Deb McNamara

2026 Election Threats and Actions Companies Can Take - American Sustainable Business Network As was the case in 2020, the business community can play a significant role inpromoting a fair, free, and secure election in 2026. Elections are the cornerstone of our republic. They preserve our demo...

As we approach the 2026 elections, it’s essential that the business community – business leaders, companies, trade associations, and organizations – become engaged in supporting a free, fair and secure election process.

2026 Election Threats and Actions Companies Can Take - American Sustainable Business Network As was the case in 2020, the business community can play a significant role inpromoting a fair, free, and secure election in 2026. Elections are the cornerstone of our republic. They preserve our demo...

🗓️ 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.

Despite federal rollbacks, states push forward on climate policies Businesses can use their influence to advocate for state climate change.

The latest piece from our very own Deborah McNamara digs into how companies can use their influence to advocate for state level climate policies.

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Bill Weihl Awards 2025 • ClimateVoice The Bill Weihl Awards 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 p...

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.

ClimateVoices Featuring Sam Gooch In this issue, I’m pleased to be speaking to Sam Gooch who won this year’s Bill Weihl Award for “Climate Action At Work.” The purpose of these awards is to honor individuals who have used their climat...

NEW issue of #ClimateVoices featuring Sam Gooch who won this year’s Bill Weihl Award for “Climate Action At Work.” 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.

Short Q&A ⤵️

The excuse used by some companies that “we don’t do politics” is simply not true — “especially for companies that are members of trade associations, hire lobbyists and engage in lobbying, make political contributions, or engage in campaign spending."

Business cannot stay silent on American democracy and climate Deborah McNamara is executive director of ClimateVoice Leaders who once spoke up for climate action and constitutional order now face questions of complicity

She urges companies to “remember their commitments to shareholders, employees, customers and American communities”, and to “use their influence to advance public policies that put communities, employees, stakeholders and the environment first.”

Business cannot stay silent on American democracy and climate Deborah McNamara is executive director of ClimateVoice Leaders who once spoke up for climate action and constitutional order now face questions of complicity

Too many of the world’s most influential companies risk being complicit with the rising authoritarianism in the U.S. in 2026. They are “choosing silence and appearing to double down in private sector collusion and complicity."

📰 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 📰 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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Connect the Dots · February 2026 • ClimateVoice This issue explores what attention is, why it’s so valuable, and how powerful forces are deliberately distracting us.

💬 Our first 2026 issue of #ConnectTheDots authored by Jennifer Allyn examines what attention is, why it’s 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. ☀️

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Kirkus Reviews described her new book 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦: 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 as a “highly readable argument for tackling climate change that reckons with both cold hard facts and the human heart.”

✍️ 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...

A former cosmologist, Dr. Marvel received a PhD in theoretical physics from Cambridge University. She led the “Climate Trends” chapter in the U.S. government’s Fifth National Climate Assessment and testified before Congress.

ClimateVoices Featuring Dr. Kate Marvel In this issue, I’m pleased to be speaking with Dr. Kate Marvel, a climate scientist and one of the premier science communicators working today.

NEW issue of #ClimateVoices featuring Dr. Kate Marvel (@drkatemarvel.bsky.social), a climate scientist and one of the premier science communicators working today.

Short Q&A ⤵️

ICYMI – There's still time to get your company's sustainability leaders to submit a response to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Scope 2 public consultation survey before the January 31st deadline! 👇

We invite you to take a moment to acknowledge our collective impact shown in these slides. Our work continues to move forward and we thank *you* for being part of it.

As we start out 2026, it's important to acknowledge the work we did in 2025. While the year certainly presented new challenges, our collective work did move forward – thanks to the incredible resolve and determination of those of you willing to step up and speak up, even despite the risks. (🧵 1/2)

This consultation marks an important milestone in ensuring that corporate greenhouse gas inventories remain accurate, comparable, and useful for decision-making as energy systems and disclosure requirements evolve worldwide.

🔗 Public consultation survey: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧 🚨 The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is in the midst of updating their Scope 2 guidance, which will shape how companies account for emissions from purchased electricity, heat, and cooling. (🧵1/6)

🔗 Outline of proposed changes: ghgprotocol.org/blog/upcomin...

Through hackathons that merge open-source technologies, Indigenous knowledge, and ecological data — the organization drives water replenishment, biodiversity restoration, and corporate commitment to sustainability goals via nature-based solutions.

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ClimateVoices Featuring Manisha Priyadarshini In this issue I’m pleased to be talking with Manisha P., the Executive Director of ProgramEarth, which empowers the next generation of developers to create real-world climate solutions.

NEW issue of #ClimateVoices featuring Manisha Priyadarshini, the Executive Director of ProgramEarth, which empowers the next generation of developers to create real-world climate solutions. (🧵1/3)

Short Q&A ⤵️

Help us accelerate the pace of climate action. There has never been a more urgent time to unlock corporate influ

As we head into 2026, ClimateVoice will continue our advocacy for clean energy infrastructure development and renewable energy powered data centers and AI, while also continuing to defend critical climate rules and protections at the federal level.

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✨ Happy #GivingTuesday! ✨ 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬.

Together, we are building the community and momentum needed for this moment. The fight for climate policy progress moves forward despite the headwinds, and we at ClimateVoice are ready.

Connect the Dots · November 2025 • ClimateVoice This issue explores how many U.S. companies are choosing the wrong side of history in the face of climate denialism and full-throttle obstructionism when it comes to enabling the clean (and cheaper) r...

We consider what we can do in response, drawing on lessons from successful social movements – including examples underway this year. ⤵️

Connect the Dots · November 2025 • ClimateVoice This issue explores how many U.S. companies are choosing the wrong side of history in the face of climate denialism and full-throttle obstructionism when it comes to enabling the clean (and cheaper) r...

💬 Our November issue of #ConnectTheDots authored by @debmcnamara.bsky.social explores how many U.S. companies are choosing the wrong side of history in the face of climate denialism and full-throttle obstructionism when it comes to enabling the clean (+ cheaper) renewable energy transition.

He is a leading expert on climate solutions and clean energy – and on communicating these issues to the public. His book 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 was called “the best single-source primer on the state of climate change” by New York Magazine.

✍️ 🔗 www.linkedin.com/pulse/climat...

ClimateVoices Featuring Joe Romm In this issue I’m pleased to be talking with Joe Romm, a Senior Research Fellow at the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media (PCSSM) conducting research examining the scalability of ke...

NEW issue of #ClimateVoices featuring Joe Romm, a Senior Research Fellow at the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media (@penncssm.bsky.social) conducting research examining the scalability of key proposed climate solutions.

Short Q&A 👇

ICYMI – It's not too late to urge the EPA to keep the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) in place! 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗛𝗚𝗥𝗣 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗯𝘆 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵 𝗽𝗺 𝗘𝗧.

👉 🔗 www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...

The Bill Weihl Awards will honor *two* individuals who have used their climate voice & demonstrated an outstanding commitment to advocate for climate policy. Winners will receive an expenses paid trip to attend #GreenBiz26 in Phoenix, AZ this coming February hosted by @trellisgroup.bsky.social! 🌵🎉🏜

Bill Weihl Awards 2025 • ClimateVoice The Bill Weihl Awards 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 p...

🎖 LAST DAY FOR NOMINATIONS! 🎖 Who are the individuals in your network who deserve to be recognized as climate policy advocates?

👉 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝗢𝗗 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁. 𝟯𝟭𝘀𝘁 @ 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵𝗽𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: climatevoice.org/the-bill-wei...