Meredith Haines
@meredithhaines.bsky.social
Grassroots advocate for climate solutions.
Once upon a time oceanographer with a Pacific homeland.
Kitchen experimenter.
Electric Coach
Northern Virginia
Once upon a time oceanographer with a Pacific homeland.
Kitchen experimenter.
Electric Coach
Northern Virginia
Reposted by Meredith Haines
This is the #Izembek. Trump has just signed off on destroying this magnificent wilderness for yet more fossil fuel extraction which scientists warn us must stop. We have the capacity to create such a different world. All we have to do is decide we want it. #nature #climate
youtu.be/RkBbA7iJN8g?...
youtu.be/RkBbA7iJN8g?...
Izembek
YouTube video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is the #Izembek. Trump has just signed off on destroying this magnificent wilderness for yet more fossil fuel extraction which scientists warn us must stop. We have the capacity to create such a different world. All we have to do is decide we want it. #nature #climate
youtu.be/RkBbA7iJN8g?...
youtu.be/RkBbA7iJN8g?...
Berkeley Springs, WV, No Kings rally was 600 ppl around 3pm at the Morgan County courthouse & nearby streets.
Favorite sign👇
Favorite sign👇
October 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Berkeley Springs, WV, No Kings rally was 600 ppl around 3pm at the Morgan County courthouse & nearby streets.
Favorite sign👇
Favorite sign👇
'the only energy emergency is Donald Trump".
I appreciate my Senator's effort to undo the executive overreach on energy. Forcing a Senate floor vote showed us once again how Republicans refuse to protect their constituents and uphold the rules and Constitution.
I appreciate my Senator's effort to undo the executive overreach on energy. Forcing a Senate floor vote showed us once again how Republicans refuse to protect their constituents and uphold the rules and Constitution.
Virginians want good jobs and lower energy costs. That’s why @heinrich.senate.gov and I are forcing a vote TODAY to challenge Trump’s corrupt, cost-raising, job-killing energy agenda.
October 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
'the only energy emergency is Donald Trump".
I appreciate my Senator's effort to undo the executive overreach on energy. Forcing a Senate floor vote showed us once again how Republicans refuse to protect their constituents and uphold the rules and Constitution.
I appreciate my Senator's effort to undo the executive overreach on energy. Forcing a Senate floor vote showed us once again how Republicans refuse to protect their constituents and uphold the rules and Constitution.
Reposted by Meredith Haines
HEY VIRGINIA! If you’re not paying attention to November’s election yet you need to. Now. Here’s why.
Know someone in VA? Please share.
#Virginia
Know someone in VA? Please share.
#Virginia
October 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
HEY VIRGINIA! If you’re not paying attention to November’s election yet you need to. Now. Here’s why.
Know someone in VA? Please share.
#Virginia
Know someone in VA? Please share.
#Virginia
Climate Trace visualizes air pollution.
👀 - who knew there are super-emitters in VA Beach?
👀 - who knew there are super-emitters in VA Beach?
PM2.5 in Virginia Beach Urban Area
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills 8.7 million people each year. We homed in on over 9,500 point-sources located in urban areas that expose a disproportionate number of people to PM2.5
climatetrace.org
September 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Climate Trace visualizes air pollution.
👀 - who knew there are super-emitters in VA Beach?
👀 - who knew there are super-emitters in VA Beach?
Thank you to my Senator, @kaine.senate.gov
Virginia IS for back-bone lovers.
And we're voting to show it, right now (and through Nov 4)!
Virginia IS for back-bone lovers.
And we're voting to show it, right now (and through Nov 4)!
September 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Thank you to my Senator, @kaine.senate.gov
Virginia IS for back-bone lovers.
And we're voting to show it, right now (and through Nov 4)!
Virginia IS for back-bone lovers.
And we're voting to show it, right now (and through Nov 4)!
Reposted by Meredith Haines
Whether it’s your first car or your next car, choosing the right vehicle is an exciting journey—EVs can save you money, cut pollution & improve air quality. Federal tax incentives are available thru the end of the month + state & utility programs.
🚗⚡Check our EV Buying Guide: act.ucsusa.org/4jKvPsk
🚗⚡Check our EV Buying Guide: act.ucsusa.org/4jKvPsk
September 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Whether it’s your first car or your next car, choosing the right vehicle is an exciting journey—EVs can save you money, cut pollution & improve air quality. Federal tax incentives are available thru the end of the month + state & utility programs.
🚗⚡Check our EV Buying Guide: act.ucsusa.org/4jKvPsk
🚗⚡Check our EV Buying Guide: act.ucsusa.org/4jKvPsk
I voted early.
September 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I voted early.
On leadership, kindness does matter. Enjoy this interview with New Zealand's former Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Even better is her memoir, sites.prh.com/a-different-... and she has a children's book, just published!
