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!
Lead Locally
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Your source of local climate hope. 🌎✨ We help elect local & state leaders who will fight fossil fuel projects & advance clean energy policy
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
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
Data Center Opposition Spawns a Surge of First-Time Candidates
Activists who cut their teeth fighting data center projects in their towns are now riding a wave of AI tech pushback to seek office in local elections.
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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
Primary turnout forecasts a Dem blowout
Podcast Episode · The Downballot · September 24 · 44m
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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
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!
Lead Locally@leadlocally.bsky.social · 3w agoWe 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.
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!
Lead Locally@leadlocally.bsky.social · 3w agoCan't wait to see you there, virtually, in AZ, and/or in NYC!
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
Fight Data Centers: A Panel & Live Recording with Lead Locally & The Hum · Lead Locally
**Join us for a panel & podcast recording (followed by happy hour!) about how local leaders are standing up to the rapid expansion of AI data centers to protect their communities, their utility bills,...
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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!
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
This is the work of our lifetime: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson urges action after new UN climate report
A United Nations report has found that the world will warm to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Climate solutions advocate Ayana Elizabeth Johnson urges a quicker implementation of know...
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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!!
The League of Businesses' monumental failures in races statewide clearly show that communities are seeking dynamism and creativity rather than bullying and deceit. Now let's put all this behind us where it belongs; RI is ready to meet the moment <3 www.oceanstatemedia.org/politics/202...
Conservative-leaning business group goes 0-for-9 in Rhode Island primary
The group’s novel fundraising structure drew attention at the Statehouse, but none of its endorsed candidates won
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Congrats to these amazing climate champions for winning their state leg primaries!
