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October 9, 2025

THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT
NEWSLETTER & ACTION TOOLKIT
CALI YOUTH WALKOUT
Fossil fuel companies have made billions of dollars while compromising the future of billions of young people. The youth of California say no more. On October 24, they are walking out of school to demand that the legislature and the governor pass the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act.
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TAKE STEP ONE
The petrochemical industry produces more plastic than we could ever need, and they have plans to expand exponentially, flooding communities with toxic chemicals. Together we can organize to stop this, but everyone's journey is different. Find out what your STEP ONE is here.
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CLIMATE DRAWDOWN
The Drawdown Explorer tells us exactly how we can solve the climate crisis. Building upon years of scientific analysis, the Drawdown tool provides a detailed assessment of practices and technologies that curb greenhouse gases. Browse now and learn your next steps.
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BEYOND PLASTICS
Save your spot now to join Beyond Plastics, Columbia University, and Toxic-Free Future for a free educational webinar about plastic’s toxic chemicals that are commonly in children’s toys, kitchenware, food packaging, building materials, personal care products, and way way more.
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MAJORITY CARES
Did you know that around 89% of people worldwide want stronger action from their governments on climate change, but hardly anyone knows this? The 89 Percent Project is working to get the word out about this “silent majority,” and mobilize them to get their governments to act
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FALL'S FIRST FREEZE
It’s weirdly hot for October. That’s because the fall season is warming and delaying the first freeze of the season. This has dire effects for bird migration, fall foliage and fruit ripening. How much is it delayed? Click here to find out.
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The climate crisis in pictures. Our lens is global.

The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes

BBC | 27 days ago
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No plucking way: Stella McCartney pioneers plant-based fashion feathers

The Guardian | 30 days ago
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What the El Segundo Chevron refinery explosion means for air quality and gas prices

LAist | 28 days ago
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CLEAN UP FOR CHAAT

India is trying to address hunger and plastic pollution at the same time. In a novel reimagining of the Pay What You Can idea, garbage cafes are popping up. If people bring plastic waste, they get food.

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FLOWERING FAVELAS

Low-income favelas, or slums, are often situated precariously on unstable land in Brazil. But one community in São Paolo has created a vibrant community garden that’s helping feed the residents and sustain the settlement. Can this idea catch on?

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NO THANXX, EXXON

A local school board in Houston was going to give tax breaks for ExxonMobil to build a plastics plant. But they weren’t counting on a lawsuit from famous environmentalist Diane Wilson.

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OPERATION OZONE

Repairing the hole in the ozone layer is a widely acclaimed example of international cooperation for global environmental success. But when will it be fully repaired? Sooner than you’d think...

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TARIFF TURNOVER

Can anything good come out of the Trump tariffs? Well, maybe one thing: Imposing a 50% tariff on imported aluminum has U.S. companies looking to recycle old metal. Companies are scouring junkyards and garbage to upcycle the scrap metal, making it a hot commodity.

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A SUNRISE WITH NO KINGS

The Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities. The youth-led activist group widened its mission as “in order to win a Green New Deal, climate justice… we’re gonna need to defeat authoritarianism.”

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HEAT HARMS

Workers in India are being increasingly affected by chronic kidney disease as a result of heat, dehydration, and little rest. Experts warn this emerging health crisis foreshadows what climate change may inflict on vulnerable laborers worldwide.

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POLLUTION REPORT PAUSE

The EPA is terminating the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, ending mandatory emission data collection from major polluters. This essentially means companies will be able to pollute as much as they want.

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JULIANA YOUTH REJOIN

A decade after young climate activists were shut down in their attempt to sue the United States government for climate damages, a new strategy is emerging. Fifteen of the original plaintiffs are taking their case to an international tribunal. See what’s next.

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FOSSIL FUEL CABINET

Over 40 fossil fuel leaders have been appointed or nominated to positions of power at the EPA, DOE, and DOI. A dozen more have ties to right-wing think tanks. This means our nation’s energy future is being decided by those with the worst conflicts of interest.

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PARKS IN WRECK

If the current EPA shutdown plans go into effect, there won’t be anyone to monitor chemical plants, enforce inspections, or ensure dangerous plants have any kind of compliance with rules and regulations at all.