Jacinda Ardern - “A Different Kind of Power” | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
On leadership, kindness does matter. Enjoy this interview with New Zealand's former Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern. Even better is her memoir, sites.prh.com/a-different-... and she has a children's book, just published!
SunDayofAction events in Vienna Virginia.
@goelectricdmv.bsky.social
Volunteer electric coaches talked energy upgrades with homeowners, inspired by a net-zero solar-powered home tour.
@rewiringamerica.bsky.social
@goelectricdmv.bsky.social
Volunteer electric coaches talked energy upgrades with homeowners, inspired by a net-zero solar-powered home tour.
@rewiringamerica.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
SunDayofAction events in Vienna Virginia.
@goelectricdmv.bsky.social
Volunteer electric coaches talked energy upgrades with homeowners, inspired by a net-zero solar-powered home tour.
@rewiringamerica.bsky.social
@goelectricdmv.bsky.social
Volunteer electric coaches talked energy upgrades with homeowners, inspired by a net-zero solar-powered home tour.
@rewiringamerica.bsky.social
Postcards to low-propensity Virginia voters ready to go!
☑️ Early voting begins this Friday!
Thanks for help: Bill, Ann, Sharon, Christina, Laura, Rose, John, Julia and Allyson! A team effort of @cclusa.org and @redwineblueusa.bsky.social friends, on this @environmentalvoter.bsky.social effort.
☑️ Early voting begins this Friday!
Thanks for help: Bill, Ann, Sharon, Christina, Laura, Rose, John, Julia and Allyson! A team effort of @cclusa.org and @redwineblueusa.bsky.social friends, on this @environmentalvoter.bsky.social effort.
September 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Postcards to low-propensity Virginia voters ready to go!
☑️ Early voting begins this Friday!
Thanks for help: Bill, Ann, Sharon, Christina, Laura, Rose, John, Julia and Allyson! A team effort of @cclusa.org and @redwineblueusa.bsky.social friends, on this @environmentalvoter.bsky.social effort.
☑️ Early voting begins this Friday!
Thanks for help: Bill, Ann, Sharon, Christina, Laura, Rose, John, Julia and Allyson! A team effort of @cclusa.org and @redwineblueusa.bsky.social friends, on this @environmentalvoter.bsky.social effort.
Sunset view West from Leesburg, VA, with an obliging cloud.
August 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Sunset view West from Leesburg, VA, with an obliging cloud.
The Wednesday rush hour banners over 495 at Braddock thx to @fairfaxindivisible.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The Wednesday rush hour banners over 495 at Braddock thx to @fairfaxindivisible.bsky.social
HCR posting about heat pumps is the energy I need!!
⚡🔌🔋
⚡🔌🔋
Installing heat pumps in factories could save $1.5 trillion—and 77,000 lives [via @grist.org + @climatedesk.org]
Installing heat pumps in factories could save $1.5 trillion—and 77,000 lives
"The big surprise, in many ways, is how big the health benefits truly are.”
www.motherjones.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
HCR posting about heat pumps is the energy I need!!
⚡🔌🔋
⚡🔌🔋
Sun ☀️ Day Sept 21
Thanks to @mothersoutfront.org , our community @sundayofaction.bsky.social events are taking shape at
☀️ a school with electric 🚌 and a contract for rooftop solar,
☀️ a church⛪ with solar canopy parking, and
☀️ a net-zero home
We'll celebrate solar & have these 👇 conversations!
Thanks to @mothersoutfront.org , our community @sundayofaction.bsky.social events are taking shape at
☀️ a school with electric 🚌 and a contract for rooftop solar,
☀️ a church⛪ with solar canopy parking, and
☀️ a net-zero home
We'll celebrate solar & have these 👇 conversations!
Author & founder of @thirdactorg.bsky.social, @billmckibben.bsky.social, sat down with @emorwee.bsky.social to discuss clean energy and why solar is more like Costco than Whole Foods — it’s cheap, it’s on the shelf and it’s ready to go. 🙌 Read the full conversation at heated.world/p/where-does... 🔗
August 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Sun ☀️ Day Sept 21
Thanks to @mothersoutfront.org , our community @sundayofaction.bsky.social events are taking shape at
☀️ a school with electric 🚌 and a contract for rooftop solar,
☀️ a church⛪ with solar canopy parking, and
☀️ a net-zero home
We'll celebrate solar & have these 👇 conversations!
Thanks to @mothersoutfront.org , our community @sundayofaction.bsky.social events are taking shape at
☀️ a school with electric 🚌 and a contract for rooftop solar,
☀️ a church⛪ with solar canopy parking, and
☀️ a net-zero home
We'll celebrate solar & have these 👇 conversations!
Gonna invite a tennis friend, raised Republican, to write @environmentalvoter.bsky.social postcards to Virginia voters with me (A @cclusa.org Chapter activity).
