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The US Senate bill to deregulate environmental permitting is a giveaway to Big Tech and Big Oil to poison our air and water and threaten our planetary future in their quest for profits, I argue in Common Dreams. www.commondreams.org/opinion/perm...

We out here, PA!! It's not too late to join us and help flip the PA state leg AND US congress!!

Join Vice President Kamala Harris to support some of the most important climate elections in the country next Tues 10/27! She joins DNC Climate Council & @leadlocally.bsky.social PAC, supporting Dem Public Utility Commission candidates. RSVP: demclimate.org/climate26

Time to lock in, friends! Join us to phone bank for Brad Chambers who is running to flip PA blue! https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/996787/

We are proud to endorse Eric Olivas! Eric plans to electrify county facilities, move county government toward 100% renewable energy, expand protected public lands, and strengthen water and wildfire resilience in the East Mountains.

Come canvass with us in PA! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVjqJylrzRzTO_ll4drMEWsvKVoT0dNP4toTLPOuSHAWPXzw/viewform

We are thrilled to endorse @zoforaustin.bsky.social! When reelected, Zo plans to scale up green infrastructure to fight flooding and extreme heat while continuing to build more affordable housing near transit.

We are thrilled to endorse Dr. Isabel Araiza and Dr. Nancy Vera for Corpus Christi City Council!

Another sleeper: Democrat Fern Leard for PA-HD-120 against incumbent GOP Brenda Pugh @fernleard.bsky.social

Join me! We’ve got to win up and down the ballot!

We are thrilled to endorse Nafisa Fai for Washington County Chair! In office, she has championed county investments to address climate change.

We are thrilled to endorse @nathanongnorris.bsky.social for Multnomah County Commissioner District 2! Nathan Ong Norris is a community organizer, union member, and hazardous waste technician who will focus on both cutting greenhouse gas emissions and preparing communities for climate impacts.

Join us to phone bank for Fern Leard, who is running for state leg in a key swing district, along with @billmckibben.bsky.social! https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/996787/

After existing county commissioners signed NDAs with data center developers, Kris Eilers is running to demand transparency and accountability. We are thrilled to endorse Eilers for Duluth!

You don't want to miss this interview w/ Clara Pratte by @ayanaeliza.bsky.social and @billmckibben.bsky.social! Clara shares why she's running for the Corporation Commission and what she wants to do when elected. https://pod.link/1773809532/episode/c3Vic3RhY2s6cG9zdDoyMTgzNjI2NjU

It's time to get out in the streets and knock doors in the critical swing districts that could help us flip Congress AND flip the PA state leg! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVjqJylrzRzTO_ll4drMEWsvKVoT0dNP4toTLPOuSHAWPXzw/viewform

We are thrilled to endorse Athena Aguiar for Eugene City Council! Athena will fight to electrify new buildings, fund energy efficiency and weatherization to lower household energy bills, and expand Bus Rapid Transit.

We are ready to re-elect @mitchgreen.bsky.social @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social and Tiffany Koyama Lane!

Tomorrow's a big one! If you want to make a big difference this midterm season, join us tomorrow (Weds 10/14) to phone bank with Jane Fonda for two of the most important PA state leg races! @mpinsley.bsky.social https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/999609/

Let's elect Patty Hansen and reelect Khara House so that they can ensure Flagstaff follows through on its bold climate commitments. From city councils to state leg, AZ is poised to become a national climate leader!

We are all in for Daisy Maldonado for Doña Ana County Commission! A longtime community organizer, Maldonado has led the campaign against Project Jupiter, a massive proposed data center threatening the region’s scarce water and energy resources.

Y'all ready to elect @peterhubbardga.bsky.social and Shelia Edwards to the PSC so that we can have a climate majority to lower our bills and regulate data centers?!

