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
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The U.S. promised Pacific nations real climate action. Then Trump pulled us out of the Paris Agreement, shut down USAID, and slashed financial support. Lives and whole countries are at stake.
#ClimateCrisis 🌊
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
#ClimateCrisis 🌊
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In the Pacific, Unkept U.S. Promises on Climate Cut Deep
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The U.S. promised Pacific nations real climate action. Then Trump pulled us out of the Paris Agreement, shut down USAID, and slashed financial support. Lives and whole countries are at stake.
#ClimateCrisis 🌊
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
#ClimateCrisis 🌊
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
On #VeteransDay, we honor the courage, sacrifice, and service of our veterans. We stand with you, today and every day.
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
On #VeteransDay, we honor the courage, sacrifice, and service of our veterans. We stand with you, today and every day.
The housing market is starting to crack under #climatechange.
Insurance is skyrocketing. Home values are falling.
David Burt, who predicted the 2008 crash, says we’re in a “major paradigm shift.”
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/d...
Insurance is skyrocketing. Home values are falling.
David Burt, who predicted the 2008 crash, says we’re in a “major paradigm shift.”
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/d...
Investor David Burt warns about climate-related insurance impacts
"Insurers are starting to hike premiums, and some lenders are starting to think about increasing insurance requirements."
www.axios.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The housing market is starting to crack under #climatechange.
Insurance is skyrocketing. Home values are falling.
David Burt, who predicted the 2008 crash, says we’re in a “major paradigm shift.”
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/d...
Insurance is skyrocketing. Home values are falling.
David Burt, who predicted the 2008 crash, says we’re in a “major paradigm shift.”
www.axios.com/2025/09/23/d...
Congratulations to rural, environmental, and education champ PJ Errera, who won his race for school board member! 💙 PJ is committed to advocacy, safety, and transparency as he fights for Kent, Ohio on the school board. 📚 #Elections2025
November 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Congratulations to rural, environmental, and education champ PJ Errera, who won his race for school board member! 💙 PJ is committed to advocacy, safety, and transparency as he fights for Kent, Ohio on the school board. 📚 #Elections2025
Congratulations to climate and affordable energy champ Dr. Alicia Johnson! 💙 Alicia is the first Black woman to hold statewide executive elected office in GA. And she's committed to transparent, accountable public process as she works to regulate privately owned energy utilities. #Elections2025
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Congratulations to climate and affordable energy champ Dr. Alicia Johnson! 💙 Alicia is the first Black woman to hold statewide executive elected office in GA. And she's committed to transparent, accountable public process as she works to regulate privately owned energy utilities. #Elections2025
🚨NEW: The world will overshoot 1.5C warming by 2035. “We don’t want to see the Amazon as a savannah. But that is a real risk if we don’t change course." - UN Sec. General ahead of COP30
🌵#ClimateAction
🌵#ClimateAction
Ahead of COP30, UN Report Shows 1.5°C Will Be Breached as Countries Pledge Just 10% Emissions Cut | Common Dreams
The UN climate summit in Belém serves as a warning siren - countries' plans fall short of what's needed to prevent catastrophic warming. Will world leaders finally show the political courage needed to...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🚨NEW: The world will overshoot 1.5C warming by 2035. “We don’t want to see the Amazon as a savannah. But that is a real risk if we don’t change course." - UN Sec. General ahead of COP30
🌵#ClimateAction
🌵#ClimateAction
This is a huge win!The Council was proud to support Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard. We were on the ground and on the phones campaigning. Gratitude to our amazing volunteers.
One seat at a time, we are taking back our power over the price of power.
One seat at a time, we are taking back our power over the price of power.
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is a huge win!The Council was proud to support Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard. We were on the ground and on the phones campaigning. Gratitude to our amazing volunteers.
One seat at a time, we are taking back our power over the price of power.
One seat at a time, we are taking back our power over the price of power.
Read Council Chair Michelle Deatrick's full statement on last night's strong Democratic wins:
Statement by the DNC Council On The Environment and Climate Crisis Regarding 2025 Election Results: “Climate Is A Winning Issue” — DNC Council on the Environment & Climate Crisis
Following Democrats big night last night in the 2025 races, Michelle Deatrick, Chair of the DNC Council On the Environment and Climate Crisis , issued the following statement: “Last night wa...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Read Council Chair Michelle Deatrick's full statement on last night's strong Democratic wins:
Failing to slash fossil fuels and move to cheaper renewables is reckless and dangerous indeed.
