Third Act Maine
@thirdactmaine.bsky.social
Third Act Maine is Maine elders committed to stopping all new fossil fuel investment and development. Our mission will be accomplished through the joyful practice of nonviolence, uplifting youth and developing community. Visit: thirdact.org/maine
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"Signs of Fascism" today in South Portland courtesy of Third Act Maine's Portland Hub. #resist #nofascism #oldandbold
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Have you heard? Maine PUC rejected the CMP rate hike! Thanks to Third Act Mainers Kathleen, Marcia & Tom and everyone else who spoke out against these unsustainable price increases and especially to Our Power and Fight the Hike!
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
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Mainers Reject Plan for Five Years of Electrical Rate Hikes
On October 14th five members of Third Act Maine attended a public meeting of the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to protest the proposed rate hike by Central Maine Power...
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November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Have you heard? Maine PUC rejected the CMP rate hike! Thanks to Third Act Mainers Kathleen, Marcia & Tom and everyone else who spoke out against these unsustainable price increases and especially to Our Power and Fight the Hike!
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
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Open call for photographers of all ages and skill levels. How has climate change affected you?
Click on link to learn more about the project and for the entry form. The submission deadline is December 12th.
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Click on link to learn more about the project and for the entry form. The submission deadline is December 12th.
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Open call for photographers of all ages and skill levels. How has climate change affected you?
Click on link to learn more about the project and for the entry form. The submission deadline is December 12th.
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Click on link to learn more about the project and for the entry form. The submission deadline is December 12th.
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Open call for photographers of all ages and skill levels. How has climate change affected you?
Click on link to learn more about the project and for the entry form. The submission deadline is December 12th.
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Click on link to learn more about the project and for the entry form. The submission deadline is December 12th.
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Open call for photographers of all ages and skill levels. How has climate change affected you?
Click on link to learn more about the project and for the entry form. The submission deadline is December 12th.
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Click on link to learn more about the project and for the entry form. The submission deadline is December 12th.
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Have you heard? Maine PUC rejected the CMP rate hike! Thanks to Third Act Mainers Kathleen, Marcia & Tom and everyone else who spoke out against these unsustainable price increases and especially to Our Power and Fight the Hike!
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
Mainers Reject Plan for Five Years of Electrical Rate Hikes
On October 14th five members of Third Act Maine attended a public meeting of the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to protest the proposed rate hike by Central Maine Power...
thirdact.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Have you heard? Maine PUC rejected the CMP rate hike! Thanks to Third Act Mainers Kathleen, Marcia & Tom and everyone else who spoke out against these unsustainable price increases and especially to Our Power and Fight the Hike!
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
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"If passed, the Climate Superfund Act with its potential to generate an estimated $50 billion over 20 years, could significantly bolster state disaster relief and climate resilience projects."
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Bill McKibben on the State-Led Efforts to Make Big Oil Pay Up - Inside Climate News
The New Jersey Climate Superfund Act would make oil companies pay for their past greenhouse gas emissions, possibly generating up to $50 billion for state climate relief. “This should be the easiest v...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"If passed, the Climate Superfund Act with its potential to generate an estimated $50 billion over 20 years, could significantly bolster state disaster relief and climate resilience projects."
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Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/FuQ671Nh
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
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November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/FuQ671Nh
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At Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social we are by definition older Americans. We've seen more stuff than most people.
But we've never seen the president demand the execution of members of Congress.
But we've never seen the president demand the execution of members of Congress.
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
At Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social we are by definition older Americans. We've seen more stuff than most people.
But we've never seen the president demand the execution of members of Congress.
But we've never seen the president demand the execution of members of Congress.
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The scriptwriters need a little more nuance. This seems kind of heavyhanded
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
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Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The scriptwriters need a little more nuance. This seems kind of heavyhanded
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/c...
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“Between the booths flooding and a fire breaking out in the Blue Zone, feels like maybe someone is trying to tell us something at COP30”
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
'Potent Metaphor': Fire Forces Evacuation of UN Climate Conference | Common Dreams
Delegates at COP30 climate conference in Belém, Brazil evacuated after fire at Hangar Convention Center.
www.commondreams.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Between the booths flooding and a fire breaking out in the Blue Zone, feels like maybe someone is trying to tell us something at COP30”
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
We are thrilled to have Heather Cox Richardson as our special guest, who will be joined in conversation with Third Act co-founder, Bill McKibben. We’ll share campaign updates, hear from our local elder activists, and gain insight into what is coming up next!
actionnetwork.org/events/decem...
actionnetwork.org/events/decem...
December All-In-Call
Save The Date for Third Act’s December All-In Call! With special guest Heather Cox Richardson who will be joined in conversation with Third Act Founder, Bill McKibben. We'll share campaign updates, h...
actionnetwork.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We are thrilled to have Heather Cox Richardson as our special guest, who will be joined in conversation with Third Act co-founder, Bill McKibben. We’ll share campaign updates, hear from our local elder activists, and gain insight into what is coming up next!
actionnetwork.org/events/decem...
actionnetwork.org/events/decem...
