UPDATE, September 1-9: The global, youth-led, leader-full climate strike movement has announced new demands for the Climate Strike week of action. And we are PUMPED! Check out the list of demands, and then Find, host or join a global climate strike action near you! Here’s the plan: On Friday, September 20th, we’re following the lead of …
Thanks again for signing our petition asking Congress to pass climate-disaster relief for Puerto Rico and all Americans. Good news – thanks to your voice and the voices of more than 70,000 others – Congress voted this week to concur with the Senate’s changes and send the $19 billion disaster relief bill to Donald Trump. …
Earlier today, the Senate passed a disaster relief package that’s been held up for months by partisan bickering and Trump’s racism. It’s an important step toward getting the billions of dollars in disaster aid that we desperately need to respond to the last two years of climate fueled super storms. Ironically, the vote happened minutes …
Let’s get one thing clear about this week’s Senate vote on a Green New Deal: Mitch McConnell is a twerp. The resolution that was voted on this week was not the non-binding Green New Deal resolution introduced by Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), which we’ve talked. a lot. about. That resolution …
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