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FEMA DEPORTATION

FEMA is freezing over $300 million in state disaster-preparedness funds until they can prove their population data excludes deportees. So instead of preparing for deadly weather events, FEMA is withholding taxpayer funds to politicize disaster recovery.

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DRILL, BABY, DRILL

The Trump Administration just approved a 211-mile road that will cut through 11 rivers, thousands of streams, and a major Arctic national park. The “Ambler Road Project” is all part of the plan to open Arctic public lands to mining and drilling operations.

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GREEN GROUND

Americans are increasingly opting for biodegradable burials rather than traditional embalming and imperishable coffins. Why take up space for the living when you can reduce carbon emissions and become a tree?!

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RISING RATES

California’s state home insurer is seeking an average rate hike of 35.8%. Each individual homeowner will be affected unevenly, but rates are expected to rise most in areas prone to wildfires.

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THE KEEPER — Patrol boat captain John Lipscomb has been sailing the Hudson River for the past 23 years. He wonders, “If the river could talk, what would it want me to do?” (Oceans 8 Films)

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POPE ON CLIMATE — The first American Pope talked about climate change and the urgent need for action in his latest address putting the demand on government officials and world leaders. (TIME)

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ALL THE WALLS CAME DOWN — When Ondi Timoner left her Altadena, CA home for a work trip, she could not have predicted that she would be leaving it for the last time, or that she’d be returning in a hazmat suit. (Interloper Films)

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AMERICA'S DUMBEST CROP — In America, we take pride in our crops. But there’s one crop that we irrigate the most, but can’t eat, drink or consume in any way. What? (Climate Town)

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GOATS ON SLOPES — Every fall, ski areas across Vermont have to brush hog and weed whack their slopes to clear them of shrubs and grass for ski season. Can goats and sheep be a sustainable alternative? (Vermont Public)

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Climate science can be overwhelming. Here’s your easy-to-share highlight reel.
FRY FUEL

Might french fries save emissions? Across the world, companies are increasingly seeing leftover frying oil as a valuable commodity and a sensible alternative to jet fuel. See how grease-powered commercial flights emit up to 80% less carbon than jet fueled ones.

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SECOND SUMMER

Why the summer-like temperatures in October? An extreme ocean heat wave is altering the jet stream that circulates air across North America.

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FLORIDA CORAL FUSION

Ninety percent of Florida’s coral reefs have died due to compounding threats, most recently an extreme marine heatwave. But one of the largest coral reef restoration projects in the world has a plan to bring them back.

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INHALER EMISSIONS

Air pollution and environmental threats have caused a chronic lung disease epidemic, with more than 30 million Americans in need of inhalers. Yet those inhalers themselves produce planet-warming pollution.

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CLOUD OF CHEMICALS

An El Paso, TX facility that specializes in sanitizing medical equipment has been linked to multiple cancer diagnoses, as a chemical used in their process has been proven 30 times more toxic than previously thought.

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This is the spotlight for the heroes doing the most urgent work on climate.
Urban planner and public theater artist, SABINA SETHI UNNI, is combining education and art to turn awareness into action. Her play Flood Sensor Aunty uses comedy and a humanized flood sensor to teach climate preparedness in communities often left out of conversations.

SABINA
SETHI UNNI

Urban planner and public theater artist, SABINA SETHI UNNI, is combining education and art to turn awareness into action. Her play Flood Sensor Aunty uses comedy and a humanized flood sensor to teach climate preparedness in communities often left out of conversations.
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World-renowned ethologist, conservationist, and humanitarian, DR. JANE GOODALL, was known around the world for her 65-year study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Jane urged us all to remember that “every single one of us makes a difference every day — it is up to us as to the kind of difference we make.”

JANE
GOODALL

World-renowned ethologist, conservationist, and humanitarian, DR. JANE GOODALL, was known around the world for her 65-year study of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Jane urged us all to remember that “every single one of us makes a difference every day — it is up to us as to the kind of difference we make.”
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Beloved screen icon and founder of the Sundance Film Festival, ROBERT REDFORD, spent decades promoting environmental filmmaking to preserve beloved natural spaces. Follow the continuation of his work at The Redford Center, which has pledged to honor his vision.

ROBERT
REDFORD

Beloved screen icon and founder of the Sundance Film Festival, ROBERT REDFORD, spent decades promoting environmental filmmaking to preserve beloved natural spaces. Follow the continuation of his work at The Redford Center, which has pledged to honor his vision.
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