๐ฌ Our latest issue of #ConnectTheDots explores how climate policies are moving forward at the state level and spotlights policy advocacy opportunities underway for employees, sustainability professionals and business leaders.
๐ Dig into the April issue authored by @debmcnamara.bsky.social ๐
We're looking forward to SF Climate Week coming up next week! Here's where you can find us:
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น + ๐๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐SF | Friday, April 24 (11 am-1 pm PST) Hosted by @asbnetwork.org and @debmcnamara.bsky.social will be speaking!
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Maine's new law allows households to plug approved solar units (up to 1,200 watts) directly into standard wall outlets to lower electricity bills.
Curious to learn more about plug-in solar? Dig into our policy brief ๐
ICYMI โ๏ธ Earlier this week, Governor Mills signed legislation to make Maine the third state to pass plug-in solar legislation, joining Utah and Virginia (awaiting Governor Spanberger's signature) in advancing laws establishing rules for these portable devices.
๐ climatevoice.org/policy-brief...
He is now coordinating an effort to encourage American business to push back on authoritarianism and reverse democratic backsliding.
โ๏ธ www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
Over that time, he has helped establish several influential orgs including: the Business Response to Authoritarian Threats, the American Sustainable Business Council, the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives, Business for America, and the UN Environmental Finance Initiative.
NEW issue of #ClimateVoices featuring Richard Eidlin, who has worked at the intersection of sustainable business, public policy and corporate social responsibility for thirty-five+ years.
@richardeidlin.bsky.social
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Join us tonight to find out how you can:
๐ Contact your state legislators about championing plug-in solar.
โ๏ธ Elevate this policy advocacy opportunity within your own company by encouraging your leaders to weigh in with public support at the state level, everywhere your company operates.
๐ Start your week by joining us on Zoom ๐ง๐ข๐ก๐๐๐๐ง for a special Hour of Action in collaboration with Climate Changemakers at ๐ฑ๐ฝ ๐ฃ๐ง/๐ด๐ฝ ๐๐ง!
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@theclimatevote.bsky.social @climaterealityproject.org
โชTrumpโs gutting of pro-EV regulations was backed by several large automakers. More specifically, General Motors' $20-million 2025 lobbying blitz (more than almost any other U.S. company) helped overturn federal & state-level rules on vehicle emissions & fuel efficiency.
๐ฐ @trellisgroup.bsky.social
Your electricity bill is rising. But thereโs a simple solution most states are blocking. ๐โ๏ธ
Plug-in solar panels can lower energy bills almost instantly. They plug into a standard outlet & can save households hundreds of $$ a year. Yet outdated state rules make them hard to use in most of the US.
โBusiness knows what forceful activism and lobbying is; they know how to do it on other stuff. They can do it on climate. We need some aggressive risk-taking." โ Auden Schendler, former head of Aspen Skiing Company's sustainability program for 26 years + current ClimateVoice Advisory Board member
NEW Yale Climate Connections article highlights how in a catastrophic year for climate, ski areas are taking some action on climate, but advocacy still seems to be a touchy subject.
@climateconnections.bsky.social
Under her leadership, GoodPower has grown more than 10ร in scale and impact, becoming a recognized force for shaping public opinion, accelerating deployment of decarbonization technologies, and unlocking the economic potential of the energy transition.
NEW issue of #ClimateVoices featuring Leah Qusba, the Chief Executive Officer of GoodPower @goodpowerhq.bsky.social, a leading strategic communications, research, and campaigning organization advancing the global renewable energy transition.
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2026 marks ClimateVoiceโs fifth anniversary as an official nonprofit organization โ and in many ways, the stakes have never been higher.
๐ Full statement from Deborah McNamara: climatevoice.org/taking-stock...
As we approach the 2026 elections, itโs essential that the business community โ business leaders, companies, trade associations, and organizations โ become engaged in supporting a free, fair and secure election process.
๐๏ธ Next Friday, March 13 (9a PT/12p ET) the American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) and Business Response to Authoritarian Threats (BRTAT) are hosting a nonpartisan webinar as the first in a series on the growing range of threats to a free, fair, and secure 2026 mid-term election.
Despite the headwinds, many state-level climate policies advanced in 2025, with many states releasing updated climate plans, setting new targets, improving transmission planning, and streamlining clean energy projects and permits.
The latest piece from our very own Deborah McNamara digs into how companies can use their influence to advocate for state level climate policies.
โ๏ธ @debmcnamara.bsky.social
๐ฐ @trellisgroup.bsky.social
๐ trellis.net/article/desp...
The purpose of the Bill Weihl Awards is to honor individuals who have used their climate voice and demonstrated an outstanding commitment to advocate for climate policy, both inside their company and in organizing their peers to raise their voices.
NEW issue of #ClimateVoices featuring Sam Gooch who won this yearโs Bill Weihl Award for โClimate Action At Work.โ Sam works as a technical program manager at Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., and has consistently urged the company to advocate for climate solutions.
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The excuse used by some companies that โwe donโt do politicsโ is simply not true โ โespecially for companies that are members of trade associations, hire lobbyists and engage in lobbying, make political contributions, or engage in campaign spending."
She urges companies to โremember their commitments to shareholders, employees, customers and American communitiesโ, and to โuse their influence to advance public policies that put communities, employees, stakeholders and the environment first.โ
Too many of the worldโs most influential companies risk being complicit with the rising authoritarianism in the U.S. in 2026. They are โchoosing silence and appearing to double down in private sector collusion and complicity."
๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ Don't miss our very own @debmcnamara.bsky.social's hard hitting op-ed in Sustainable Views.
Full opinion piece: www.sustainableviews.com/gift-article...
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๐ฌ Our first 2026 issue of #ConnectTheDots authored by Jennifer Allyn examines what attention is, why itโs so valuable, and how powerful forces are deliberately distracting us. She also directs your attention to a meaningful climate solution you can focus on right now. โ๏ธ
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Kirkus Reviews described her new book ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ: ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต as a โhighly readable argument for tackling climate change that reckons with both cold hard facts and the human heart.โ
โ๏ธ ๐ www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...
A former cosmologist, Dr. Marvel received a PhD in theoretical physics from Cambridge University. She led the โClimate Trendsโ chapter in the U.S. governmentโs Fifth National Climate Assessment and testified before Congress.
NEW issue of #ClimateVoices featuring Dr. Kate Marvel (@drkatemarvel.bsky.social), a climate scientist and one of the premier science communicators working today.
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