Jacques Assahoré Konan. Especially since no one is sure of the real
impact of this mechanism on the reduction of greenhouse gases. Doubts
confirmed by scientists. According to a study, only 16% of carbon
credit projects actually serve to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The
rest is considered greenwashing.
READ
THE FULL STORY HERE
Climate: How to
Measure and Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
The carbon footprint represents the
quantity of greenhouse gases generated by human activities. For the
year 2023, it amounts to an average of 9.4 tonnes per inhabitant. Even
if this remains intangible, it is the equivalent of a trip around the
world by car . . . . It is possible to measure your carbon footprint
using a simulator put online by Ademe, the ecological transition
agency. READ THE FULL STORY
HERE
GPPA Meeting Dates for 2025
All State Web Conferences will begin promptly at
noon.
Sunday, January 12,
RSVP here, https://www.gpofpa.org/20250112_state_committee
Sunday,
March 9
Sunday, June
8
Sunday, September
14
Sunday, November
9
GPPA Communications
Team
Issue Credits
Editors: Hal Brown, Patrick O. McNally, David Ochmanowicz
Jr. and Chris Robinson
Contributors: Theron Gilliland Jr, Leila Hazou, Chris
Robinson, Jay Ting Walker and Richard L. Weiss, Esq.
Layout: Hal Brown, Sherri Miller, and David Ochmanowicz
Jr.
Graphic Arts: Kevin
Richardson
Everything we do is based on our
Four Pillars and Ten
Key Values. If you
find that you share these ideals, come and join the
movement.
Join
us and help bring
about a future where people and planet are valued over profits. We
have a new, tiered membership structure that allows you to determine
your level of commitment and support. And if you want to get more
directly involved, consider joining an action team
Work with other
committed progressives and activists in activities such as planning
events, developing media content, or helping with
campaigns.
The GREEN STAR is
an official publication of the Green Party of Pennsylvania
Communications Team * 2025.
https://www.gpofpa.org/
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