DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council
@dncclimate.bsky.social
Democratic Party Council created in 2019 to advocate and act for climate & environmental justice.
Chair: Michelle Regalado Deatrick
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Chair: Michelle Regalado Deatrick
dncclimate.org | linktr.ee/DNCClimate
Coming up!
Delighted to share my thoughts on electing environmental Democrats as a winning strategy alongside dynamic Florida Dems Chair Nikki Fried!
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January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Trump is exiting dozens of global climate deals because they have "hostile agendas." How is trying to protect our planet a hostile agenda? #ClimateChange
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Trump withdraws US from key climate treaty and dozens of other groups
The White House says the decision was taken because those entities "no longer serve American interests".
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Trump is exiting dozens of global climate deals because they have "hostile agendas." How is trying to protect our planet a hostile agenda? #ClimateChange
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Energy bills are up a whopping 13% since Trump took office. Now he's making it worse by stopping offshore wind projects already nearing completion, making our bills worse and climate change too.⚡💰#RenewableEnergy
Billions at Stake in the Ocean as Trump Throttles Offshore Wind Farms
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Energy bills are up a whopping 13% since Trump took office. Now he's making it worse by stopping offshore wind projects already nearing completion, making our bills worse and climate change too.⚡💰#RenewableEnergy
A mosquito species is living in places it couldn't - until global heating. And it may be bringing Zika and dengue with it.🦟🌡️
#Climatechange is rewriting the map of public health.
#Climatechange is rewriting the map of public health.
A Disease-Carrying Mosquito Has Landed in the Rocky Mountains Where It Historically Couldn’t Survive - Inside Climate News
The Aedes aegypti mosquito that can carry dengue was thought to be too reliant on a hot and wet climate to survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Western Colorado.
insideclimatenews.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:59 PM
A mosquito species is living in places it couldn't - until global heating. And it may be bringing Zika and dengue with it.🦟🌡️
#Climatechange is rewriting the map of public health.
#Climatechange is rewriting the map of public health.
Lead Locally's free online climate candidate training this Feb. and March is a great opportunity.
In the face of Trump’s destructive environmental agenda, local elections are crucial ways to fight for climate action.
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@leadlocally.bsky.social #Election2026
In the face of Trump’s destructive environmental agenda, local elections are crucial ways to fight for climate action.
runforclimate.org
@leadlocally.bsky.social #Election2026
January 14, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Lead Locally's free online climate candidate training this Feb. and March is a great opportunity.
In the face of Trump’s destructive environmental agenda, local elections are crucial ways to fight for climate action.
runforclimate.org
@leadlocally.bsky.social #Election2026
In the face of Trump’s destructive environmental agenda, local elections are crucial ways to fight for climate action.
runforclimate.org
@leadlocally.bsky.social #Election2026
Data Centers are going to be a major electoral issue in 2026. Our Chair @mdeatrick.bsky.social shared her thoughts with @us.theguardian.com
770+ NEW data centers are planned in the US. More than 1 in 8 face substantial opposition. And it's growing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#DataCenters
770+ NEW data centers are planned in the US. More than 1 in 8 face substantial opposition. And it's growing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#DataCenters
‘A perfect, wild storm’: widely loathed datacenters see little US political opposition
Issue dubbed ‘great unifier’ but Republicans and Democrats are instead jockeying for big tech’s financial favor
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Data Centers are going to be a major electoral issue in 2026. Our Chair @mdeatrick.bsky.social shared her thoughts with @us.theguardian.com
770+ NEW data centers are planned in the US. More than 1 in 8 face substantial opposition. And it's growing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#DataCenters
770+ NEW data centers are planned in the US. More than 1 in 8 face substantial opposition. And it's growing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
#DataCenters
🚨 EXXON KNEW: Exxon secretly funded a coordinated campaign to spread #climatechange denial across Latin America. They knew the truth and paid to hide it. 💰
Exxon funded thinktanks to spread climate denial in Latin America, documents reveal
Texas-based fossil fuel company financed Atlas Network in attempt to derail UN-led climate treaty process
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
🚨 EXXON KNEW: Exxon secretly funded a coordinated campaign to spread #climatechange denial across Latin America. They knew the truth and paid to hide it. 💰
The climate crisis is everywhere. How has it affected your community? We'd love to hear from you! ❄️🔥 #ClimateChange
How winter has warmed over time in your city
Warmer winters can be a bummer for skiers and snowboarders, affect water supplies and more.
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January 9, 2026 at 6:07 PM
The climate crisis is everywhere. How has it affected your community? We'd love to hear from you! ❄️🔥 #ClimateChange
Trump's fossil-fuel agenda is murderous: 1.3 million more heat-related deaths over the next 80 years, mostly in nations that did almost nothing to cause the #climatecrisis.
