Too many corporations talk about “future climate solutions” while quietly funding lobbying that slows progress today 🌍

Bill Weihl calls it out in Half-truths & hidden lies: How large corporations undermine climate action — a sharp look at how selective truth-telling & silence stall systemic change.

🗓️ Mark your calendar to join the ClimateVoice team in San Francisco on 10/21 for 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀: 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘀 – 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in collaboration with Climate Action Club.

☀️ We’re thrilled that the Employee Climate Action Network has joined Sun Day (@sundayofaction.bsky.social) as an official partner to mobilize employees to advocate for renewable energy. ☀️

Watch the video below from Bill McKibben (@billmckibben.bsky.social) to learn how you can get involved!

ICYMI – the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced a proposal that could end most of its climate-related regulations. Known as the “Endangerment Finding,” officials are reconsidering this finding that says greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten public health. (🧵1/4)

𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆. Instead of driving change at a societal level, the company has been exclusively focused on its own impacts. But as one of the most powerful people in business, Tim Cook has the leverage to change the state of play on climate in the U.S.

Walmart quietly expunged from its website language that it was “deeply committed to addressing climate change," the Financial Times found.

It's not the only large company backtracking on climate pledges under the new administration. Free to read:

Supposedly-green companies tout their climate promises, but continue to fund the giant lobbying forces U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable, contradicting their environmental pledges.

I spoke with @climatevoice.bsky.social about their new brand scorecard, out today:

NEW: Starbucks, Nike, Walmart, and other companies tout their climate commitments while quietly funding groups that fight the very policies needed to cut emissions. readsludge.com/2025/06/26/w...

During these times, employees should come together in community to advocate for action & rise to this moment such as inviting meetings w/ company leaders, sending emails to decision makers, asking questions at town hall meetings, & posting CTAs & engagement opportunities on internal message boards.

📰 As Big Tech bows to President Trump, employees should use their influence to engage coworkers and press their leaders for action.

Latest opinion piece from Bill Weihl and @debmcnamara.bsky.social via @fastcompany.com ⤵️

"𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣, 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙨 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝."

You don't want to miss the latest opinion piece from Jeff Sonnenfeld in @nytopinion.nytimes.com today ⤵️

“Eight years ago many tech leaders rightly condemned Trump’s withdrawal from Paris. Their silence now is cowardly, complicit in reinforcing the status quo fossil fuel economy, and shows that they care more about their own profits than the American people.” - Bill Weihl, ClimateVoice founder

"Eight years ago many tech leaders rightly condemned Trump's withdrawal" from the Paris climate agreement, Facebook's former director of sustainability said. "Their silence now is cowardly." www.eenews.net/articles/how...