On a broiling day, I went to Loudoun County, VA, the data center capital of the world. Miles of windowless buildings and a relentless drone you feel to your core. By 2050, data centers could take up to a third of the Potomac region's summer water. Vote like your water depends on it. IWillVote.com

Talking with Mayor Elida Castillo of Taft, TX, always inspires me! I got to do it twice this year: at the Texas Dems Convention and at our DNC Climate Council meeting in Austin. Industrial bullying means her community has serious water and air concerns. So glad Elida fights for people over profit.

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Mayor Elida Castillo of Taft, Texas, a true champion for people over profit, spoke at our Council Meeting! "Your voice is your power. Use it, because if we're not using it, someone else is telling our narrative for us, and that's not freedom." @texasyoungsta.bsky.social @danielayalajrtx.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: This Wednesday (9/16), the House Judiciary Committee will hold a markup on legislation that aims to give Big Oil companies sweeping immunity from any laws or lawsuits seeking to hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis.

Infrastructure is climate policy. Wednenight, 8pm ET, I'm on a panel about the proposed $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank. Rail. Transit. High-speed rail. Low-carbon cement. Transportation is our single largest source of climate pollution. Hosted by the NIB Coalition: bit.ly/NIBZoom

Thutmose III spent his reign chiseling a woman out of Egyptian history. He's remembered for failing at it. Trump demolished the East Wing and paved the Rose Garden, where I stood in April 2023 for the creation of the White House Office of Environmental Justice, which he terminated. My new Substack:

You Don’t Erase What Doesn’t Matter

From paving the Rose Garden to piling up Mount Trump

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Two federal courts found Trump's ballroom unlawful. Yesterday, Chief Justice Roberts set that aside in one sentence, with no rationale whatsoever. Our house is the People's House. It wasn't Trump's to tear down.

Wonderful climate champions in my home state! So excited by these primary wins, and the change to not only get a real Michigan trifecta, but to do so with so many strong climate leaders. Please follow them! ⬇️

Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC)@janeclimatepac.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We’ve got wins on the board in #Michigan! Our winners join the advance-by-nomination candidates in the general election. If we can hold MI's Senate and flip the MI House, we'll have a blue firewall in a state with ~90% of the freshwater in the nation. Help them win in November! JanePAC.com/Michigan

On July 12, Lake Powell and Lake Mead hit their lowest combined storage on record. The last time the Colorado River held this little water, Lake Powell didn't exist. It was 1957.

Four days out and I'm still thinking about the room we built in Austin, and the movement we're building across the U.S. When someone tells you Democrats shouldn't run on climate, this is what I'd point to.

DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council@dncclimate.bsky.social · 2mo ago

DC pundits are trying to hush climate talk by Democrats. You know who knows better? The 70+ DNC members, Texans and environmental advocates at our Austin meeting last Friday. And the voters.

Wonderful climate champions in my home state! So excited by these primary wins, and the change to not only get a real Michigan trifecta, but to do so with so many strong climate leaders. Please follow them! ⬇️

Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC)@janeclimatepac.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We’ve got wins on the board in #Michigan! Our winners join the advance-by-nomination candidates in the general election. If we can hold MI's Senate and flip the MI House, we'll have a blue firewall in a state with ~90% of the freshwater in the nation. Help them win in November! JanePAC.com/Michigan

Fred is a wonderful person, a longtime and thoughtful climate champion. I've had the honor of getting to talk with him, and am so lucky to have done so. And this seat is winnable - we have a real chance to flip it.

Jane Fonda Climate PAC (JanePAC)@janeclimatepac.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There's a longtime conservationist and forester running for Congress in #Wisconsin! We know Fred Clark won't hesitate to stand up for our planet in D.C. and he needs our help to get through next week's primary + win the general. Kick in a donation now! JanePAC.com/FredForWI

The Land of 10,000 Lakes deserves to be represented by the boldest of climate champions. If you're ready to WIN, support these candidates with a donation today — JanePAC.com/Minnesota

Tonight I'm phone banking for Peggy Flanagan — MN's Lt. Governor, running for U.S. Senate. I've talked with her directly: she listens, she cares and thinks deeply about our climate future - and she means what she says. Climate voters are a winning coalition! Join us 6pm CT/7pm ET — link below. 📞

News we are excited to share! Congressman Greg Casar is joining us as keynote speaker at our Aug. 14 Meeting in Austing. It's going to be another packed, dynamic meeting and we are looking forward! RSVP here: bit.ly/dnc-summer-m... — August 14, 4:00 PM CT, Austin, TX

The Western United States Faces Weekend of Record Heat The climate crisis is here. Safe, clean renewable energy and battery storage is cheap. The way to stop it getting worse is to get OFF fossil fuels. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...

