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Priscilla Dyer
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Advocating & Innovating for an Equitable Future Driven by Social, Environmental, and Climate Justice
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Food aid slashed, clinics closed, and 437K children out of school. Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, home to 1.4M Rohingya refugees, is reeling from USAID cuts. 𝐒𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧 warns survival has become a desperate daily struggle. #EJFriday ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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The #shutdown wasn’t about budgets, it was about power. Families paid the price while leaders protected corporate #polluters. Young people are demanding better. On Jan 30, Congress must choose people over polluters!
Change the Chamber Urges Congress to Choose People Over Polluters — Change The Chamber
(November 13, 2025) Change the Chamber calls on Congress: will you choose people over corporate polluters? Americans need clean air, affordable energy, and safe communities, not empty deals. (Full sta...
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November 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Sometimes it feels like we’re in a horror movie… but the climate crisis is all too real #ClimateChangeisScary
October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 reveals how radioactive waste from #oilandgas drilling is seeping into our water, soil, and even our bones, exposing a #publichealth crisis too often overlooked by policymakers. #OurClimateOurHealth ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Brine to Bone: Oil and Gas’s Radioactive Waste Legacy Shapes Our Health — Change The Chamber
(October 21, 2025) Oil and gas drilling brings radioactive waste to the surface, contaminating air, water, and soil, and posing invisible but lasting threats to human health. As corporations bury this...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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During our #NYClimateWeek event, experts revealed how #extremeheat, the deadliest weather hazard, is turning workplaces into danger zones and how communities are fighting back. #OurClimateOurHealth ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Working in Extreme Heat: Risks, Responses, and Solutions for Occupational Health and Safety — Change The Chamber
(October 16, 2025) At NY Climate Week, Change the Chamber united experts and organizers to tackle how extreme heat endangers workers, and the bold solutions needed to keep them safe.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Change the Chamber is calling out the government shutdown as reckless politics putting lives, #climate protections, and jobs at risk. Congress must end this crisis now!
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CTC Condemns the Recent Government Shutdown as Harmful and Wholly Avoidable — Change The Chamber
(October 3, 2025) Change the Chamber calls out the government shutdown that’s putting public health, climate protections, and essential services at risk. Furloughing workers and stalling disaster resp...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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From Kingston to Kansas, #extremeheat is reshaping fertility and #maternalhealth. 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 and 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 uncover the crisis in the latest installment of CTC’s #OurClimateOurHealth Series. #ClimateFriday #EJFriday ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Womb with a View (of 1.5°C) — Change The Chamber
(October 2, 2025) Extreme heat is putting pregnancies at risk, increasing the chances of stillbirth, preterm birth, and lasting health complications. At the same time, rising temperatures are making d...
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October 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Gold mining is threatening the #BlackHills (again). 𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐳𝐚𝐤 exposes how it could contaminate water, devastate #ecosystems, and desecrate #Lakota sacred lands.
Exploiting the Black Hills (Again) — Change The Chamber
(September 30, 2025) Gold mining is once again threatening the sacred Black Hills, putting water, ecosystems, and Lakota culture at risk. Despite treaties and court rulings, corporations still push to...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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In the first installment of our #OurClimateOurHealth Series, 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚 and 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐬 reveal a startling fact: we are living beyond our planet’s limits, and our health is paying the price! #WorldEnvironmentalHealthDay
Beyond Overshoot - Rethinking Health and Wellbeing in an Unbalanced World — Change The Chamber
(September 26, 2025) Earth Overshoot Day marks when humanity’s resource use outpaces what our planet can regenerate—pushing ecosystems and human health past their limits. These crises show that protec...
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September 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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🔥 100M+ Americans were hit by #extremeheat this summer. Workers felt it hardest. How do we keep them safe? Join our #ClimateWeekNYC webinar for solutions that actually work!
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🔗 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 & 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ⬇️⬇️⬇️ us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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Summer 2025 is brutal, but it might also be the coolest summer of the rest of our lives. The planet is heating up fast, and the #fossilfuel industry is still steering the ship. Here’s what you need to know. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ #ExtremeWeatherSZN
Hot Summer 2025 Could Be the Coolest for the Rest of Our Lives: 6 Things to Know
It's hot and getting hotter. But climate action is cool.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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A government #climate report filled with debunked misinformation is being used to roll back protections. Experts say it’s propaganda disguised as science, a dangerous step away from reality and #publichealth.
Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation
Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research
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August 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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🌊The #Texas floods weren’t isolated. They were the outcome of a warming planet, gutted weather services, and leaders who called life-saving warning systems “too expensive.” #ClimateChange didn’t do this alone. Policy did!

