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Advocating and acting for climate & environmental justice. Chair: Michelle Regalado Deatrick Chair Substack: michelledeatrick.substack.com/ dncclimate.org | linktr.ee/DNCClimate

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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 2h
Justice Alito has finally recused himself from Suncor Energy v. Boulder County, the case that opens the Supreme Court's new term. It was about time: he's gained $2.9M from fossil fuel investments since joining the Court. This could decide whether 24+ climate liability lawsuits survive at all.
insideclimatenews.org
Boulder, Colorado, and Big Oil Prepare for High-Stakes Clash in Supreme Court - Inside Climate News
The case, which the justices will hear in early October, could be consequential for more than two dozen climate liability lawsuits pending against the fossil fuel industry.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a sea change from 2025, data centers now are central to Climate Week conversations. We have to regulate them, and the AI they fuel. Recommended: NEW Data Center Policy Toolkit by We Build Progress & partners: webuildprogress.org/data-center-...
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Regulate Data Centers — Communities Take Charge: Launching the Data Center Policy Toolkit — We Build Progress
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
In NYC for Climate Week? We're excited to co-host this, with climate advocates GA PSC Commissioner Peter Hubbard, NY State Rep Emily Gallagher & LA PSC Commissioner Davante Lewis! Mod by Hum's Saul Levin. @davanteforla.bsky.social @peterhubbardga.bsky.social @leadlocally.bsky.social
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Fight Data Centers: A Panel & Live Recording with Lead Locally & The Hum · Lead Locally
**Join us for a panel & podcast recording (followed by happy hour!) about how local leaders are standing up to the rapid expansion of AI data centers to protect their communities, their utility bills,...
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Great events from @leadlocally.bsky.social this week! In NYC for Climate Week? Join our Chair @mdeatrick.bsky.social at the 9/24 Fight Data Centers & Happy Hour events!
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A $7 billion program for solar on 900,000 lower-income homes. Terminated by Trump's EPA in August 2025. Called a boondoggle by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. Friday, a Trump-appointed federal judge ruled the termination illegal. Congress had obligated the funds. EPA didn't have the authority.
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Court reinstates $7B ‘Solar for All’ program axed by Trump
A federal court has rebuffed the Trump administration’s effort to slash a $7 billion program that seeks to provide rooftop solar power in disadvantaged communities.  Judge Mary McElr…
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
39 years ago the world found a hole in the sky and agreed to close it. Over 99% of ozone-depleting chemicals phased out, and last year's Antarctic hole was the 5th 2 weeks ago the UN said we'll cross 1.5°C anyway. The Montreal Protocol is proof the second one is still ours to shape.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is National Voter Registration Day. Registration is the first step to fighting Trump's polluting agenda, and to electing the commissioners, county boards, and legislators who decide what you pay for power. Register. Vote the entire ballot. Get three friends to vote it too. iwillvote.com
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I Will Vote
Be a voter. Find everything you need to vote in your state’s next election.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Indigenous-managed forests in the Amazon absorb 340 million tonnes of CO2 a year, which is as much as or more than the whole of California. Amazon land outside those territories releases 270 million tonnes. As we overshoot 1.5C, learning from Indigenous land management is more crucial than ever.
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Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks
Forests managed by Indigenous people in the Amazon are a strong carbon sink, removing a net 340 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere each year, equivalent to the U.K.’s annual fo...
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For years, Big Oil's defense has been that you can't prove which company caused which disaster. Somebody just did. A new study traces specific emitters to specific events: fossil fuel companies raised the odds of the 2021 Pacific NW heat wave by 31%. Ten years ago this was impossible.
motherjones.com
It just got way easier to sue fossil fuel companies over climate change
For years, industry has argued you can't prove which company caused which disaster. A new study says otherwise.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We need stable funding! Wed, August 26, 8pm ET: Council Chair Michelle Deatrick speaks at a virtual town hall on the proposed $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank. Rail, transit, high-speed rail, low-carbon cement. Hosted by the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank.