The Western United States Is Facing a Weekend of Record Heat

Unusually hot temperatures, even for the depths of summer, are expected from Arizona to Montana.

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MICHIGAN: Join me tomorrow Thurs. 7/30 as I speak out at this peaceful protest. The fracking industry calls me "Mouthy Michelle." Damn right I am. I've been fighting in my home county and nationally against oil drilling, pipelines and now reckless, underregulated data centers. People > profit

I shared my thoughts with Barn Raiser on the importance of hyperscale data centers in the 2026 and 2028 elections. Democrats should be leading the way on ensuring data centers serve the people, not the other way around. @barnraiser.bsky.social barnraisingmedia.com/2026-electio...

Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary

Michigan Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens offer conflicting visions over the role of A.I. and corporate power.

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We aren’t just dealing with “inflation”, we are facing a systemic fossil fuel dependence crisis, and that crisis has a name: #fossilflation. 🧵⤵️

Wildfires, like the climate crisis, know no boundaries. Filmed yesterday in our orchard in Michigan. Trump blames Canada-but he's closing the labs that study wildfire smoke. These are Climate Wildfires. Elect climate champions. Elect Democrats. @thedemocratsmv.bsky.social

I have told a lot of Democratic candidates, starting last summer that data centers were going to be the sleeper issue of this midterm cycle.

We won a delay! I spoke alongside many community members and leaders in my County, opposing Oracle's proposal for a 50% tax abatement on their AI data center. Mlive shared some of my testimony 👇 The vote is now set for July 14, so we keep the pressure on. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Vote on Oracle’s request for data center tax break postponed amid pushback near Ann Arbor

The Saline Township Board of Trustees delayed deciding on a 12-year, 50% tax abatement for the $43 billion AI facility amid legal questions and community opposition near Ann Arbor.

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I stepped away from the Texas Dems Convention in Corpus Christi to witness stunning shorelines devastated by environmental degradation from industries guzzling water, while families face water restrictions and possible rationing. Dems Elida Castillo, Daniel Ayala, Sylvia Campos are fighting back.

Wisconsin, my birth state, is dear to my heart. At the state Dem convention in Madison, I spoke to the Environmental Caucus and on the Politics of Place panel. Conversations kept coming back to land and water — wake boats, PFAS, data center, the Boundary Waters. And climate. Winning issues, all.

Climate is a winning issue for Democrats, despite what some pundits say. I talked with @peteraldhous.com at @insideclimatenews.org: walking away from climate demobilizes the base we need—younger, more diverse, lower-income voters. In GA, Dems won running on it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2406202...

Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom? - Inside Climate News

An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability.

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Grinchy, terrible idea to put a data center right next to a zoo. Zoo officials warn the notorious data center noise could interfere with breeding efforts of endangered clouded leopards, which are sensitive to noise. More than 500,000 people have signed on in opposition.

DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council@dncclimate.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We applaud Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell for moving to stop a data center next to the zoo's clouded leopards. 200,000+ sq ft. A 50 MW substation. Feet from endangered animals. This is leadership.

At the Texas Democratic Convention? Find me at the Environmental Caucus—Fri June 26, 8:00am, Room 225C. Honored to join Mayor Elida Castillo of chispatexas.bsky.social Climate is our strongest ground, and Texas is on the #ClimateFrontlines. Convention Info/RSVP: www.texasdemocraticconvention.com

Climate is a winning issue for Democrats, despite what some pundits say. I talked with @peteraldhous.com at @insideclimatenews.org: walking away from climate demobilizes the base we need—younger, more diverse, lower-income voters. In GA, Dems won running on it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2406202...

Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom? - Inside Climate News

An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted the focus to energy affordability.

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STARTING NOW: Join me today 6/22 at 1pm ET to support Will Lawrence, my friend and ally, running to flip Michigan’s 7th Congressional District. This is one of the most competitive U.S. House races in the country - and could be the 218th Democratic vote we need. secure.actblue.com/donate/wl-vi...

RSVP to support William Lawrence!

Show your support with a contribution.

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Not sure anyone except Trump is unaware that this isn't how to negotiate with anyone ever. He is a serious threat to our national security - and the security and peace of the world.

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"You won't even make it back to your fucking country." Trump's actual message to Iranian officials, per Fox News, as VP Vance tries to negotiate peace in Switzerland.

❌ $1.8 million estimate. Nearly $15 million spent. ❌ A no-bid contract to a firm that had never held a federal contract, but had reportedly worked at Trump's own golf club. ❌Result: peeling paint & a massive algae bloom within 24 hours of project completion. We the people paid for this mess.

Blue material peeling off bottom of Reflecting Pool, days after costly renovation | CNN Politics

Some blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, days after the pool was painted blue and refilled as part of a multi-million dollar renovation ordered by Presi...

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