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July 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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In Lowndes County, Alabama, raw sewage floods homes and schools. Most residents are Black. A civil rights settlement promised relief, until Trump revoked it, calling basic sanitation aid “illegal #DEI.” This is #environmental racism, plain and simple!
The Unknown Future of Lowndes County, Alabama — Change The Chamber
(July 23, 2025) In Lowndes County, Alabama, raw sewage still floods yards and schools, mostly in Black communities. A federal plan to fix this injustice was recently revoked—putting families’ health a...
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July 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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#ICE raids are scaring #immigrants away from public meetings, so toxic plants get built without a fight. When the most affected can’t speak, #polluters win. That’s not a side effect. It’s the strategy!
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July 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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🚨 2+ inches of rain in 1 hour recently flooded NYC subways, highways, and killed 2 in NJ. This isn’t "unusual weather," it’s the #climatecrisis, and it’s accelerating. Storms like this are now up to 52x more likely than just a few decades ago! 🌧️🌍
How climate crisis makes rainstorms that flooded New York more common
More than 2in of rain fell in an hour in the region, killing two people, and such storms are only going to intensify
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July 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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#ExtremeWeather can trigger serious health risks—from fungal infections and mold to waterborne diseases, heat illness, and mental health challenges. #ExtremeWeatherSZN
Check out @grist.org’s essential guide to staying safe when disaster strikes.
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July 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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#ESG isn’t just for boardrooms. It’s in your bank account, your grocery cart, your workplace. Every swipe, every choice…you’re shaping the world.

🔗 Read our article written by National Climate Fellow 𝐑𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐊𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐫 to learn more and take action‼️
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July 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Climate disasters don’t hit everyone equally. In Maui, the #wildfires fueled not just destruction, but gender violence, exploitation, and deepening inequality. #ClimateJustice IS gender justice. #EJFriday
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July 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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We are proud to join @actonclimateus.bsky.social and many allied organizations in co-sponsoring a powerful virtual event happening TONIGHT — WEDNESDAY, JULY 9TH @ 8PM ET‼️ Let’s channel public outrage into real pressure and policy change. Don’t miss it. #ClimateCantWait ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Billions more for billionaires, barely pennies for people, and more pollution for the planet · Climate Action Campaign
Join our national webinar with speakers Senator Schatz and Senator Markey: “Billions more for billionaires, barely pennies for people, and more pollution for the planet: What's next for our movement?”...
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July 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Trump’s budget reconciliation bill is a giveaway to polluters, and a gut punch to American families. It cuts #cleanenergy, health care, and jobs while hiking the deficit. This isn’t fiscal responsibility. It’s sabotage! #ClimateCantWait
Read our full statement on the “Big Billionaires’ Bill” ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Change the Chamber Condemns the Big Billionaires’ Bill — Change The Chamber
(July 4, 2025) Change the Chamber strongly opposes the newly signed budget reconciliation bill, calling it a dangerous move that puts corporate interests ahead of public well-being. As young leaders, ...
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July 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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When #wildfires ripped through LA, #immigrant “second responders” mobilized relief, cleared rubble, and rebuilt lives. They weren’t just helping, they were holding the city together. #EJFriday
The Role of Immigrant “Second Responders”—What the LA Wildfires Teach Us - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Disaster recovery takes a long time. Policy and philanthropy need to support second responders, many of whom are immigrants.
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June 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#ClimateJustice isn’t just about carbon. Women leading the #Ecofeminist movement are exposing how the same forces driving climate change also drive inequality and violence. #EJFriday
The Ecofeminist Movement Is Surging. Here’s What Its Advocates Want - Inside Climate News
More women are connecting environmental degradation with attacks on women's rights, seeing both as rooted in similar values. They’re drawing on personal experiences and reams of research to make their...
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June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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This #Juneteenth, we reflect through an #EnvironmentalJustice lens, honoring the legacy of Black resistance, resilience, and leadership in the fight for community, #climate, and equity. Learn more in this piece by Erika Pietrzak!
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June 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Drought in Somalia is fueling hunger, disease, and conflict, despite the country contributing almost nothing to #climatechange. Climate chaos in fragile regions threatens global peace and security. www.changethechamber.org/news-research/desertification-and-drought
World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought: Somalia in Crisis — Change The Chamber
(June 17, 2025) Today, six million Somalians are in need of urgent humanitarian aid, with half of the population experiencing water insecurity. 80 percent of Somalia is experiencing severe drought con...
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June 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM