Kayla Calkin
@kaylacalkin.bsky.social
Full-Time Campaigns Director @NRDC.org 🌎. Part-Time Westie belly scratcher 🐶. Mother ❤️. Breast cancer thriver. 🫶🏻 Denver based 🏔️ World bound. ✈️ Alum of: ✔️Kamala Harris ✔️First Descents ✔️Hillary ✔️Planned Parenthood ✔️Wellesley College
President Trump and some Republicans are trying to pave the way for the SAVE America Act to silence voters and make it harder to elect leaders who will fight for lower power bills and cleaner air. This is a direct attack on our democracy and building the future we deserve.
The Trump administration wants to roll back the Roadless Area Conservation Rule that protects nearly 60 million acres of public forests from harmful roadbuilding, including watersheds that many communities rely on for clean drinking water.
Trump's Goal To Open More Forests to Logging Could Threaten Drinking Water For 25 Million Americans
A new study calculates the risk to clean water if the Trump Administration repeals the Roadless Rule.
time.com
Found the most obvious sign in the world in Crested Butte….
How much I had to spend (and how long it took) to charge my EV when I drove over 300 miles this weekend… Oh, and there were PLENTY of chargers in rural CO.
Trillion-dollar tech companies can afford to power AI without creating an epidemic of air pollution. Our new Data Center Air Pollution Tracker shows which companies are choosing cleaner energy—and which companies are doubling down on fossil fuels. datacenterairpollution.com
From Ogden to Bluff, Utahns all over the state showed up to stand with Tribes and support Bears Ears and Grand Staircase national monuments on Monday. Check out photos from the rallies in our photo essay below.
"We're powered by love": Utahns gather across the state to show support for national monuments
Rallies held from Ogden to Bluff illustrate broad support for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase in Utah
westwise.substack.com
"But, judging from their maps, permitting new roads in these protected forests would especially jeopardize access to cost-effective clean water out west—most dramatically in Idaho, Utah, Montana, and Wyoming . . ." gizmodo.com/trump-wants-...
Trump Wants to Roll Back a Rule That Protects Drinking Water for 25 Million Americans
Conservation scientists have determined that Trump’s plan to rescind the 2001 “roadless rule” could jeopardize clean water supplies in key states across the American West.
gizmodo.com
As hot as it is, keep in mind this is the coolest summer for the rest of our lives.
In case you need to know real time air quality (and want to know how it's changed....): partnershipproject.org/air-quality-...
Air Quality in Real-Time May 2026 to Yesterday by Zip Code – The Partnership Project
Use to reach people experiencing poor air quality now with real-time, reactive content. Use the map and download the data to create effective, hyper-local strategies. …
partnershipproject.org
So… Mitch McConnell? Anything to say about the passing of your colleague Lindsay Graham?
"Clean energy and clean vehicle manufacturing and electricity generation projects abandoned since January 2025 will cost the U.S. economy nearly 468,000 jobs, including more than 343,000 permanent jobs...." e2.org/reports/canc...
One Year Since the One Big Beautiful Bill | An Economic Impact Analysis Of America’s Clean Economy | E2
If completed the projects announced in the first two years of the IRA will create 621,000 direct and indirect new jobs – including 154,000 permanent jobs— throughout the economy over the next five yea...
e2.org
A (white) man in my spin class just interrupted the spin instructor to correct her on how much time was left on an interval. 🙃 IS NOWHERE SAFE FROM MANSPLAINING
The Trump administration is attempting to erase 250 years of American history on public lands across the country. This is a coordinated campaign to determine whose history is worth telling and whose gets erased. www.americanprogress.org/article/cens...
Censored: Erasing 250 Years of American History on Public Lands
CAP analysis of a leaked Department of the Interior database reveals the scope and scale of the Trump administration’s efforts to erase Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized histories—along with s...
americanprogress.org
Just got in a fight with a Republican lady in our hotel lobby about Roe v. Wade. Happy fourth!!!
Miley Cyrus - Party In The USA
ALT: Miley Cyrus - Party In The USA
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Thank you @degette.house.gov for three decades of service to the people of Denver ❤️
I think I just figured out the “Art of the Deal”: ✅ Pick a needless fight ✅ Spend millions or even billions in fight ✅ Lose ✅ Claim you won bigly!
My Westie just walked by her food bowl and I swear gave me a sarcastic look that said, “it’s super weird but this is empty and it’s my dinner time. Do you know who I could talk to about that??”
Father’s Day can be complicated for so many folks. But it’s also important to celebrate the role men can play as caretakers. So, happy Father’s Day to all - despite the complexities. Whether you do or don’t have a father, never did, have a grandparent instead, or have other parents - happy day!
I just saw an elderly couple on a tandem bike and their shirts said all: “All Ass No Gas.”
Proud to vote by mail in colorado! It’s fast, super easy, and super safe. Voted today in Colorado’s primary - cast my ballot for @michaelbennet.bsky.social for Governor!
Thank you to @uchealth.bsky.social for featuring my story! And a special shout out to @firstdescents.bsky.social and their life affirming adventures 🏄🏼♀️ www.uchealth.org/today/young-...
Young woman rides waves of emotions after an invasive ductal breast cancer diagnosis at 36 while trying to start a family
Invasive ductal breast cancer at 36 knocked Kayla down. She kept getting back up, paused treatment for her baby and found hope.
uchealth.org
My baby needs a medal for the title of “Cold Bottle Drinker Survivor” 🙄
Crying Baby
ALT: Crying Baby
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Exciting news!! Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has won the New Mexico Democratic primary for Governor and if elected, she will make history as the nation’s first Native American woman to serve as governor. 
Dear Men, If you approach a younger woman and your sentence starts with, “I don’t want to be creepy but -“ Just stop there.
