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September 17, 2026

THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT
NEWSLETTER & ACTION TOOLKIT
Climate Storytelling: A Masterclass
The YEARS Project is hosting a Climate Storytelling Masterclass at climate week with some of the most accomplished storytellers in the climate movement. Sign up for the waitlist!
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Climate Week NYC
Coming to NYC Climate Week? Check out the events going on all week and discover more ways to get involved with the climate movement!
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DON'T LET THE EPA GIVE POWER PLANTS A PASS
The EPA just wiped away major climate protections by removing pollution limits on coal and gas-fired power plants. Now it wants to go even further and make it harder for the federal government to crack down on their climate pollution in the future. Demand that Lee Zeldin restore strong, legally durable limits on climate pollution from fossil-fuel power plants.
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GUARD THE GRAND CANYON
The Trump administration’s Interior Department is attempting to open more than 200,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas leasing near the Grand Canyon. Show your opposition to oil and gas drilling in our national monuments and defend our public lands.
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New analysis maps mercury threat to 951 Amazon communities in three countries

Mongabay | 9 days ago
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The Women Who Became Their Gardens

Atmos | 11 days ago
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Foreign minister: Nepal needs "meaningful" international support to face climate threats

Climate Change News | 8 days ago
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Strong El Niño Raises Drought Risk for Depleted Amazon Basin

Bloomberg | 8 days ago
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Children’s health at risk in south Borneo as El Niño intensifies Indonesia wildfires

Mongabay | 7 days ago
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‘Plastic pollution hotspots’ spawn a public health crisis across Latin America

Mongabay | 9 days ago
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SOLAR SHADE

Farmers are planting crops under solar panels, and their crops are growing more than ever. The shade acts as forest cover and supercharges growth. It’s a win-win for agriculture and energy!

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BISON ARE BACK

Nearly 200 years after bison were hunted to extinction in northern Mexico, 47 were successfully reintroduced in 2025. The bison are helping prevent wildfires and regenerating their lost ecosystem.

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POSITIVE POINTS

New research is out on so-called “positive tipping points,” the thresholds where clean energy is increasingly cheap, widespread or politically popular, allowing progress to become self-propelling.

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MORE POLLUTION

The Trump administration announced they will no longer limit the planet-warming pollution that power plants pump into the air while burning coal and gas. This would be the cancellation of one of the most influential climate policies.

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RECKLESS RIGS

A new proposal for oil and gas permits removes the opportunity for public input and environmental impact assessment to new drilling projects. This action would expose vast amounts of the Alaskan wilderness to pollution.

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AMERICA'S AIR

Local communities are running out of ways to check the air pollution in their own neighborhood. The chemical industry’s lobbying campaign is to blame.

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VICIOUS CYCLE

America is losing its war against wildfires. With the changing climate and the ever-expanding fire season, experts debate how best to manage small fires so they don’t become megafires.

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INDUSTRY INTERESTS

The chemical and agricultural industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to stop California from banning PFAS pesticides. The bill that passed is a shell of what was intended to do.

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TURBULENT TRUTH — Jet fuel is in groundwater. Plastic smoke is in the air. Two communities reveal how pollution can move from industry into the places people drink, breathe and live. (Inside Climate News)

 

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THIRSTY TECH — Big Tech claims AI data centers don’t use much water. But data centers typically report the water used inside the facilities — but they may be indirectly consuming 10x that amount. (More Perfect Union)

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FOOD CHECK — Knowing where your food comes from can change the way you eat. Explore why locally sourced food and farmers' markets are becoming a bigger part of the conversation on health and food safety. (VOX)

 

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QUIET TROPICS

Why has the Atlantic gone so long without a hurricane this season? Scientists point to El Niño, strong wind shear and Saharan dust as key reasons behind the unusual calm.

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POND POWER

Floating wetlands may offer a simple way to cut pollution from wastewater treatment. In a two-year trial, plant-covered rafts reduced greenhouse gas emissions by up to 31%.

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TRASH 2 TRAP

One waste stream may help clean up another. Researchers turned water-treatment waste into a filter that removed up to 97% of microplastics from water.

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Producer and climate storyteller, MAYA LILLY, is leading the original production at The YEARS Project, with a particular focus on BIPOC and frontline communities. A Grist50 Fixer awardee, she has also produced feature documentaries and TV unscripted docuseries such as Amazon's Generation Wealth, The Rock's Finding Justice, and Pulse Films' Resist.

MAYA
LILLY

Producer and climate storyteller, MAYA LILLY, is leading the original production at The YEARS Project, with a particular focus on BIPOC and frontline communities. A Grist50 Fixer awardee, she has also produced feature documentaries and TV unscripted docuseries such as Amazon's Generation Wealth, The Rock's Finding Justice, and Pulse Films' Resist.
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Climate journalist, EMILY ATKIN, founded HEATED, a weekly newsletter and podcast dedicated to original accountability reporting and analysis on the climate crisis.

EMILY
ATKIN

Climate journalist, EMILY ATKIN, founded HEATED, a weekly newsletter and podcast dedicated to original accountability reporting and analysis on the climate crisis.
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Climate educator, SUZIE HICKS, uses humor, curiosity and accessible storytelling to make environmental science engaging for young audiences. Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick is an award-winning children’s show where Suzie and their puppet Sprout spark curiosity, build emotional resilience, and inspire collective action.

SUZIE
HICKS

Climate educator, SUZIE HICKS, uses humor, curiosity and accessible storytelling to make environmental science engaging for young audiences. Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick is an award-winning children’s show where Suzie and their puppet Sprout spark curiosity, build emotional resilience, and inspire collective action.
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