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Tom Kunhardt

@tomkunhardt.bsky.social
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Retired 20 year clean energy O.G. Volunteer for the Sierra Club CA and SF Bay Energy Committees. Volunteer for the Solar Rights Alliance, Elders Climate Action, Common Cause, and others. EV advocate. Husband Father of 2 daughters Grandad of 4

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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rather than spend $2.7 billion on the proposed Hostos Project in Puerto Rico, we could fund thousands of solar energy systems and community-based microgrids that are more resilient to climate disasters than yet another fossil fuel megaproject. Add your name: act.350.org/sign/may-26-...
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Sign the petition to halt the Hostos Project!
The U.S. Department of Energy recently approved the $2.7 billion “Hostos Project,” a proposed undersea cable to bring fossil fuel-generated energy from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Instead o...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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“Boiling Point”: How a Prominent Climate Podcast is Being Used as a Forum for Climate Greenwashing and Methodological Manipulations
Chad Hanson, Ph.D., Research Ecologist
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘Massive Betrayal’: Fury at Newsom and Bonta Over Merger Deal With Paramount www.commondreams.org/news/paramou...
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‘Massive Betrayal’: Fury at Newsom and Bonta Over Merger Deal With Paramount | Common Dreams
"Today, billionaires have yet again bribed, censored, and bullied their way to the top."
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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The fight against the Big Oil Immunity Bill is not over! - Fossil Free Media
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I just signed this petition telling governments around the world to make polluters pay. Sign and share it too: act.350.org/sign/treaty-...
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Sign the petition: The global tax treaty that can make polluters pay
Every time oil and gas prices spike, from war, shortage, or plain market panic, big oil and gas companies cash in. We pay more at the pump and on our energy bills. They pay almost nothing extra in tax...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Protect Free Speech: Veto AB 2664 share.nwmd.social/s/coVkwAbi
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Protect Free Speech: Veto AB 2664
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm attending WisDems's event, “Make Recruitment Calls with the Douglas County Action Team!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/wisdems/even...
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Make Recruitment Calls with the Douglas County Action Team! · WisDems
Join us to call voters every Tuesday night at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm at the Douglas County Democrats office!
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Make Polluters Pay - Fossil Free Media
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I support this campaign calling on governments to create a fair, affordable energy system for all. Join me! act.350.org/act/we-pay-t...
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We pay. They profit. It’s time for a Great Power Shift - join us!
Governments must guarantee affordable, safe, and clean energy for all. Fossil fuels don’t just heat the planet, they make life more expensive. Add your name and demand governments create a fair, affor...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Let's establish a California State Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students! share.nwmd.social/s/du8Sa0zZ
share.nwmd.social
Ask Governor Newsom to sign SB 1048 and create a State Seal of Climate Literacy for California.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm attending WisDems's event, “Make Recruitment Calls with the Douglas County Action Team!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/wisdems/even...
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Make Recruitment Calls with the Douglas County Action Team! · WisDems
Join us to call voters every Tuesday night at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm at the Douglas County Democrats office!
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sammy is an excellent journalist, sign up and support him!
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm attending Bay Area Coalition's event, “Call Voters To Win Back The House: CA13 & CA22” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/bayareacoali...
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Call Voters To Win Back The House: CA13 & CA22 · Bay Area Coalition
Join our experienced Bay Area Coalition coaches for calls to voters in our priority House Districts in CA, for Randy Villegas in CA-22 and incumbent Rep. Adam Gray in CA-13. The House Majority runs th...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TAKE ACTION: Tell your representative to vote NO on the new CRA resolutions targeting states' clean vehicle standards. share.nwmd.social/s/BffCyWPY
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Protect States’ Rights to Limit Pollution
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump's EPA just announced it will allow unlimited climate pollution from power plants. But the climate crisis is already here and we need to make sure EPA Admin Lee Zeldin feels the heat. Remind him of the EPA's mission today: act.350.org/letter/sept-...