We're spending the final 10 days before Election Day in key PA swing districts. Wanna come??? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVjqJylrzRzTO_ll4drMEWsvKVoT0dNP4toTLPOuSHAWPXzw/viewform

Join us now! https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/996787/

Our campaign director @johnqua.bsky.social spoke to Bloomberg City Lab about how data center buildout is impacting local elections! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-25/data-center-foes-seek-local-office-as-activists-become-candidates

Catch this interview w/ Sara Kohen about her public utility board race in NE! Sara is running to represent ratepayers over corporations. "It's the most important race you've never heard of" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/primary-turnout-forecasts-a-dem-blowout/id1609094461?i=1000791448877

Thank you @leadlocally.bsky.social and @thehumpod.bsky.social for the opportunity to share the story of Louisiana’s #Meta Hyperion Data Center project at #NYCClimateWeek @peterhubbardga.bsky.social #EnergyJustice #datacenters #Louisiana #ClimateJustice

Today!! Let's flip AZ blue! https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/996787/

This election is going to be ALL about data centers and I'm grateful to @patricksison.bsky.social for speaking to me and covering some of @leadlocally.bsky.social's work & thoughts in his piece on local candidates running to fight data centers in their communities: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

when all your friends get together in the same room!! we got to hand out with @davanteforla.bsky.social and four candidates running in THE most important climate races of this year: the AZ Corp Comm and GA PSC, incl @peterhubbardga.bsky.social

If any of the Lehigh Valley’s dozen AI data center proposals go through, countless more families will be unable to afford their electricity. #PinsleyForTheWinsley #MoratoriumNow #BanHyperscaleDataCenters #LehighValleyPA

Proud to be endorsed by @leadlocally.bsky.social it’s long past time to get big corporate donors out of politics. We need leaders that will stand for the people they represent!

Great events from @leadlocally.bsky.social this week! In NYC for Climate Week? Join our Chair @mdeatrick.bsky.social at the 9/24 Fight Data Centers & Happy Hour events!

In NYC for Climate Week? We're excited to co-host this, with climate advocates GA PSC Commissioner Peter Hubbard, NY State Rep Emily Gallagher & LA PSC Commissioner Davante Lewis! Mod by Hum's Saul Levin. @davanteforla.bsky.social @peterhubbardga.bsky.social @leadlocally.bsky.social

We are thrilled to endorse Colleen Frei for PUD Commissioner and Janet St Clair for Snohomish PUD Commissioner! These Washington State climate leaders are running to ensure their public utilities are clean and affordable.

Nilu is our choice for Seattle City Council, District 5!

We are thrilled to endorse @kelabe.bsky.social and Jessica Forsythe for the WA State House! These two climate leaders are running to unseat longtime incumbent legislators beholden to corporate interests in the state.

Let's elect a majority in Frederick Co, MD that will regulate data centers!

Climate Week w/ us! IN NYC? https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/1011949/ Virtual? https://youtube.com/live/qOTLSABXS5I?feature=share In PHX? https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/1025582/

Can't wait to see you there, virtually, in AZ, and/or in NYC!

LD13 is one of the most important districts to win in AZ. Come canvass with us to support @electweinberg.bsky.social, Kristie O'Brien, Rockee Armstrong, and re-elect Kris Mayes as AG! https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/1025582/

¡Feliz cumpleaños, David! 🎂🥳🎉 @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social It means so much that you chose to celebrate with everyday Rhode Islanders at the Charles Place Tennants Union in Providence. Wonderful to see a Democratic nominee for Mayor of our creative capitol who is grounded in community with the poor

Make calls with us to flip AZ blue and elect climate champs Kris Mayes, Kyle Clayton, and Deborah Howard! https://www.mobilize.us/leadlocally/event/996787/

Tallahassee, Florida is one of very few cities that manages its own utility. Tallahassee has an opportunity to elect climate leaders that can rapidly transition the area to clean energy in a state notorious for banning the term “climate change” in its state policy.

Let's elect @rohitforatlanta.bsky.social and Maggie Goldman to Georgia's biggest county's commission! These candidates will fight for lower bills, clean energy, and a livable future!

Need some righteous company after the 1.5 C news this week? Listen to this. https://www.npr.org/2026/09/05/nx-s1-5954264/this-is-the-work-of-our-lifetime-ayana-elizabeth-johnson-urges-action-after-new-un-climate-report?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Ring, ring! Who's this? Oh, you want to pass a small tax on big business and use it to fund local climate projects?? Ok, let's go!!