๐ In 1920, 925,000 Black farmers owned 14% of U.S. farmland. Fewer than 50,000 remain. Today, Black & Brown #farmers face ongoing barriers to loans, technical support, and #USDA programsโgenerational wealth denied. #EJFriday
๐บ๏ธ Nearly 100 yrs ago, the govt drew red lines around Black neighborhoods & called them โhazardous.โ
๐ญ Those lines didnโt just block home loans, they paved the way for highways, refineries & toxic plants.
๐ณ From Tulsa to Cancer Alley: fewer trees, dirtier air, hotter streets, shorter lives.
๐งโ ๏ธDecades after the Camp Lejeune toxic #watercrisis, families in Jacksonville, NC are still paying the price. Nearly 1M Marines and loved ones were exposed to cancer-causing chemicals, and many victims are still waiting for justice.
๐ Join Rep. Sean Casten & hundreds of climate activists from around the country for the launch of the Energy Bills Relief Act ( #EBRA) and an inside look at the plan to cut #pollution, expand #cleanenergy, and lower costs for millions of Americans!
๐ REGISTER HERE โก๏ธ www.mobilize.us/climateactio...
๐ฑ Weโre raising the most nature-deprived generation in history. Connection to nature has dropped 60% since the 1800s. #Biodiverse schoolyards lower anxiety, improve focus, and even boost learning. Yet many kids, especially in cities, rarely experience it. #OurClimateOurHealth
๐ โWe donโt have a reverse on this bus.โ โDr. Robert Bullard. From fighting pollution in Black communities to inspiring generations, the father of #EnvironmentalJustice proves real change comes when communities refuse to back down.
๐ This week in downtown #Phoenix, the community came together to face a simple truth: #climatechange is already impacting daily life through #extremeheat & rising #energy bills.
๐ฑ #DefendOurClimate. @changethechamber.bsky.social @eldersclimate.bsky.social @azipl.bsky.social @poderlatinx.bsky.social
๐ฅ Donald Trump & EPA administrator Lee Zeldin have officially made #climate denial U.S. policy. Their decision to repeal the #EndangermentFinding is a slap in the face of Americans who are being battered by extreme weather, wildfires, droughts & other climate disasters.
๐ Read our full statement. โฌ๏ธ
โ๏ธ When politicians rig the facts to fit their agenda, it is your air, your health, and your wallet that pay the price. A federal judge just ruled a DOE #climate report was produced through an illegal, predetermined process. Science should protect people, not politics.
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๐ณ๏ธ Voters are way more practical than politicians.
โ๏ธ Majority of GOP-aligned voters support utility-scale #solar, AND support jumps when itโs about cheaper electricity, reliable power, and American jobs.
๐ธ 68% say solar helps lower costs. Turns out people like paying less. Shocking... ๐
๐ 16% of U.S. women diagnosed with lung cancer never smoked. Let that sink in.
๐ Pollution, #ClimateChange, and health are deeply linked โ and the most vulnerable pay first.
๐๏ธ Read this powerful article and listen to our โLetโs Talk About Climateโ podcast focused on #OurClimateOurHealth.
#MLK fought for justice everywhere & that includes the environment. The same communities facing discrimination in housing, healthcare & jobs are hit hardest by pollution, unsafe water & #climate impacts.Clean air is a civil right. Safe water is a civil right. A healthy #environment is a civil right.
โณ 1 year of Trumpโs presidency =
๐ซ๐ฌ100+ anti-science, climate-regressive rollbacks.
โ ๏ธ The cost: 200,000 premature deaths, 20,000 ER visits, and 100M asthma attacks over 25 years.
๐ Real harm. Real people. Real consequences.
๐ง One pound of beef can require up to 1,800 gallons of water.
๐ Thatโs a systemic drain on a world already running dry.
๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ณ๐๐ค reveals how cattle farming fuels global water scarcity.
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๐ The EPA just assigned a value of $๐ to human lives.
โ Thatโs not โcommon sense.โ
๐ท Itโs a deliberate choice to prioritize corporate profits over people breathing toxic air.
๐ฐWhen corporate profits count more than human lives, the system is failing us.
โฌ๏ธ Read our full statement. #DefendOurClimate
๐ From Lyme disease to West Nile virus, #climatechange is reshaping global disease patterns. ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ lays out the evidence behind the hidden #healthcrisis of a warming planet. #OurClimateOurHealth
๐ The Trump Administration just withdrew from ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ, including the UN #ClimateTreaty and the IPCC. Climate science, #cleanenergy, and global cooperation all defunded as โglobalist.โ
๐ฅThis doesnโt hurt the UN. It hurts PEOPLE, SCIENCE, and OUR PLANET! ! #ActOnClimate
Silencing #climate protest isnโt protecting the public. Itโs protecting pollution. A new study shows #Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk as governments criminalize those fighting for clean air, safe water, and healthy homes. #EnvironmentalJustice
From raging storms to worsening droughts, #LaNiรฑa is hitting frontline communities hardest. With weather agencies facing budget cuts, predicting the danger is harder than ever. Reporting by ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ณ๐๐ค.
#COP30 showed whatโs possible with new climate funding, steps forward on #Indigenous rights, and momentum for forests. But without a #fossilfuel phase-out, the world is still running in place.
Get the rundown in our briefing:
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Change the Chamberโs National Climate Fellows warn that the EPAโs #methane delay puts communities at greater risk, from extreme heat to dirtier air to rising health problems. Polluters benefit while the public pays the price. We deserve better. #ActOnClimate
Cornfields collapsing, yields plunging, and staple crops shrinking across continents. As ๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ข reports, each additional degree of warming strips more food from our plates. #ActOnClimate
๐ To Learn More and Take Action:
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Extreme heat is putting pregnancies at risk, increasing the chances of stillbirth, preterm birth, and lasting health complications. Fellow Lydia Samuels and @changethechamber.bsky.social's Manushi Sharma present a poignant truth about childbirth: https://rachelcarsoncouncil.org/womb-view-1-5c
Food aid slashed, clinics closed, and 437K children out of school. Coxโs Bazar in Bangladesh, home to 1.4M Rohingya refugees, is reeling from USAID cuts. ๐๐ฎ๐ค๐๐ฌ๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง warns survival has become a desperate daily struggle. #EJFriday โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
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The #shutdown wasnโt about budgets, it was about power. Families paid the price while leaders protected corporate #polluters. Young people are demanding better. On Jan 30, Congress must choose people over polluters!
Sometimes it feels like weโre in a horror movieโฆ but the climate crisis is all too real #ClimateChangeisScary
๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ reveals how radioactive waste from #oilandgas drilling is seeping into our water, soil, and even our bones, exposing a #publichealth crisis too often overlooked by policymakers. #OurClimateOurHealth โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
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During our #NYClimateWeek event, experts revealed how #extremeheat, the deadliest weather hazard, is turning workplaces into danger zones and how communities are fighting back. #OurClimateOurHealth โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ
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Change the Chamber is calling out the government shutdown as reckless politics putting lives, #climate protections, and jobs at risk. Congress must end this crisis now!
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From Kingston to Kansas, #extremeheat is reshaping fertility and #maternalhealth. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ and ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ uncover the crisis in the latest installment of CTCโs #OurClimateOurHealth Series. #ClimateFriday #EJFriday โฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธโฌ๏ธ