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

Austin, get ready! Join us August 14 for the DNC Council's Summer Meeting — national & TX enviro issues, climate as a winning issue, and more. Featuring DNC Youth Council Chair Andre Treiber & TX Environmental Democrats President Daniel Ayala. 📅 Aug 14 | 4 PM CT | Austin, TX 🔥RSVP Below!!

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The DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council is delighted to invite you to our meeting at the DNC Summer Meeting in Austin, Texas. RSVP using this form. And for expedited check-in/credentialling, p...

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In 2021, EPA shut down the St. Croix USVI refinery for raining oil onto homes (yes, really) and contaminating drinking water up to seven miles away. Trump's White House is now courting investors to restart it, and pitching it as relief for prices at the pump.

Our Chair is live with the Duval County, Florida Democrats, discussing her perspective on building a stronger climate, environmental, and environmental justice platform for the 2026 and 2028 election cycles. www.youtube.com/live/TNVmUBZ...

Panel 1 - Government, Policy + Civic Engagement with Michelle Deatrick DNC Climate Council

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The grid doesn't know how your state voted. Neither does a methane leak, or a battery plant, or a hydrogen hub. Trump's Energy Department does. And this month, it admitted to not only knowing it, but acting on it, in writing.

Trump administration admits it canceled clean-energy grants in states that voted for Kamala Harris | CNN Politics

Democratic lawmakers accused the Trump administration of abusing its power after officials admitted in a federal court filing they recommended terminating several billion dollars in grants for clean-e...

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In 2010, about 3,200 wild tigers were left. Today there are over 5,500. That wasn't luck. 13 governments, together, protected tiger habitat. On 7/14, Trump's Fish and Wildlife Service cut habitat destruction from the definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act. Happy Global Tiger Day. 🐅

92% of public comments to the federal government supported the rule to let people lease public land to restore it. Trump still repealed it. Then BLM approved 6027 new drilling permits. Center for American Progress now counts 86+ mil acres ripped of protection. Happy World Nature Conservation Day.

⛽ In February, gas averaged $2.96 a gallon. It's near $4.11 now. A conflict 8K miles away. A third more on every fill-up. That's what depending on fossil fuels buys you. Check prices here: gasprices.aaa.com

Heartfelt gratitude to Britt Gondolfi for speaking at the Council's New Orleans meeting. Britt is a lawyer, an organizer, and a children's book author from Southeast Louisiana. At Bioneers she coordinates the Rights of Nature in Indian Country Initiative.

RFK on Monday: "We do have the outbreak under control." Well, no. Michigan added ~600 cyclosporiasis cases the very next day. That's OUT of control, not UNDER control. The state normally sees 50 annually an dit's already past 7,000 in July. Nationally, cases are at 11,500+, nearly 17x last year.

The Council's Summer Meeting is Friday, August 14 at 4PM in Austin, an official event of the DNC Summer Convention. Panels on Texas's climate and environmental justice fights, and on why climate wins in November. All are welcome.

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Good news: local opposition blocked or delayed at least 75 data center projects worth about $130 billion between January and March this year alone. We absolutely need ironclad regulations to protect communities and people. Your voice matters. Our voices matter. This is the receipt.

$64 billion of data center projects have been blocked or delayed amid local opposition — Data Center Watch

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The beautiful Boundary Waters is closed: 17 fires, 55K acres + National Guard mobilized. All south of the border. These are Climate Wildfires. But Trump blames the smoke on Canada and wants to bill them. One fire is burning on both sides of the border. You can't tariff, deport or wall it off.

Due to persistent community pressure, NY Gov passed the first state-wide data center moratorium - and that's a big deal. We've got lots of work to do & that's why we elected these climate champions to the NY state leg.

Trump's Forest Service wants to log 4,401 acres on Yellowstone's doorstep, and 824 of them would be clearcut under "emergency" authority that fast-tracks it AND that erases the public's right to appeal. What emergency?

Logging Project Near Yellowstone Could Threaten Wildlife Habitat and Tourist-Dependent Businesses - Inside Climate News

The U.S. Forest Service is using emergency authority to advance the Bear Palmer Forest Health Project, but opponents say the streamlined process could negatively affect forest recovery, wildlife and a...

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Heat and smoke. Roughly 100 million Americans are breathing wildfire smoke right now, in the middle of a heat wave pushing the heat index past 100° from D.C. to Philadelphia. Check your air quality → airnow.gov

The National Infrastructure Bank would fund: ✅ Clean, renewable energy ✅ A modern electric grid ✅ Public transit ✅ Safe water ✅ Roads & broadband ✅ 25 million jobs. No new taxes. Call on Congress to co-sponsor H.R. 5356: 202-224-3121

🦈 On Shark Awareness Day, it's important to remember: Sharks kill fewer than 10 people a year. We kill an estimated 100 million of them. 🧵

Orcas are intelligent, social animals found in every ocean and are vital to our ecosystems, yet Southern Resident Orcas are in critical danger, with only 73 remaining. This #WorldOrcaDay, remember the importance of protecting them. Learn how to protect them: www.whaleresearch.com/orca-conserv...

Great work by these climate scientists and thank you to @demsabroadcanada.bsky.social for their continued commitment to facts, science and our climate future.

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“Trusted climate information should not disappear when politics change.” Government Scientists Fired by Trump Launch New Website for Sharing Climate Data climate.us is the new site built by former Trump fired NOAA staffers behind climate.gov. futurism.com/science-ener...

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Super Typhoon Bavi struck the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands yesterday as a Category 5. Its eye passed directly over the island of Rota with 180 mph winds. Officials report that nearly "every aspect" of the island was damaged or destroyed. 💙 Photo: NOAA. Typhoon Bavi.

In the Adriatic Sea, large numbers of bottlenose dolphins are looking to fishing trawlers as a source of food, a sign that dolphins may be struggling to feed themselves in waters depleted by overfishing.

In Overfished Adriatic Sea, Dolphins Look to Trawlers for Food

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Another heat wave is taking grip of Europe this week. The continent’s third spell of scorching weather since May, the heat spells have disrupted daily life, contributed to a rise in deaths and are posing significant wildfire danger in some countries.

Extreme Heat Hits Europe for the Third Time This Year

It is continent’s third spell of scorching weather since May. Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent.

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This hottest Fourth of July on record is a warning. More than 160 million Americans are under major or extreme heat risk this week, with heat indices (the "feel like") topping 110°F in the mid-Atlantic and DC on track for its hottest Fourth ever. 🧵

Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Davante Lewis brought a powerful message to the Council's Spring Meeting in New Orleans: the movement to climate justice is through people. Louisiana is on the climate frontlines — and his leadership will help build a cleaner future. 💙 @davanteforla.bsky.social

Council Chair Michelle Deatrick spoke at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention this month — with the state party's Environmental Caucus and the "Politics of Place: How Climate Candidates" workshop. In one of the country's tightest battlegrounds, almost every conversation came back to land and water.

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.

Texas, we're headed your way. 🌎 Tomorrow Friday 6/26, our Chair @mdeatrick.bsky.social joins the Texas Environmental Democrats caucus at the 2026 Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi. RSVP/Convention Info: www.texasdemocraticconvention.com

On June 19, 1865, the last enslaved people in Texas learned they were free — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. There is no climate justice without racial justice. On Juneteenth and always, we continue the fight for equity and justice.