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Grok was used to make an estimated 3 million sexualized deepfake images, including 23,000 of children. @ultraviolet.bsky.social is a gender justice org collecting testimonies from survivors & allies ready to share their stories to build community & fight this sickening abuse. app.sosha.ai/s/hOkurddd

National Day of Action. NO work. NO school. No shopping. Tell lawmakers to stop funding ICE!

We stand with Minnesota and all places and people terrorized by ICE. Spread the word. Friday, January 30th. Nationwide Shutdown.

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What is 'National Shutdown Day' on Jan. 30 — and do you plan to participate? Anti-ICE activists are calling for a nationwide “shutdown” on Jan. 30, urging “no work, no school, no shopping." Are you participating?

What is ‘National Shutdown Day’ on Jan. 30 - and do you plan to participate?
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Join us. nationalshutdown.org

Environmental Organizations Ask USDA to Stop Subsidizing Manure Digesters Over 30 environmental organizations want USDA to stop subsidizing manure-to-biogas machinery that they argue entrenches large, polluting livestock operations, promotes farm consolidation, and wastes t...

Huge win! Just days after we teamed up with @earthjustice.org to file a petition urging @usdagov.bsky.social to stop subsidizing manure digesters, the agency announced a pause on REAP loan guarantees for digesters!

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We’ve joined 230+ environmental groups in demanding a national moratorium on new data centers in the US. This rapid, largely unregulated rise of data centers in threatening our climate and water security.

Meaningful regulations of the AI industry are urgently needed

If not addressed appropriately, this surge in AI data centers (amid extreme weather and aging infrastructure) will worsen our environmental crisis and cause strains on resources like water for communities living near these data centers.

Without intervention, the power demand from data centers is projected to rise to 165% in the next few years. And much of that power is fueled by polluting industries like coal, oil and gas.

The AI lifecycle – from creating microchips to energy-intensive data centers – emits significant air pollution, uses significant water resources, and threatens biodiversity and endangered species.

After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.

NEW: After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area

Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.

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After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.

After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields

America's largest labor movement joins the fight against ICE The AFL-CIO, which represents some 15 million workers across the US, is backing a planned Minnesota economic blackout to protest ICE.

The AFL-CIO, which represents some 15 million workers across the US, is backing a planned Minnesota economic blackout to protest ICE.

List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.

When we started this list of Minnesota businesses taking part in the Jan. 23 economic blackout we didn't realize quite what an undertaking it would be, but we are now at more than 250 and counting.

Keep 'em coming!

SEIU members, allies take to the streets for National Day of Truth and Freedom on Jan. 23 in solidarity with Minnesota Workers, community allies and elected officials in cities nationwide will take part in non-violent solidarity actions with Minnesota across the country to mourn, organize, and resist

SEIU, which represents nearly 2 million workers around US, are holding Friday actions in solidarity with the Minnesota economic blackout, from the Twin Cities to Orlando, to Columbus, to Phoenix, to Seattle, to Boston, to LA, to New York.

Call to Action: This Friday, Minnesota is being called to stand together in real, visible solidarity. Labor unions, faith leaders, and community organizers are urging people across the state to plan ahead and take part in a Minnesota Economic Blackout do not work, do not attend school, and do not

Elon Musk’s xAI datacenter generating extra electricity illegally, regulator rules Win for Memphis activists who say ‘Colossus’ facilities add extra pollution to already overburdened communities

“Our communities, air, water and land are not playgrounds for billionaires chasing another buck."

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This case threatens everyone’s ability to hold pesticide corporations accountable

It is profoundly disturbing that the Trump administration would urge the court to side with the pesticide industry over the health and safety of the American people.

Supreme Court Takes Up Bayer Appeal in Case That Could Gut Americans’ Right to Sue Pesticide Makers We condemn Trump's DOJ for urging Justices to side with Bayer and weaken protections for people allegedly harmed by pesticides

Today, the Supreme Court decided that it will take up a case involving Bayer’s Roundup weedkiller that could effectively curtail people’s ability to sue pesticide corporations for cancer

Meanwhile, Trump’s DOJ has urged the SCOTUS to side with pesticide giant Bayer

If the appeal is successful, the plaintiffs will move forward on the merits in the district court, seeking to declare the orders unconstitutional, block their implementation, and reaffirm that no president is above the Constitution. Get case updates: youthvgov.org/join

Public schools are one of the nation’s largest food purchasers and providers, meaning they play a significant role in the health of students and our environment.

This bill is a massive win — especially for students of color who have higher rates of lactose intolerance.

Expanding Access to Non-dairy Milk in Schools For far too long, students have been denied access to nutritious plant-based beverages at lunch. This bill changes that.

VICTORY! A bill was just signed into law to expand access to nondairy milk options for students!

Under current law, students are only guaranteed a substitute for cow’s milk if a parent submits a doctor’s note documenting a disability.

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Groups Challenge Arctic Refuge Leases and Drilling Plan Without a doubt, new oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will harm and kill polar bears.

The Interior Department wants to open the entire 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas leasing.

We’re teaming up with other conservation groups to take them to court for violating numerous laws — including the Endangered Species Act.

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A major agreement to protect the Amazon is falling apart after 20 years Amid changing political headwinds, the moratorium on soy-driven deforestation is in danger. What now?

A major agreement to protect the Amazon — and its Indigenous communities — is falling apart after 20 years

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What if thousands of us ran for local office on climate?

Here's where to start: a free, virtual, 6-part training series for climate leaders that want to take the next step towards running for office (or staffing electoral campaigns): runforclimate.org

What if thousands of us ran for local office on climate?? Here's where to start: our free, virtual, 6-part 2026 Run for Climate Training series. actionnetwork.org/forms/apply-...

EPA sides with chemical industry on toxic phthalates, putting corporate interests ahead of families - Toxic-Free Future EPA sides with the chemical industry on toxic phthalates, ignoring science and prioritizing corporate interests over families' health.

"It’s hard to see how the EPA’s decision protects anyone’s health. It does, however, protect the big chemical corporations that make and use these chemicals."

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"Cyclobutrifluram and isocycloseram may never be household names. But they’re likely to contribute to chemical contamination in water and food consumed in many millions of households for generations to come"

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Statement on Trump’s Withdrawal from International Climate Agreements As they take a machete to international laws, Trump’s withdrawal from dozens of conventions, treaties & organizations should surprise no one

Trump is withdrawing the US from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change — the international treaty established to combat the climate crisis.

Trump and his regime are anti-science and anti-human rights as they take a machete to international laws & norms

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Pesticide-Friendly Provision Stripped from Federal Spending Bill The latest version of the House spending minibus removed a provision that would have granted legal immunity to pesticide manufacturers.

We applaud the members of the Appropriations Committee who fought to strip the ‘cancer gag’ language from the bill, and we remain vigilant in other efforts that seek to undermine our rights in favor of pesticide company profits.

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Chemical companies have been pushing for shields to protect them from being legally responsible for the harm pesticides are wreaking on our health.

No one should be above the law. If this industry is too dangerous to operate without being legally shielded, it probably shouldn’t be operating at all