Third Act Washington
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We are Washingtonians who have passed the 60-year mark coming together to make good trouble protecting our planet and democracy. We’ll put our energy toward building a powerful PacNW movement. Learn more about our work at https://thirdact.org/washington
Join us Wed., June 18, at 4 pm PM for our Quarterly All-In Call—a chance to gear up for what’s ahead. With special guest Denis Hayes, the lead organizer behind the first Earth Day!
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June 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Join us Wed., June 18, at 4 pm PM for our Quarterly All-In Call—a chance to gear up for what’s ahead. With special guest Denis Hayes, the lead organizer behind the first Earth Day!
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BREAKING! The 16th #BankingOnClimateChaos reveals that fossil fuel financing from the world’s top 65 banks has reached $7.9 TRILLION since 2016. See how your bank is using your money at bankingonclimatechaos.org #DefundClimateChaos #BOCC @ran.org
June 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Bravo!
Good news tonight from the east bank of the Hudson River: the Hudson Common Council just PASSED a resolution calling upon the New York Power Authority to set as a target 15 gigawatts of new, publicly owned renewables by 2030. Michael Richardson of @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social and I spoke in favor.
June 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Bravo!
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Acosta: He can try to roll tanks down Pennsylvania Avenue and all of that—Hegseth can show up in a camouflage tie he got at the Gap—but at the end of the day, the real American strength, the real American might that was on display over the weekend, was in those No Kings protests across the country.
June 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Acosta: He can try to roll tanks down Pennsylvania Avenue and all of that—Hegseth can show up in a camouflage tie he got at the Gap—but at the end of the day, the real American strength, the real American might that was on display over the weekend, was in those No Kings protests across the country.
Action Network and Indivisible are holding a May Day protest. The event begins at 12:00 noon at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Hope to see you there!
April 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Action Network and Indivisible are holding a May Day protest. The event begins at 12:00 noon at Cal Anderson Park on Capitol Hill in Seattle. Hope to see you there!
Reminder: The next All-In Call is Wed. March 19 at 4 pm PT! Join us for our quarterly community gathering with special guests Ezra Levin of Indivisible Team, Antonique Smith of Climate Revival, Bill Mckibben, Akaya Windwood & more.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Reminder: The next All-In Call is Wed. March 19 at 4 pm PT! Join us for our quarterly community gathering with special guests Ezra Levin of Indivisible Team, Antonique Smith of Climate Revival, Bill Mckibben, Akaya Windwood & more.
RSVP here: thirdact.org/events/third...
#thirdact #climateaction
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#thirdact #climateaction
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For Women's History Month, may we all remember and summon the courage of Rachel Carson, who wrote Silent Spring to inform the world what DDT was doing to the songbirds, raptors,and by extension, us. While battling cancer, she stood her ground against savage attacks by the chemical industry...
March 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
A little thread: Science is defiantly anti-fascist because it pursues truth, is necessarily collaborative, and relies on open communication. And because its falsifiability is incompatible with the cultism, faith-based belief systems, disinformation, and propaganda of Christian nationalism.
March 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Keep fighting!
Defeatism is exactly what Trump, Vance, and Musk want us to feel.
They’d like nothing better than for us to give up, so they can have it all. Cynicism and hopelessness play into their fetid hands.
Keep up the fight.
They’d like nothing better than for us to give up, so they can have it all. Cynicism and hopelessness play into their fetid hands.
Keep up the fight.
March 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Keep fighting!
Troublemakers believe in non-violent direct action. "What we can do is resist the corporations, governments, and institutions that are locking us into a terrifying future..."
March 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Musk doesn't get how nonviolent protest works. Why are we Troublemakers? Because as Rep. John Lewis, RIP, knew: in hard times, good trouble is ESSENTIAL to all that we love.
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
March 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is an all hands on deck moment for the U.S. climate movement. We have some fantastic lawyers on our side -- they're going to need to give this everything they've got. I'm hopeful they're up for the task.
🚨 Scoop: EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to repeal a landmark scientific finding that underpins key climate rules for cars and power plants. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
February 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Surprise! Elon Musk approves of Jeff Bezos’ decision only to allow right-wing claptrap on the Washington Post’s opinion page
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February 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
No one elected Elon Musk.
The Trump administration's total embrace of big corporations and tech billionaires has meant they're leaving behind everyday Americans.
The Trump administration's total embrace of big corporations and tech billionaires has meant they're leaving behind everyday Americans.
February 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Remember: Tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-meaning-of-tyranny
February 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
75+ organizations are calling for common-sense action to #CutMethane & stop wasting American energy. Congress should uphold a fee on the biggest methane polluters → bit.ly/3QxtPaS
Letter: 77 Environmental Groups Tell Congress to Protect Methane Polluter Fee - EDF Action
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Today EDF Action and over 75 other environmental groups sent a letter to Congress urging members to oppose H.J.Res 35 and S.J.Res 12, which propose rolling back the methane pollut...