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‘Reckless’ Countries to Extract More Than Double the Fossil Fuels Consistent With 1.5°C | Common Dreams
Climate advocates are sounding the alarm on the reckless actions of the world's biggest polluters, who are ramping up oil, gas, and coal extraction despite pledges to combat catastrophic planetary hea...
www.commondreams.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Failing to slash fossil fuels and move to cheaper renewables is reckless and dangerous indeed.
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www.commondreams.org/news/product...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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❄️ As temperatures fall, nearly 6 million families are threatened by a lack of heating access because of the #Trumpshutdown's impact on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
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November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
❄️ As temperatures fall, nearly 6 million families are threatened by a lack of heating access because of the #Trumpshutdown's impact on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
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Today, Georgia voters decide: Keep the rate-hike machines running, or finally put clean energy and smarter grids on the map.
https://www.wabe.org/the-georgia-psc-election-is-about-power-bills-and-political-control-of-the-state/
https://www.wabe.org/the-georgia-psc-election-is-about-power-bills-and-political-control-of-the-state/
The Georgia PSC election is about power bills — and political control of the state
Georgians are currently voting in rare off-year elections for two seats on the Public Service Commission. Both parties are looking ahead to next year, when the governor’s office and a U.S. Senate seat...
www.wabe.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Today, Georgia voters decide: Keep the rate-hike machines running, or finally put clean energy and smarter grids on the map.
https://www.wabe.org/the-georgia-psc-election-is-about-power-bills-and-political-control-of-the-state/
https://www.wabe.org/the-georgia-psc-election-is-about-power-bills-and-political-control-of-the-state/
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Getting out the vote for the Georgia PSC and local candidates the last three days! Canvassed with the wonderful Christina Rogers who is running for Marietta School Board, phone banked, spoke with volunteers and the always inspiring @staceyabrams.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Getting out the vote for the Georgia PSC and local candidates the last three days! Canvassed with the wonderful Christina Rogers who is running for Marietta School Board, phone banked, spoke with volunteers and the always inspiring @staceyabrams.com
Trump slashed the funding that tracked damages from weather disasters. But with $100 billion+ in damages this year and mounting, scientists have stepped up to keep track. ⚡🔥
In First Six Months, Cost of Weather Catastrophes on Pace to Break a Record
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump slashed the funding that tracked damages from weather disasters. But with $100 billion+ in damages this year and mounting, scientists have stepped up to keep track. ⚡🔥
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Hurricane Melissa made 4 TIMES more likely by global warming. Reliance on oil, gas and coal increased its likelihood and intensity. These storms will become even more devastating if we continue overheating the planet by burning fossil fuels. By Xantha Leatham
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www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
Hurricane Melissa was made 4 TIMES more likely by climate change
Hurricane Melissa - the most powerful storm in Jamaica's history - was made four times more likely by climate change , according to a study.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Hurricane Melissa made 4 TIMES more likely by global warming. Reliance on oil, gas and coal increased its likelihood and intensity. These storms will become even more devastating if we continue overheating the planet by burning fossil fuels. By Xantha Leatham
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...
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Prices going up, Up, UP under TrUmP 📈
⛽ Gas prices 🔼 4%+ in September alone
🥛 Food prices 🔼 3.1% for last year
🥩 Beef prices 🔼 12% so far in 2025
⚡ Electricity bills🔼 11% since Trump took office
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
⛽ Gas prices 🔼 4%+ in September alone
🥛 Food prices 🔼 3.1% for last year
🥩 Beef prices 🔼 12% so far in 2025
⚡ Electricity bills🔼 11% since Trump took office
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Fact check: Grocery prices are up, not ‘way down’ as Trump claimed | CNN Politics
Newly released inflation figures show that President Donald Trump was wrong when he repeatedly claimed this month that grocery prices are “down” or “way down.”
www.cnn.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Prices going up, Up, UP under TrUmP 📈
⛽ Gas prices 🔼 4%+ in September alone
🥛 Food prices 🔼 3.1% for last year
🥩 Beef prices 🔼 12% so far in 2025
⚡ Electricity bills🔼 11% since Trump took office
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
⛽ Gas prices 🔼 4%+ in September alone
🥛 Food prices 🔼 3.1% for last year
🥩 Beef prices 🔼 12% so far in 2025
⚡ Electricity bills🔼 11% since Trump took office
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
🙏 It's #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, and the Council wants to express our deep gratitude for expertise, resilience, enduring contributions of Indigenous peoples now and in the past.
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🙏 It's #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, and the Council wants to express our deep gratitude for expertise, resilience, enduring contributions of Indigenous peoples now and in the past.
This Halloween, the scariest thing isn’t grinning ghosts or ghastly ghouls. It’s what happens if we don’t act on climate.
