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February 6, 2025

THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT
NEWSLETTER & ACTION TOOLKIT
PROTECT ENVIRONMENTAL DATA
As federal employees scrub environmental justice from all U.S. government websites, others are working to archive them. PRESERVE PUBLIC ACCESS to federal environmental justice databases and tools with the Public Environmental Data Project.
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BLACK CLIMATE WEEK
Justice-led climate action sits at the heart of the climate movement. So during the 5th annual Black Climate Week, hear voices from all over the country as they stand together and share their climate solutions. JOIN THEM from February 17-21st.
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NEW DEFINITIONS
It is about time that we stop letting polluters and their allies define what the state of our future will look like. Continue to help communities fight for the right to clean water, clean air and no hazardous chemicals. TELL CONGRESS to back the environment before it is too late.
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HOLD POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE
Carnival and other cruise companies are turning the Arctic into their dumping ground — spewing waste, poisoning wildlife, and accelerating the climate crisis. The EPA has the power to stop them, but only if we urge action. DEMAND THAT THE EPA impose stricter regulations today!
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SAVE SCIENCE
Last week, the Trump administration attempted to halt federal funding and grants, impacting essential life-saving science research. Scientists are fighting back, claiming that this move was illegal and unconstitutional. DEMAND THAT CONGRESS defend its constitutional power over the federal budget and save federal funds and grants.
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Join the
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This is the spotlight for the heroes doing the most urgent work on climate.
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Professor of Climate and Energy Policy LEAH STOKES helped craft the Inflation Reduction Act and led the historic legislation through Congress. Stokes is a leader, organizer, researcher, and communicator in her field and a force for clean energy and climate progress.

Leah
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Professor of Climate and Energy Policy LEAH STOKES helped craft the Inflation Reduction Act and led the historic legislation through Congress. Stokes is a leader, organizer, researcher, and communicator in her field and a force for clean energy and climate progress.
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Award-winning environmentalist and co-founder of Take 3 for the Sea TIM SILVERWOOD fights plastic pollution globally. His Ocean Impact Organisation aims to funnel $100M into ocean startups by 2025, pushing for radical change in ocean conservation.

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Silverwood

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Award-winning environmentalist and co-founder of Take 3 for the Sea TIM SILVERWOOD fights plastic pollution globally. His Ocean Impact Organisation aims to funnel $100M into ocean startups by 2025, pushing for radical change in ocean conservation.
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Founder of The Climate Optimist, ANNE THERESE GENNARI is dedicated to shifting the fear narrative on climate change to one of empowerment and excitement. She believes that climate optimism can transform lives, families, and organizations.

Anne Therese
Gennari

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Founder of The Climate Optimist, ANNE THERESE GENNARI is dedicated to shifting the fear narrative on climate change to one of empowerment and excitement. She believes that climate optimism can transform lives, families, and organizations.
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BREATH FROM BLUE EARTH — A story about the inextricable connection between humans and the ocean. This film offers a sliver of hope, encouraging viewers to shift their perspective from exploitation to stewardship. (Sebastian Velasquez)

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CIRCULAR BEAUTY — What happens to all our beauty packaging? See how Pact Collective is carrying out their commitment to a truly circular system for products and waste. (Saiebeauty)

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SUPERIORITY COMPLEX — Humans have defined our species as superior to nature. Yet, we rely on every part of the natural world for survival and our existence. How can we rethink our place as part of Earth? (NerdyAboutNature)

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Climate science can be overwhelming. Here’s your easy-to-share highlight reel.
PLASTICS ON THE BRAIN

A new study suggests that microplastics are finding their way to the human brain, and levels are only increasing. And it’s even worse for dementia patients. Is this crisis even worse than we thought?

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CRACKING UNDER PRESSURE

Greenland’s glaciers are splitting apart, sending billions of tons of ice into the ocean at increasing speeds. Scientists warn these widening crevasses pose a growing threat to coastal communities worldwide.

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ROADS AIN'T BUILT FOR DRIVIN'

Extreme weather is battering roads that were designed for a different era. Experts advise proactive upgrades rather than reactive maintenance. Will we adapt before it’s too late?

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MICROBES ON THE MENU

Scientists and entrepreneurs have big goals for tiny organisms, from feeding people in war zones to curbing climate impacts. See how microbes and bacteria could be staples of the next sustainable diet.

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PERFECT RAT STORM

When the cold is at bay, the rats will play. As temperatures increase in cities around the world, urban rodents are breeding out of control. See if your city is already being infiltrated.

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ANCESTOR, NOT RESOURCE

One of New Zealand's most sacred mountains is now legally a person. This legal move to ensure protection of the land of Taranaki Mounga recognizes what the Maori have always known: that mountain is an ancestor, not a resource.

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APPALACHIAN THROWDOWN

A plot of land in eastern Kentucky had been decimated by mountaintop removal and explosives. But when a prison wanted to build on the wrecked coal mine site, activists from the Appalachian Rekindling Project purchased the land themselves.

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GREEN STATES

How are U.S. state governments leading the climate fight — despite Trump’s rollbacks? Officials are making clean-energy moves in California, New York and Republican states too.

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SHROOMY HOUSE

One in five people in Namibia live in makeshift homes made out of waste materials. But a research team has figured out a way to help the severe housing crisis in a sustainable way: homes made from mushrooms! What can’t fungi do?

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MERCURY MÁGICA

Mercury is usually a known toxin for a thriving ecosystem. But in Colombia, residents have discovered that several plant species can absorb mercury in the soil. Find out how biodiversity was restored in the nation.

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In President Trump’s latest attempt to destroy climate progress, the words “climate change” have been banned from many government sites, including the U.S. Agriculture Department. Will USDA officials abide by this?

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REVOLUTION ON HOLD

What started as a small group of activists in Panama became a nationwide movement that shut down a massive copper mine. Now, the mine is calling on Trump to intervene. Will corporate lobbying stall the Panama people?

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IN LIMBO

Nonprofits, small businesses and state and city agencies abruptly lost access to millions of dollars of federal grant money that was already under contract through the federal government. Will Trump’s administration have its way?

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NOT A GOOD NEIGHBOR

After paying over $1B in wildfire claims, State Farm wants an emergency rate hike for California homeowners. With insurers pulling out of high-risk areas, what happens when you’re too expensive to protect?

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ENERGY LIBERTY?

Newly confirmed Energy Secretary Chris Wright has a vision for "energy abundance," but Trump’s latest orders freeze clean energy projects. With policy at odds with rhetoric, will Wright have any real power to act?

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