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February 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Appalachian communities are still suffering the consequences of coal mining - even years after the mines have stopped operating.
Dirty fossil fuel companies must take responsibility, clean up their mess, and restore these communities.
Dirty fossil fuel companies must take responsibility, clean up their mess, and restore these communities.
Surface mine reclamation in Eastern KY ‘alarmingly slow,’ leaving problems in its wake
A new report says hundreds of surface-mined coal sites across Eastern Kentucky have not been fully reclaimed as quickly as they should have, leaving barren ground and continued potential for environme...
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February 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Appalachian communities are still suffering the consequences of coal mining - even years after the mines have stopped operating.
Dirty fossil fuel companies must take responsibility, clean up their mess, and restore these communities.
Dirty fossil fuel companies must take responsibility, clean up their mess, and restore these communities.
Fossil fuels cannot compete against cheap wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewables. Solar, wind, storage & others will accelerate the death spiral of the entire atomic and fossil fuel industry. Citizens and investors be warned, they are cornered and dangerous.
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February 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Fossil fuels cannot compete against cheap wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewables. Solar, wind, storage & others will accelerate the death spiral of the entire atomic and fossil fuel industry. Citizens and investors be warned, they are cornered and dangerous.
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Trump's USDA is violating the Freedom of Information Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.
Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.
We’re Suing to Stop the Trump Admin’s Climate Censorship that Threatens Farmers and Our Food Supply
The Trump administration is removing climate-related information from government websites, many of which farmers rely on to adapt to increasingly extreme weather and access to funds.
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February 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Trump's USDA is violating the Freedom of Information Act, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.
Our lawsuit is part of a longstanding push for climate-smart agriculture and reducing industrial agriculture’s climate impact. We're not backing down now.
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Go Wes!
Breaking: We’re suing the Trump admin for removing climate change focused information from the USDA website. The move cuts off farmers, researchers, and advocates from accessing critical resources and funding.
Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites
The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.
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February 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Go Wes!
WA Coal Act Supporters: The Chair of Ways and Means announced that the Washington Coal Act will not get a hearing this session. The Act would remove $2.6 Billion in Coal investments from State pension fund. SB5439 survives and moves on in 2026 session! BIG THANKS to orgs that joined our coalition!
February 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
WA Coal Act Supporters: The Chair of Ways and Means announced that the Washington Coal Act will not get a hearing this session. The Act would remove $2.6 Billion in Coal investments from State pension fund. SB5439 survives and moves on in 2026 session! BIG THANKS to orgs that joined our coalition!
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Jamie Raskin: 'There's not a fourth branch of the federal government called 'Elon Musk.'
That may be the first great line of the resistance
That may be the first great line of the resistance
February 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Jamie Raskin: 'There's not a fourth branch of the federal government called 'Elon Musk.'
That may be the first great line of the resistance
That may be the first great line of the resistance
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Another terrible Hochul move. Thanks to @ssteingraber1.bsky.social and everyone else who has been working hard on this
🧵 Awful news from NYS where @govkathyhochul.bsky.social just ran over our climate law and approved permits that will double the amount of fracked gas flowing through the aging metal straw called the Iroquois Pipeline.
I condemn this Trump-like decision
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I condemn this Trump-like decision
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POLITICO Pro: Hochul approves project to bring more gas to New York City
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration issued permits for compressor stations that will increase the flow of natural gas along a major pipeline.
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February 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Another terrible Hochul move. Thanks to @ssteingraber1.bsky.social and everyone else who has been working hard on this
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starting now! So good to be in conversation with these amazing folks
📣CAN-Rac & @ccj-ubc.bsky.social are hosting a webinar this Wednesday, Feb 12th!
Join us, @migrantrightsca.bsky.social, @naomiaklein.bsky.social & Sacred Earth to discuss the current political moment and progressive responses that centre people, not profit.
🕓 7pm ET | 4pm PT
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Join us, @migrantrightsca.bsky.social, @naomiaklein.bsky.social & Sacred Earth to discuss the current political moment and progressive responses that centre people, not profit.
🕓 7pm ET | 4pm PT
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Beyond the Shock Doctrine: A Conversation on Tariffs, Climate and Solidarity. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the web...
Climate crisis. Eroding social safety net. Colonialism. The rise of xenophobia and the far right. Just when we thought things couldn’t get worse, US broligarchs unleashed the threat of tariffs on the ...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:58 PM
starting now! So good to be in conversation with these amazing folks
The state pension fund (WSIB) needs to divest from coal and other fossil fuels. The state legislature has now introduced the Washington Coal Act directing the state pension fund to phase out $2.6 Billion from coal. Email your senator & urge them to support SB 5439. Find yours leg.wa.gov/legislators/
January 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The state pension fund (WSIB) needs to divest from coal and other fossil fuels. The state legislature has now introduced the Washington Coal Act directing the state pension fund to phase out $2.6 Billion from coal. Email your senator & urge them to support SB 5439. Find yours leg.wa.gov/legislators/