She got back from Iceland last night & below is the conversation I expect to have. 🏔️
She got back from Iceland last night & below is the conversation I expect to have. 🏔️
An ethical guide to last-chance tourism
As more people travel to destinations that may soon vanish due to climate change, experts and guides weigh in on how this practice could help preserve these places – if done right.
www.bbc.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Gonna invite a tennis friend, raised Republican, to write @environmentalvoter.bsky.social postcards to Virginia voters with me (A @cclusa.org Chapter activity).
She got back from Iceland last night & below is the conversation I expect to have. 🏔️
She got back from Iceland last night & below is the conversation I expect to have. 🏔️
Reposted by Meredith Haines
For a number of years, I've been asked a variation on 'how do you keep going when things are so bleak?'
And in this op-ed for @mongabay.com I answer that question:
And in this op-ed for @mongabay.com I answer that question:
Don’t quit: A podcaster’s charge to listeners & fellow humans (commentary)
Recently, a listener to Mongabay’s podcast sent us an email thanking us for our work and asking, “how can you keep going?” amid all the systems at play that are destroying nature. They wondered how to...
news.mongabay.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
For a number of years, I've been asked a variation on 'how do you keep going when things are so bleak?'
And in this op-ed for @mongabay.com I answer that question:
And in this op-ed for @mongabay.com I answer that question:
Reposted by Meredith Haines
Considering rooftop solar in Virginia? Navigate it with the help of trusted partners, Solarize Virginia + LEAP, to get it installed in time for the uncapped 30% tax credit. Closing Aug 15: www.solarizeva.org
It is like pre-paying for your energy bills - a decision that looks smarter all the time.
It is like pre-paying for your energy bills - a decision that looks smarter all the time.
Solarize Virginia
www.solarizeva.org
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Considering rooftop solar in Virginia? Navigate it with the help of trusted partners, Solarize Virginia + LEAP, to get it installed in time for the uncapped 30% tax credit. Closing Aug 15: www.solarizeva.org
It is like pre-paying for your energy bills - a decision that looks smarter all the time.
It is like pre-paying for your energy bills - a decision that looks smarter all the time.
Mid-summer kitchen project, inspired by the homegrown garlic bounty - tomato sauce and oven-roasted tomatoes. 🍅🧄
August 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Mid-summer kitchen project, inspired by the homegrown garlic bounty - tomato sauce and oven-roasted tomatoes. 🍅🧄
Inside Virginia we're working hard on 100 House races to give voters across the state a full ticket to be excited to vote for.
Easy link to give to our statewide Dem candidates - each of whom has refused direct contributions from our regulated monopoly utility, Dominion Energy.
Already a win.
Easy link to give to our statewide Dem candidates - each of whom has refused direct contributions from our regulated monopoly utility, Dominion Energy.
Already a win.
At this critical moment in time, now is when your support for these…
www.givegreen.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Inside Virginia we're working hard on 100 House races to give voters across the state a full ticket to be excited to vote for.
Easy link to give to our statewide Dem candidates - each of whom has refused direct contributions from our regulated monopoly utility, Dominion Energy.
Already a win.
Easy link to give to our statewide Dem candidates - each of whom has refused direct contributions from our regulated monopoly utility, Dominion Energy.
Already a win.
Reposted by Meredith Haines
Democracy needs your courage!
July 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Democracy needs your courage!
Reposted by Meredith Haines
A nearly Connecticut-sized, oxygen-depleted area of ocean is decidedly abnormal. But the last 4 decades of annual measurements and failed efforts to stop chemical pollution flowing off midwestern farms and into the Gulf made this week’s announcement entirely predictable.
August 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A nearly Connecticut-sized, oxygen-depleted area of ocean is decidedly abnormal. But the last 4 decades of annual measurements and failed efforts to stop chemical pollution flowing off midwestern farms and into the Gulf made this week’s announcement entirely predictable.
Closest race for House of Delegates in Virginia is HD30 — @johnmcauliff.bsky.social is going to flip this seat, with a lot of help from his friends. His former teacher, Sen Tim Kaine joined the canvass launch this afternoon in Purcellville. It's a great place to knock doors on a weekday evening!
August 6, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Closest race for House of Delegates in Virginia is HD30 — @johnmcauliff.bsky.social is going to flip this seat, with a lot of help from his friends. His former teacher, Sen Tim Kaine joined the canvass launch this afternoon in Purcellville. It's a great place to knock doors on a weekday evening!
Reposted by Meredith Haines
Many Massachusetts heat pump users will get a big discount on electricity bills this winter — and utility regulators are considering mandating even deeper discounts in the future.
Massachusetts could give heat pump owners a huge discount on…
The state will lower electricity rates for heat pump owners this winter, and is considering even deeper cuts to encourage residents to ditch fossil-fueled…
www.canarymedia.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Many Massachusetts heat pump users will get a big discount on electricity bills this winter — and utility regulators are considering mandating even deeper discounts in the future.