Navy and black gradient graphic with wind turbine illustration. Headline: National Infrastructure Bank, A Zoom Town Hall. Subhead: Building green infrastructure. Cutting transportation emissions. Creating jobs. Speaker billing for Michelle Deatrick, RSVP link, and hosting attribution to the Coalition for a National Infrastructure Bank.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Another important and informative Climate Cafe from the Democrats Abroad Environment and Climate Crisis Council, this time focusing on ocean plastic pollution. Wed. August 26, 11am ET / 5pm CEST Organizing for climate and democracy does not stop at the water's edge. @demsabroad.bsky.social
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August Climate Café, Turning the Tide: In Conversation with Ocean Cleanup
Democrats Abroad strives to provide Americans abroad a Democratic voice in our government and elect Democratic candidates by mobilizing the overseas vote.
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Democrats Abroad Canada @demsabroadcanada.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
On Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 1PM ET, the @demsabroad.bsky.social Women’s Caucus is teaming up with the DA Youth Caucus for a live conversation on gun violence, the economy, climate change, and what's at stake for first-time voters. Wed, August 26, 1pm ET www.democratsabroad.org/sally_desipi...
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Trump demolished the East Wing and had it hauled to a public golf course on Park Service land. Two thousand truckloads, and now the soil there has tested positive for lead, chromium and PCBs.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Turns out, AI's main climate impact isn't the enormous energy demand of the data centers that fuel it. It's what AI is doing for oil and gas. New peer-reviewed research: those gains could enable 3.3 to 13.3x more carbon pollution than data centers produce today.
nature.com
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🦟 It's #WorldMosquitoDay. An important day to note that 95% of major U.S. cities now face an average of 18 more "mosquito disease days" per year compared to the 70s. San Antonio has its first case of West Nile Virus, months earlier than usual.
insideclimatenews.org
As Climate Change Expands Mosquito Ranges, Better Monitoring Is Key to Preventing Disease - Inside Climate News
Monitoring is expensive and labor intensive. But it helps public health officials stop outbreaks.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
On July 12, Lake Powell and Lake Mead hit their lowest combined storage on record. The last time the Colorado River held this little water, Lake Powell didn't exist. It was 1957.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
DC pundits are trying to hush climate talk by Democrats. You know who knows better? The 70+ DNC members, Texans and environmental advocates at our Austin meeting last Friday. And the voters.
Photo of about people standing in a group holding signs that read "DNC Environment & Climate Crisis Council," "Stop Fossil Fuel Welfare," "Dems Win On Climate" and "No Planet B — Vote Democrat."
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Says one thing. Does another. Same old playbook. In 2017, Trump called elephant trophy hunting "this horror show." In 2025, his administration approved 300+ elephant trophy imports, More than 2x his entire first term.
An African elephant with its trunk raised stands in front of blue mountains under a clear sky. Text over the image reads: "In 2017, Trump called elephant trophy hunting 'this horror show.' In 2025, his administration approved 300+ elephant trophy imports. Double his entire first term." Across the bottom: "World Elephant Day," with the DNC Council on Environment & Climate Crisis logo.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Texas has 248 data centers planned and 32 proposed gas plants to power them, more than any state. Those plants are seeking permits to emit as much as 287 million tons of greenhouse gases a year. The climate equivalent of 61 million cars.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
63% of voters want to pause AI data center construction for at least a year. 67% of Democrats | 66% of independents | 58% of Republicans Those startling numbers reflect the unity we're hearing and seeing at listening sessions and in town halls.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
News we are excited to share! Congressman Greg Casar is joining us as keynote speaker at our Aug. 14 Meeting in Austing. It's going to be another packed, dynamic meeting and we are looking forward! RSVP here: bit.ly/dnc-summer-m... — August 14, 4:00 PM CT, Austin, TX
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Austin, get ready! Join us August 14 for the DNC Council's Summer Meeting — national & TX enviro issues, climate as a winning issue, and more. Featuring DNC Youth Council Chair Andre Treiber & TX Environmental Democrats President Daniel Ayala. 📅 Aug 14 | 4 PM CT | Austin, TX 🔥RSVP Below!!
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RSVP & Event Details
The DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council is delighted to invite you to our meeting at the DNC Summer Meeting in Austin, Texas. RSVP using this form. And for expedited check-in/credentialling, p...