act.350.org
Protect people and our planet – NOT Big Oil
Trump’s EPA just announced it will allow unlimited climate pollution from power plants. The EPA may bury its head in the sand. But the climate crisis is already here and the people can feel it – in th...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I submitted a comment opposing BLM drilling near neighborhoods and sensitive ecosystems. Trump's BLM isn't just drilling our public lands — it's rewriting the rulebook so Big Oil can drill faster, cheaper, with less oversight. Everywhere. Forever. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell BLM: No Drilling Near Neighborhoods and Sensitive Ecosystems
I submitted a comment opposing BLM drilling near neighborhoods and sensitive ecosystems. Trump's BLM isn't just drilling our public lands — it's rewriting the rulebook so Big Oil can drill faster, che...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Stop the Trump Administration's Attacks on Free Speech
The Trump administration is trying to bully broadcasters into censorship. Congress must pass the JAWBONE Act and protect our freedom of speech and freedom of press.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
If you want to understand how we are losing our democracy, read this NYT best selling book. www.thenerdreich.com/the-nerd-rei...
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The Nerd Reich is a New York Times Instant Bestseller
"The Nerd Reich"—an exposé of Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's cult of anti-democracy billionaires—makes NYT bestseller list
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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October 17: The Next No Kings Day of Action Is Here
Millions marched. Now No Kings is turning people power into voter power ahead of November.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “How to Stop a Data Center in Your Backyard & Beyond [Livable Future LIVE]” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/10...
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How to Stop a Data Center in Your Backyard & Beyond [Livable Future LIVE] · Food & Water Watch
**We can’t drink data.** The rapid expansion of data centers across the United States, driven by Big Tech’s AI and crypto boom, presents one of the biggest environmental and social challenges of our ...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Let's establish a California State Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students! share.nwmd.social/s/5bDhYNNn
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Ask Governor Newsom to sign SB 1048 and create a State Seal of Climate Literacy for California.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I'm attending Food & Water Watch's event, “Benicia, CA: The Sacrifice Zone Film Screening” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/fww/event/98...
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Benicia, CA: The Sacrifice Zone Film Screening · Food & Water Watch
Sacrifice zones are heavily polluted areas — often fence-line communities in low-income, Black and Brown neighborhoods — that bear the disproportionate brunt of industrial toxins and systemic environm...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social Read this and learn. We are sick of corporate democrats. Democratic Socialists or populist democrats are not the boogie man. This regime is the problem. Do not repeat the mistake of 2016 when you sidelined Bernie, who would have crushed DJT.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: No Utility Wildfire Bailout!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/no-u...
actionnetwork.org
No Utility Wildfire Bailout!
Tell Sacramento: No bailouts or backroom deals! Make utilities pay for the catastrophic fires they spark! California politicians are rushing to bail out PG&E and the other for-profit utilities for t...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
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Block Flock and Protect Americans' Privacy and Data!
Communities across the country are organizing against Flock’s mass surveillance. At least 56 municipalities have deactivated, canceled, or rejected Flock contracts this year, from North Carolina to Ca...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: California legislators: Keep your promise and fully fund public transit and affordable housing. . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/cali...
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California legislators: Keep your promise and fully fund public transit and affordable housing.
In May, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved changes to California’s Cap-and-Invest Program that funds big oil companies and industrial polluters and significantly reduces funding for tr...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Our Legislative Agenda Is On The Line. Act Now!. Write one here: act.commoncause.org/letters/our-...
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Our Legislative Agenda Is On The Line. Act Now!
Our legislative agenda is on the line. The California Assembly is about to vote on three bills that could make California’s democracy stronger and more accessible, and we need to act now. Californi...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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The Secret Behind High Electricity Bills
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I submitted a comment opposing the BLM proposed rule on onshore oil and gas leasing. Trump's BLM isn't just trying to drill on our public lands — it's rewriting the rulebook so Big Oil can drill faster, cheaper, with less oversight. Everywhere. Forever. actionnetwork.org/letters/blm-...
actionnetwork.org
Oppose the BLM Proposed Rule on Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing
The Trump administration isn't just trying to drill on our public lands — it's trying to rewrite the rulebook so Big Oil can drill faster, cheaper, and with less public oversight. Everywhere. Forever....
