Last Monday’s How We Win with Smart Donations event featuring David Callahan of Blue Tent was so popular, the audience so engaged, and the information shared so important that we’re shifting gears to bring you the key takeaways from his presentation. One key thing we learned was that although the Electoral College favors Republicans, Democrats have more financial firepower. In 2020, counties that backed…
Two years ago, years of hard campaigning by climate activists — including over 230,000 messages sent by CANdoers — paid off with the most groundbreaking climate legislation in world history — the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) — with Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote. As we blow out the candles on this milestone, it’s time to celebrate the game-changing impact the IRA has had on…
This week’s Democratic National Convention will provide a study in contrasts between our nation’s political parties on the greatest issue confronting humanity. The contrast could not be starker. The Republican Party’s position on climate change? It’s not an issue. The word “climate” appears exactly nowhere in the GOP’s party platform. Subsequent to the GOP convention, in what he dubbed “The…
From severe floods to relentless heat waves to raging wildfires, climate change isn’t just changing our environment—it’s transforming our democracy. Last week, voters in Southwest Michigan sheltered in polling stations while a tornado roared outside. In May, thunderstorms in Northern Texas forced 76 polling places to close during primary runoffs. But the impact of weather events stretches far beyond…
We’ve said it before: the climate movement’s top priority is to elect a climate champion to the Oval Office. Nothing else comes close. The stakes could not be greater. On Day 1, a President Trump would likely once again withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement and then, as he has promised, “Drill, baby drill!” If we are to…
We’re living through one of the most tumultuous chapters in recent political history, and last Monday was no exception. Just one day after Biden’s withdrawal, Harris surged into the spotlight, earning enough endorsements to secure the Democratic nomination and raising a record-breaking $81 million dollars in just 24 hours. But that wasn’t the only record shattered: Monday was also the hottest day…
Although it sometimes doesn’t feel that way, the last four years have seen unprecedented progress on climate. Millions of people worldwide worked tirelessly to achieve these gains, but the achievements of one person in particular stand out above all others: those of President Joe Biden. Under Joe’s leadership, the U.S. government: It has been an extraordinary record of…
The climate is changing, and so must we. Last month continued Earth’s year-long streak of record-breaking heat, marking the 13th consecutive month of unprecedented global temperatures. Meanwhile, Hurricane Beryl made history as the earliest Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in over a century and set a record for the most tornado warnings issued in a single day. Despite being categorized as only a Category 1 hurricane at landfall, Hurricane…
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. Between two shocking Supreme Court rulings—one gutting the power of federal agencies like the EPA and the other putting Presidents above the law—and the alarming performances by both candidates in the June 28 presidential debate, the future of climate progress, and American democracy as a whole, depends on the outcome of the 2024…
On June 5, the head of the Federal Highway Administration, Shailen Bhatt, was called before the Senate to explain a striking statistic: three years after the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2021, only 7 EV charging sites have been deployed from a $7.5 billion fund created for that purpose. “That is pathetic,” Senator Jeff Merkley…