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
In 2021, EPA shut down the St. Croix USVI refinery for raining oil onto homes (yes, really) and contaminating drinking water up to seven miles away. Trump's White House is now courting investors to restart it, and pitching it as relief for prices at the pump.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Our Chair is live with the Duval County, Florida Democrats, discussing her perspective on building a stronger climate, environmental, and environmental justice platform for the 2026 and 2028 election cycles. www.youtube.com/live/TNVmUBZ...
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Panel 1 - Government, Policy + Civic Engagement with Michelle Deatrick DNC Climate Council
YouTube video by Duval Democratic Environmental Caucus of Florida
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The grid doesn't know how your state voted. Neither does a methane leak, or a battery plant, or a hydrogen hub. Trump's Energy Department does. And this month, it admitted to not only knowing it, but acting on it, in writing.
cnn.com
Trump administration admits it canceled clean-energy grants in states that voted for Kamala Harris | CNN Politics
Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of abusing its power after officials admitted in a federal court filing they recommended terminating several billion dollars in grants for clean-e...
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In 2010, about 3,200 wild tigers were left. Today there are over 5,500. That wasn't luck. 13 governments, together, protected tiger habitat. On 7/14, Trump's Fish and Wildlife Service cut habitat destruction from the definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. Happy Global Tiger Day. 🐅
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
92% of public comments to the federal government supported the rule to let people lease public land to restore it. Trump still repealed it. Then BLM approved 6027 new drilling permits. Center for American Progress now counts 86+ mil acres ripped of protection. Happy World Nature Conservation Day.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
⛽ In February, gas averaged $2.96 a gallon. It's near $4.11 now. A conflict 8K miles away. A third more on every fill-up. That's what depending on fossil fuels buys you. Check prices here: gasprices.aaa.com
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AAA Fuel Prices
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Heartfelt gratitude to Britt Gondolfi for speaking at the Council's New Orleans meeting. Britt is a lawyer, an organizer, and a children's book author from Southeast Louisiana. At Bioneers she coordinates the Rights of Nature in Indian Country Initiative.
Britt Gondolfi, smiling, against a blue gradient background with the quote "We are not people protecting nature. We are nature protecting itself." Her name appears below with the label Bioneers, alongside the DNC Council on Environment & Climate Crisis logo and the words "New Orleans Meeting Speaker."
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
RFK on Monday: "We do have the outbreak under control." Well, no. Michigan added ~600 cyclosporiasis cases the very next day. That's OUT of control, not UNDER control. The state normally sees 50 annually an dit's already past 7,000 in July. Nationally, cases are at 11,500+, nearly 17x last year.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The Council's Summer Meeting is Friday, August 14 at 4PM in Austin, an official event of the DNC Summer Convention. Panels on Texas's climate and environmental justice fights, and on why climate wins in November. All are welcome.
dncclimate.org
DNC Climate Council Latest Newsletter
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Good news: local opposition blocked or delayed at least 75 data center projects worth about $130 billion between January and March this year alone. We absolutely need ironclad regulations to protect communities and people. Your voice matters. Our voices matter. This is the receipt.
datacenterwatch.org
$64 billion of data center projects have been blocked or delayed amid local opposition — Data Center Watch
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The beautiful Boundary Waters is closed: 17 fires, 55K acres + National Guard mobilized. All south of the border. These are Climate Wildfires. But Trump blames the smoke on Canada and wants to bill them. One fire is burning on both sides of the border. You can't tariff, deport or wall it off.
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Lead Locally @leadlocally.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Due to persistent community pressure, NY Gov passed the first state-wide data center moratorium - and that's a big deal. We've got lots of work to do & that's why we elected these climate champions to the NY state leg.
A light blue graphic with big dark text and people in two rows on the bottom
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Trump's Forest Service wants to log 4,401 acres on Yellowstone's doorstep, and 824 of them would be clearcut under "emergency" authority that fast-tracks it AND that erases the public's right to appeal. What emergency?
insideclimatenews.org
Logging Project Near Yellowstone Could Threaten Wildlife Habitat and Tourist-Dependent Businesses - Inside Climate News
The U.S. Forest Service is using emergency authority to advance the Bear Palmer Forest Health Project, but opponents say the streamlined process could negatively affect forest recovery, wildlife and a...