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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ahem
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God @thegodshow.com · 21/08/2026
This is fascism.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions. They told YOU to recycle better while they polluted more. Don't fall for it. Hold systems accountable. #ClimateCrisis
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Know the difference! Socialism is NOT Communism. Medicare for All. Overturn Citizen's United (aka Corporations United). Fight Climate Change.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Vote YES on the California Voting Rights Act of 2026. Write one here: act.commoncause.org/letters/vote...
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Vote YES on the California Voting Rights Act of 2026
Voting rights are the foundation of our democracy, and they are under attack.. That's why California Common Cause is supporting the California Voting Rights Act of 2026 package (SB 1164 and SB 1360)....
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Protect the Roadless Wild! The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the Roadless Rule and strip protections from wild, national forests. Tell the U.S. Forest Service to keep these roadless, public lands protected. act.biologicaldiversity.org/xMXezx9ojEWV...
act.biologicaldiversity.org
Protect the Roadless Wild
The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, national forest and 70,000 miles o...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @schumer.senate.gov are you paying attention? These are the only non-corporate politicians we have. This is why these running without corporate support are winning, Colorado, Michigan, Florida! This is what we have been calling for since 2016 when we supported Bernie.
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social You are sadly mistaken to abandon your support for a single payer Medicare for All system. The vast majority of all Americans support it! Get back on the right side of history.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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An Open Letter to Scott Bessent: Why You're Wrong and I'm Right
But you're the one with power, so your error is dangerous
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.
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The Secret Way the Rich are Getting Richer
The biggest untold story about how we pay for government involves a big switcheroo by America’s wealthy. Watch.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Water is the new gold rush. youtu.be/c0PSKqqFbeg?...
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We Calculated How Much Water Data Centers Actually Use. The Total Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate apnews.com/article/glob...
apnews.com
Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate
Two new studies reveal climate change's fingerprints over extreme fire weather-triggering infernos in Spain and France.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I'm attending Food & Water Action's event, “CA: Bay Area Volunteer Meeting” - sign up now to join me! #foodandwater www.mobilize.us/fwa/event/60...
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CA: Bay Area Volunteer Meeting · Food & Water Action
Join our monthly volunteer meetings to help create a liveable future for California! Climate action is needed now more than ever to take on the corporate polluters that have gotten us into the climat...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/so...
sign.moveon.org
Demand Southwest Airlines Protect Its Passengers and Employees from ICE
This isn’t an isolated incident. ICE has deployed agents to at least 25 airports nationwide, and arrests are climbing fast. Airports are quickly becoming a new front line, and airline employees are be...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
When wildfires strike, smoke follows – and with climate change driving longer and more active wildfire seasons, knowing how to protect ourselves from the impacts of wildfire smoke is becoming increasingly important. Stay safe with these helpful tips from NRDC: www.nrdc.org/stories/how-...
nrdc.org
How to Stay Safe From Wildfire Smoke
Breathe more easily with these tips on choosing the right protective mask, maintaining your indoor air quality, recognizing when to avoid the outdoors, and knowing who is most at risk.
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Speak Up for Fair Representation Today. Write one here: act.commoncause.org/letters/spea...
act.commoncause.org
Speak Up for Fair Representation Today
Who draws voting district maps can shape who has a voice in our democracy for the next decade. That's why California Common Cause supports SB 1414, a bill that would create an independent citizens re...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I just wrote a @ourfinancialsecurity.org letter: Demand the Senate Reject Trump's Postal Board of Governors Nominees Now. Stop USPS Privatization. Election Interference Schemes. Price Hikes and Service Slowdowns.. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
actionnetwork.org
Demand the Senate Reject Trump's Postal Board of Governors Nominees Now. Stop USPS Privatization. Election Interference Schemes. Price Hikes and Service Slowdowns.
Trump nominated four candidates for the USPS Board of Governors in an attempted takeover of the cherished public institution that is older than the nation itself. And he knows good and well USPS is re...
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Tom Kunhardt @tomkunhardt.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The ROAD to Housing Act isn’t just a housing bill – it has major implications for our climate, too. Check out this write-up to learn more about the law's climate-related provisions and how climate advocates can help it reach its full potential! nationalhousingtrust.org/news/housing...
nationalhousingtrust.org
Housing Policy Is Climate Policy | National Housing Trust
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