The U.S. is 4% of the world’s pop. but 20% of world emissions. #Climatejustice means truly taking responsibility. 🌍🔥
The U.S. is 4% of the world’s pop. but 20% of world emissions. #Climatejustice means truly taking responsibility. 🌍🔥
Trump’s Climate Policies Could Cause Mass Death of Global Poor, Analysis Warns | Common Dreams
A new analysis finds that Trump's shredding of climate action may cause 1.3 million more deaths from heat worldwide over the next 80 years. That's on top of 83 million who are already expected to die ...
www.commondreams.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Trump's fossil-fuel agenda is murderous: 1.3 million more heat-related deaths over the next 80 years, mostly in nations that did almost nothing to cause the #climatecrisis.
The U.S. is 4% of the world’s pop. but 20% of world emissions. #Climatejustice means truly taking responsibility. 🌍🔥
The U.S. is 4% of the world’s pop. but 20% of world emissions. #Climatejustice means truly taking responsibility. 🌍🔥
Hope to start the New Year: Solar was nearly 60% of new electricity generation added in the US in 2025's first 9 months. ☀️ #Sustainability
Solar Market Insight Report – SEIA
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is leading the transformation to a clean energy economy. Learn more at seia.org
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January 7, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Hope to start the New Year: Solar was nearly 60% of new electricity generation added in the US in 2025's first 9 months. ☀️ #Sustainability
Reposted by DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council
Venezuela is an accumulation of environmental disasters. Producing more oil there - most of it of the dirtiest type - is NOT the answer to fixing that. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/c...
Venezuela’s ‘Dirtiest’ Oil and the Environment: Three Things to Know
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Venezuela is an accumulation of environmental disasters. Producing more oil there - most of it of the dirtiest type - is NOT the answer to fixing that. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/c...
📷 Devastating, important images: In 2025, climate change harmed countless communities. We cannot let this be normalized. And we must not forget.🌍#2025
Six photos show how climate change shaped our world in 2025 » Yale Climate Connections
This year's most notable wildfires, hurricanes, droughts, heat waves, and heavy rains were made more devastating and deadly by climate change.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
📷 Devastating, important images: In 2025, climate change harmed countless communities. We cannot let this be normalized. And we must not forget.🌍#2025
Protect birds. Protect the planet. #NationalBirdDay #ClimateAction 🐦🌍🌳
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Protect birds. Protect the planet. #NationalBirdDay #ClimateAction 🐦🌍🌳
Climate Books of 2025: From the story of CO2 to solar successes and hope, Hill Heat's 2025 book list is a collection of powerful, important reads. 💪🌱#EnvironmentalJustice #climate
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Climate Books of 2025
A few shimmering selections on humanity and our home
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January 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Climate Books of 2025: From the story of CO2 to solar successes and hope, Hill Heat's 2025 book list is a collection of powerful, important reads. 💪🌱#EnvironmentalJustice #climate
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Climate change has drastically increased extreme rain and flooding. The people of western Washington state are paying the price. ⛈️🌊 #ClimateCrisis #Flooding
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More Rain Is Forecast for Washington, Still Flooded From Last Week
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Climate change has drastically increased extreme rain and flooding. The people of western Washington state are paying the price. ⛈️🌊 #ClimateCrisis #Flooding
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www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/w...
It's International Migrants Day and climate migration is a worsening crisis. Caused by extreme weather events, it displaced 20 million+ in 2023. By 2050, that could be 10x worse.
WHO is calling for migrant health protections. www.who.int/news/item/06...
WHO is calling for migrant health protections. www.who.int/news/item/06...
World Health Organization (WHO)
The United Nations agency working to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It's International Migrants Day and climate migration is a worsening crisis. Caused by extreme weather events, it displaced 20 million+ in 2023. By 2050, that could be 10x worse.
WHO is calling for migrant health protections. www.who.int/news/item/06...
WHO is calling for migrant health protections. www.who.int/news/item/06...
Only 1 in 3 river basins had normal conditions last year.
Droughts and floods - and sometimes both - are hammering regions as the #climatecrisis disrupts the global water cycle.
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Droughts and floods - and sometimes both - are hammering regions as the #climatecrisis disrupts the global water cycle.
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Only a third of world’s river basins experienced normal conditions in 2024
Increasingly erratic water cycle is creating food scarcity, rising prices, conflict and migration, says UN agency
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Only 1 in 3 river basins had normal conditions last year.
Droughts and floods - and sometimes both - are hammering regions as the #climatecrisis disrupts the global water cycle.
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Droughts and floods - and sometimes both - are hammering regions as the #climatecrisis disrupts the global water cycle.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🌪️ Once rare and regional, dust storms are now striking harder, more often, & in places that have never faced them before.