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Heat and smoke. Roughly 100 million Americans are breathing wildfire smoke right now, in the middle of a heat wave pushing the heat index past 100° from D.C. to Philadelphia. Check your air quality → airnow.gov
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The National Infrastructure Bank would fund: ✅ Clean, renewable energy ✅ A modern electric grid ✅ Public transit ✅ Safe water ✅ Roads & broadband ✅ 25 million jobs. No new taxes. Call on Congress to co-sponsor H.R. 5356: 202-224-3121
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🦈 On Shark Awareness Day, it's important to remember: Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. We kill an estimated 100 million of them. 🧵
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Orcas are intelligent, social animals found in every ocean and are vital to our ecosystems, yet Southern Resident Orcas are in critical danger, with only 73 remaining. This #WorldOrcaDay, remember the importance of protecting them. Learn how to protect them: www.whaleresearch.com/orca-conserv...
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Great work by these climate scientists and thank you to @demsabroadcanada.bsky.social for their continued commitment to facts, science and our climate future.
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Climate Power @climatepower.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We would like to decline, please.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Super Typhoon Bavi struck the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands yesterday as a Category 5. Its eye passed directly over the island of Rota with 180 mph winds. Officials report that nearly "every aspect" of the island was damaged or destroyed. 💙 Photo: NOAA. Typhoon Bavi.
A NOAA satellite image of Super Typhoon Bavi, a vast spiral of white storm clouds with a distinct eye at the center, over the western Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Islands.
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
In the Adriatic Sea, large numbers of bottlenose dolphins are looking to fishing trawlers as a source of food, a sign that dolphins may be struggling to feed themselves in waters depleted by overfishing.
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In Overfished Adriatic Sea, Dolphins Look to Trawlers for Food
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/07/2026
Another heat wave is taking grip of Europe this week. The continent’s third spell of scorching weather since May, the heat spells have disrupted daily life, contributed to a rise in deaths and are posing significant wildfire danger in some countries.
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Extreme Heat Hits Europe for the Third Time This Year
It is continent’s third spell of scorching weather since May. Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This hottest Fourth of July on record is a warning. More than 160 million Americans are under major or extreme heat risk this week, with heat indices (the "feel like") topping 110°F in the mid-Atlantic and DC on track for its hottest Fourth ever. 🧵
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis brought a powerful message to the Council's Spring Meeting in New Orleans: the movement to climate justice is through people. Louisiana is on the climate frontlines — and his leadership will help build a cleaner future. 💙 @davanteforla.bsky.social
Blue-gradient quote card. Large white text reads: "The movement to climate justice is through people." Below, in script: Davante Lewis, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner, shown in a headshot. Bottom text: "Thank you for speaking at our New Orleans Spring Meeting!" DNC Council on Environment & Climate Crisis logo in the lower-left corner.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Council Chair Michelle Deatrick spoke at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention this month — with the state party's Environmental Caucus and the "Politics of Place: How Climate Candidates" workshop. In one of the country's tightest battlegrounds, almost every conversation came back to land and water.
Council Chair Michelle Deatrick with fellow panelists and WisDems Environmental Caucus Chair Vik Verma, on stage during the 'Politics of Place' panel at the Wisconsin Democratic Party convention.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We applaud Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell for moving to stop a data center next to the zoo's clouded leopards. 200,000+ sq ft. A 50 MW substation. Feet from endangered animals. This is leadership.
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Texas, we're headed your way. 🌎 Tomorrow Friday 6/26, our Chair @mdeatrick.bsky.social joins the Texas Environmental Democrats caucus at the 2026 Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi. RSVP/Convention Info: www.texasdemocraticconvention.com
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council @dncclimate.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved people in Texas learned they were free — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. There is no climate justice without racial justice. On Juneteenth and always, we continue the fight for equity and justice.
Graphic reading 'celebrating freedom' and 'Happy Juneteenth — June 19, 2026,' above people with raised fists in various skin tones on a dark background.
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