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Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Trump Has Gutted Our Hurricane Preparedness
August 29, 2025
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ICYMI: POLITICO: In windy Iowa, a GOP lawmaker faces a reckoning over Trump’s clean energy war
Washington, D.C. – Reporting from Politico reveals that Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who just last month told Politico that “wind works”, is at risk of losing her seat because of her vote to kill wind power, hiking up energy costs for her constituents and destroying clean energy jobs in her home state.
September 2, 2025
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Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Trump Has Gutted Our Hurricane Preparedness
Washington, D.C. — This week marks twenty years since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, killing more than 1,800 people.
August 29, 2025
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Trump Convenes Cabinet For Coordinated Attack on Wind and Solar
Washington, D.C. – Earlier this week, Donald Trump and his Cabinet spent their afternoon bragging about their coordinated attacks on wind and solar energy. Trump and his sycophants have spent more than a week waging a combined offensive against clean energy, escalating their efforts to gut energy production despite soaring demand and rising prices. Here […]
August 28, 2025
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ICYMI: TIME: The Backlash to High Electric Bills Could Transform U.S. Politics
Atlanta, GA — Yesterday, Time Magazine published a piece spotlighting Georgia organizers and their work to mobilize Georgia voters to participate in this year’s Public Service Commission (PSC) election. Read some highlights below: Time Magazine: The Backlash to High Electric Bills Could Transform U.S. Politics
August 28, 2025
Empleados de la FEMA Suspendidos Tras Advertir Sobre el Debilitamiento de la Preparación Ante Desastres
Veinte años después del huracán Katrina, los expertos afirman que ignorar las alertas de desastres pone vidas en peligro, pero el Gobierno está silenciando a quienes alzan la voz. WASHINGTON — Esta semana, la administración Trump suspendió a unos 30 empleados de la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA) después de que firmaran […]
August 27, 2025
FEMA Employees Suspended After Warning of Weakened Disaster Preparedness
Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, experts say that ignoring disaster warnings puts lives at risk – yet the administration is silencing those who speak out. WASHINGTON — This week, the Trump administration suspended around 30 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees after they signed a letter of dissent called the “Katrina Declaration.” Published just days […]
August 27, 2025
Ads Educating North Carolinians about Federal Cuts to Disaster Funding End Soon
Raleigh, NC — From Medicaid to SNAP benefits to disaster funding, cuts to programs families rely on will put pressure on the state of North Carolina to fill the gaps left by the Trump administration. Last week, Climate Power launched digital billboards across the Triangle area, educating North Carolinians on Donald Trump’s record of gutting disaster […]
August 27, 2025
Trump Punishes Experts for Speaking Out About Dangers of Cuts to Disaster Response
Washington, D.C. — Trump placed FEMA staff on administrative leave in retaliation for signing a letter criticizing the administration’s cuts to disaster response.
August 27, 2025
JD Vance Tries to Sell Wisconsinites on Republican Rate Hike That’s Raising Energy Costs & Killing Jobs
La Crosse, WI— JD Vance is traveling to La Crosse tomorrow to sell the Republican tax bill, a law that is driving up energy costs and threatening local manufacturing jobs. Last month, President Trump signed the Republican Rate Hike into law—a bill that is not only wildly unpopular with voters but is driving up energy costs and hurting Wisconsin energy […]
August 27, 2025
Trump’s Wind Vendetta Causes 2nd Project Cancellation In a Week, Threatening Grid Reliability
Washington, D.C. – Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on clean energy, canceling a second wind energy project in less than a week, even though both had already been approved. Trump’s reckless decision will prioritize his personal hatred for wind turbines over Americans’ need for reliable power and threaten them with a higher risk of […]
August 26, 2025