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"For the good of our #Planet" because there is no #PlanetB. #ClimateAction #SolarEnergy #Sustainability
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"For the good of our #Planet" because there is no #PlanetB. #ClimateAction #SolarEnergy #Sustainability
I find some (hope) every time I think of you, "Third Actors, and others, who are shining light into a world that needs it desperately, urging us beyond individual acts of sustainability toward collective and legislative action for the good of our planet." Dana D of Maine
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
Off the Grid and Into The Light
Initially, in 1993, it wasn’t climate change and the need to leave fossil fuels in the ground that motivated us. More likely it was a justifiable concern about the safety...
thirdact.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I find some (hope) every time I think of you, "Third Actors, and others, who are shining light into a world that needs it desperately, urging us beyond individual acts of sustainability toward collective and legislative action for the good of our planet." Dana D of Maine
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
Off the Grid and Into The Light
Initially, in 1993, it wasn’t climate change and the need to leave fossil fuels in the ground that motivated us. More likely it was a justifiable concern about the safety...
thirdact.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I find some (hope) every time I think of you, "Third Actors, and others, who are shining light into a world that needs it desperately, urging us beyond individual acts of sustainability toward collective and legislative action for the good of our planet." Dana D of Maine
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
thirdact.org/maine/2025/1...
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Did you know that the PR agency for #COP30 also works for fossil fuel companies like Shell?
We made a meditation app to help them sleep at night.
Try it for yourself here
oilwell.app
We made a meditation app to help them sleep at night.
Try it for yourself here
oilwell.app
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Did you know that the PR agency for #COP30 also works for fossil fuel companies like Shell?
We made a meditation app to help them sleep at night.
Try it for yourself here
oilwell.app
We made a meditation app to help them sleep at night.
Try it for yourself here
oilwell.app
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A new meditation app that embraces climate breakdown.
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A new meditation app that embraces climate breakdown.
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
Breathe in profit. Breathe out responsibility.
If you’ve ever had problems with anxiety from being a fossil fuel executive, this is the app for you.
Brought to you by @olifro.st
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Third Act SoCal joined students from local high schools Friday urging the Santa Monica City Council, Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur and other elected leaders to endorse the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act. Sign their petition:
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#makepolluterspay #thirdactsocal
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#makepolluterspay #thirdactsocal
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Third Act SoCal joined students from local high schools Friday urging the Santa Monica City Council, Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur and other elected leaders to endorse the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act. Sign their petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
#makepolluterspay #thirdactsocal
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ma...
#makepolluterspay #thirdactsocal
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Great op-ed bit.ly/3LJSYA6 from @bisbeeunplugged.bsky.social about why we need more solar power in #Arizona. With 350 days of sunshine/year why are we only at 15.2% renewable? It's all about the utilities @apsfyi.bsky.social, TEP, UNS making a profit, not clean energy.
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Great op-ed bit.ly/3LJSYA6 from @bisbeeunplugged.bsky.social about why we need more solar power in #Arizona. With 350 days of sunshine/year why are we only at 15.2% renewable? It's all about the utilities @apsfyi.bsky.social, TEP, UNS making a profit, not clean energy.
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Over 40,000 people marched in Belém at the Global Climate March as #COP30 closed week one. Activists carried calls to respect the Amazon, protect forests, uphold Indigenous rights and make polluters pay for climate damages.
#MakePollutersPay #RespectTheAmazon
#MakePollutersPay #RespectTheAmazon
Greenpeace joins over 40,000 marching in Belém calling for forest and climate action at COP30 - Greenpeace International
Greenpeace joined more than 40,000 people at the Global Climate March in Belém to end the first week of the UN climate conference.
www.greenpeace.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Over 40,000 people marched in Belém at the Global Climate March as #COP30 closed week one. Activists carried calls to respect the Amazon, protect forests, uphold Indigenous rights and make polluters pay for climate damages.
#MakePollutersPay #RespectTheAmazon
#MakePollutersPay #RespectTheAmazon
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
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📈 Out of 22 states with above-average increases in wind and solar generation over the past four years, 12 states had power price increases which were below the national average: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📈 Out of 22 states with above-average increases in wind and solar generation over the past four years, 12 states had power price increases which were below the national average: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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States like Alaska, New Hampshire & Connecticut with solar and wind shares of less than 10%, all have an average price of over 20.5¢ compared to 9.9¢ in states like New Mexico 💸
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
States like Alaska, New Hampshire & Connecticut with solar and wind shares of less than 10%, all have an average price of over 20.5¢ compared to 9.9¢ in states like New Mexico 💸
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✅ Clean energy is the solution to rising energy bills for U.S. households NOT the problem and a new study by @politico.com gives us proof. 🧵
October 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
✅ Clean energy is the solution to rising energy bills for U.S. households NOT the problem and a new study by @politico.com gives us proof. 🧵
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“'She did not just approve a fossil fuel project. She made a moral choice,' Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D), who is primarying Hochul, said on Monday. 'New Yorkers deserve a governor who does not treat the climate crisis as a PR problem, but as a test of moral leadership.'”
Hochul enrages environmentalists with shift to ‘all of the above’ energy policy
Democrats are focusing on affordability over climate goals as midterm elections loom.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“'She did not just approve a fossil fuel project. She made a moral choice,' Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D), who is primarying Hochul, said on Monday. 'New Yorkers deserve a governor who does not treat the climate crisis as a PR problem, but as a test of moral leadership.'”