From fatal pileups in Kansas to zero-visibility skies over Chicago, the Midwest may be facing a dangerous new normal. #climatechange
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From fatal pileups in Kansas to zero-visibility skies over Chicago, the Midwest may be facing a dangerous new normal. #climatechange
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Dust Storms Surprise the Midwest and Raise Worries About Climate Risks - Inside Climate News
Recent deadly swirls from dry open fields have prompted scientists to examine how climate change contributes to hard-to-predict dust storms in Illinois and neighboring states.
insideclimatenews.org
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
🌪️ Once rare and regional, dust storms are now striking harder, more often, & in places that have never faced them before.
From fatal pileups in Kansas to zero-visibility skies over Chicago, the Midwest may be facing a dangerous new normal. #climatechange
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From fatal pileups in Kansas to zero-visibility skies over Chicago, the Midwest may be facing a dangerous new normal. #climatechange
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The fossil-fuel industry and the climate disruption caused by their pollution is driving all of the affordability concerns that are mobilizing voters right now.
The cost of living is skyrocketing because we are living on one planet, which polluters are destroying for their profit.
The cost of living is skyrocketing because we are living on one planet, which polluters are destroying for their profit.
State Insurance Memo - Download - Climate Cabinet Education
Climate Risk andState Insurance Policy Insurance is a key channel through which climate risk is transmitted through the financial system, and it is almost entirely regulated at the state level… As the...
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December 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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We stand with communities on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis, from the Rockies to the Himalayas.
Mountains provide water, biodiversity & protection and they're under threat.
#ClimateAction can't wait. Let's protect what sustains us. 💚🏔️
Mountains provide water, biodiversity & protection and they're under threat.
#ClimateAction can't wait. Let's protect what sustains us. 💚🏔️
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We stand with communities on the frontlines of the #ClimateCrisis, from the Rockies to the Himalayas.
Mountains provide water, biodiversity & protection and they're under threat.
#ClimateAction can't wait. Let's protect what sustains us. 💚🏔️
Mountains provide water, biodiversity & protection and they're under threat.
#ClimateAction can't wait. Let's protect what sustains us. 💚🏔️
🚨UPDATE: We are excited that Congresswoman Laura Friedman is joining us as a keynote speaker for our DNC Climate Council meeting in Los Angeles, California on 12/13 from 11am - 12:30pm PT
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December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🚨UPDATE: We are excited that Congresswoman Laura Friedman is joining us as a keynote speaker for our DNC Climate Council meeting in Los Angeles, California on 12/13 from 11am - 12:30pm PT
RSVP to the Council: forms.gle/67oSHWTmBLei...
RSVP to the Council: forms.gle/67oSHWTmBLei...
NO mention of fossil fuels in the #COP30 "deal." Not surprising: 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists got entry, more than any country delegation except the host country. 🛢️🔥 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
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Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber all Cop30 delegations except Brazil, report says
One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
NO mention of fossil fuels in the #COP30 "deal." Not surprising: 1600+ fossil fuel lobbyists got entry, more than any country delegation except the host country. 🛢️🔥 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Let's not forget: Trump-Vance handed $100 million to Big Coal. Coal is still 16% of U.S. power - we should be leading the world in cheaper, clean safe #renewables, not clinging to the past.🚫⛏️
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December 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Let's not forget: Trump-Vance handed $100 million to Big Coal. Coal is still 16% of U.S. power - we should be leading the world in cheaper, clean safe #renewables, not clinging to the past.🚫⛏️
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A data center could guzzle 1 MILLION gallons of water per day in rural town in Michigan - right on top of farmland & wetlands.
In August, the group PACT had nearly 1000 signatures to put this rezoning on the ballot. This is what climate democracy looks like.
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In August, the group PACT had nearly 1000 signatures to put this rezoning on the ballot. This is what climate democracy looks like.
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A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative - Inside Climate News
Local officials see millions of dollars in tax revenue, but more than 950 residents who signed ballot petitions fear endless noise, pollution and higher electric rates.
insideclimatenews.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A data center could guzzle 1 MILLION gallons of water per day in rural town in Michigan - right on top of farmland & wetlands.
In August, the group PACT had nearly 1000 signatures to put this rezoning on the ballot. This is what climate democracy looks like.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0910202...
In August, the group PACT had nearly 1000 signatures to put this rezoning on the ballot. This is what climate democracy looks like.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0910202...
Georgia Public Service Commissioner-elect Hubbard @peterhubbardga.bsky.social is 100% correct. We are excited by his election! ☀️🌎
Full interview with Peter here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg8U...
Full interview with Peter here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg8U...
1-on-1 with PSC candidate Peter Hubbard | Full interview
YouTube video by 11Alive
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December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Georgia Public Service Commissioner-elect Hubbard @peterhubbardga.bsky.social is 100% correct. We are excited by his election! ☀️🌎
Full interview with Peter here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg8U...
Full interview with Peter here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg8U...