We CAN build a less scary, even bright, future - starting with your vote. Go to IWillVote.com to check your voter registration. Then enjoy Halloween!
We CAN build a less scary, even bright, future - starting with your vote. Go to IWillVote.com to check your voter registration. Then enjoy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This Halloween, the scariest thing isn’t grinning ghosts or ghastly ghouls. It’s what happens if we don’t act on climate.
We CAN build a less scary, even bright, future - starting with your vote. Go to IWillVote.com to check your voter registration. Then enjoy Halloween!
We CAN build a less scary, even bright, future - starting with your vote. Go to IWillVote.com to check your voter registration. Then enjoy Halloween!
The National Environmental Education Act is about science and environmental literacy - and more. By investing in environmental education, we build a generation of problem solvers and advocates for 🌎 #EnvironmentalEducation
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The National Environmental Education Act is about science and environmental literacy - and more. By investing in environmental education, we build a generation of problem solvers and advocates for 🌎 #EnvironmentalEducation
🚨 Trump wants to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Here's why that is a terrible idea.
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In 'Latest Pro-Polluter Move,' Trump EPA to End Emissions Data Collection | Common Dreams
Citing US President Donald Trump's anti-climate executive actions, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin unveiled a proposal to end a program that requires power plants, refineries,...
www.commondreams.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚨 Trump wants to end the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Here's why that is a terrible idea.
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When we organize, we build power. That is why I am thrilled to join @okdemocrats.bsky.social tonight, 10/28 5pm CT for ROCK THE BLOCK 💪🌎#ClimateAction
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
When we organize, we build power. That is why I am thrilled to join @okdemocrats.bsky.social tonight, 10/28 5pm CT for ROCK THE BLOCK 💪🌎#ClimateAction
🚨 Hurricane Melissa's rapid explosion to a Category 5 storm shows what a climate heated ocean can do. The extra heat in the Atlantic drives these faster, stronger storms. #ClimateCrisis #Environment
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Warming oceans probably fueling Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification
Climate scientists have long warned that warming oceans are making such explosive storm development more common
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🚨 Hurricane Melissa's rapid explosion to a Category 5 storm shows what a climate heated ocean can do. The extra heat in the Atlantic drives these faster, stronger storms. #ClimateCrisis #Environment
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
☎️Make calls with us and the @georgiademocrat.bsky.social to flip two statewide seats blue: Elect candidates who support AFFORDABLE clean energy, not corporate profits. RSVP 🔽 actionnetwork.org/events/calls...
Calls for Climate: Elect Georgia Climate Champs Alicia Johnson & Peter Hubbard
Join this Wednesday 10/29 Phone Bank from 6pm to 8pm ET to make calls to elect two strong candidates in the statewide race for the Georgia Public Service Commission! We are joining the Georgia Democra...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
☎️Make calls with us and the @georgiademocrat.bsky.social to flip two statewide seats blue: Elect candidates who support AFFORDABLE clean energy, not corporate profits. RSVP 🔽 actionnetwork.org/events/calls...
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TODAY 7pm ET: @men4choice.bsky.social hosts a Community Conversation. The #ClimateCrisis is a threat multiplier to reproductive justice. Looking forward to discussing as part of a conversation with @aliciaandrews.bsky.social @andrebttx.bsky.social ReimSubei. RSVP: secure.ngpvan.com/O2Go3WdHm02-...
October 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
TODAY 7pm ET: @men4choice.bsky.social hosts a Community Conversation. The #ClimateCrisis is a threat multiplier to reproductive justice. Looking forward to discussing as part of a conversation with @aliciaandrews.bsky.social @andrebttx.bsky.social ReimSubei. RSVP: secure.ngpvan.com/O2Go3WdHm02-...
Make calls to flip two statewide seats blue: Elect candidates who support AFFORDABLE clean energy, not corporate profits.
TODAY: Make Calls Wed. 10/22 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC1
Mon. 10/27: Make calls 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC2
Wed. 10/29: Make calls 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC3
TODAY: Make Calls Wed. 10/22 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC1
Mon. 10/27: Make calls 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC2
Wed. 10/29: Make calls 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC3
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Make calls to flip two statewide seats blue: Elect candidates who support AFFORDABLE clean energy, not corporate profits.
TODAY: Make Calls Wed. 10/22 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC1
Mon. 10/27: Make calls 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC2
Wed. 10/29: Make calls 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC3
TODAY: Make Calls Wed. 10/22 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC1
Mon. 10/27: Make calls 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC2
Wed. 10/29: Make calls 6p ET demclimate.org/GeorgiaPSC3