Pete Maysmith

Good to see this from @aflcio.org

Trump administration weighs new coal sales from public lands in Montana and Wyoming Federal officials are considering reopening vast areas of public lands in Wyoming and Montana to new coal sales.

In the west, we value our public lands as our birthright. In Wyoming, in Colorado, in Montana, in Idaho and nationwide thousands of people are turning out to say “you will not sell off our public lands!”

A screenshot of a White House executive order from July 7, 2025. The title of the order reads "Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign Controlled Energy Sources"

Executive orders like this one (once again, released in the middle of the night) are how the Trump regime is going to implement the horrors of their Rate Hike. Deliberately opaque language can’t disguise that this order aims to ban clean energy, and that it will raise energy prices.

Local officials facing questions over lack of preparations in the years and hours before deadly Texas floods | CNN As Central Texas reels from flash floods that killed over 100 people this weekend, questions are sharpening about whether officials could have done more to avert the tragedy – both in the decades lead...

In an era of ever-expanding climate disasters, it’s more important than ever that we properly fund and staff warning systems at every level. www.cnn.com/2025/07/07/u...

Every increasingly expensive monthly utility bill should come with a stamp: "This Rate Hike brought to you by Republicans in Congress."

Americans weigh in on Trump's 'big, beautiful bill': polls The "big, beautiful bill" is viewed unfavorably by most Americans, who say it is likely to hurt their families, according to the latest Fox News Poll.

Even Fox’s polling showed the Republican rate hike 21 points underwater – nobody wanted this and it’s our job for the next two years to make sure everyone knows exactly who’s delivered this cost-raising, job-killing, air-and-water-polluting mess to us.
www.foxnews.com/politics/ame...

The fight doesn’t end with this bill – in fact it’s only beginning. We got within one vote of stopping it and that’s a testament to massive organizing against a horrible bill across the political spectrum. Now the fight begins to stop it in the states.

Thanks to President Trump and Congressional Republicans selling out our planet and pocketbooks to Big Oil and Gas....

You get a higher electric bill!
Your neighbor gets a higher electric bill!
EVERYONE gets a higher electric bill!

Rep @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social is giving us time to fight this thing. Have you called yet this morning?

This is one piece of why working for a fair democracy and working for a healthy planet are so intertwined, and why LCV works on both democracy and climate issues:

President Trump ran on lowering costs, but his bill makes energy more expensive and Michiganders will pay 8% more for energy costs.

via www.cnn.com/2025/06/27/c...

This fight isn’t over until its over, and we’re not close to done fighting. #BigUglyBill

The BBB rescinds funding for pretty much every clean air, pollution control program.

The ugliness of this bill doesn't stop.

Senate Republicans also voted against your right to breathe clean air.

We aren't done yet. Keep fighting everyone, we've got a lot more work to do 💪

See how your energy prices could change if the GOP passes Trump’s tax bill | CNN Republicans’ tax bill would increase Americans’ energy and transportation costs in every state in the continental US.

The Republican Rate Hike in the Big Ugly Bill is going to cost us all--see how much more you'll be paying for energy in your state if this bill passes. Then call your Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to fix or kill this bill!

Four people wearing bee antennae headbands smiling at the camera and holding a book. The title of the book is ""The big bad beetrayal bill hurts families and our economy" and has a drawing of a bee holding a megaphone and looking angry.

Great to spend a little time with @rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social this morning -- thanks for the antennae and more importantly for the advocacy to stop the Big Ugly Bill.

Trump could allow cancer-causing asbestos to return Exposure to any type of asbestos is known to cause cancer and it is linked to tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S. each year

We’ve gone from a cancer moonshot to making Asbestos great again.

Oil Industry Gets $1 Billion Tax Tweak in GOP’s Senate Bill Senate Republicans included a tax break estimated to be worth more than $1 billion for oil and gas producers in their version of President Donald Trump’s sprawling fiscal package.

They are hellbent on ransacking the government to make themselves richer at our expense.

They're not even trying to hide it anymore.

A screenshot from the linked article. It read as follows: Across the street from Seven Points, at Blackwoods Smoke Shack, manager Kris paterson said tourists, including campers, are the lifeblood of the family's seasonable BBQ business. "Is it hurting our business? yeah it's hurting our business," she said. "It could destroy us this summer. We get a lot of campers here, all summer." Owner Brian Patterson, 37, Kris' son, said business is down up to 45% from this time last year. "That's hundreds of families not coming through here every weekend," he said. "This will put a hurting on us. If they don't do anything soon, this summer is ruined."

They said they were pro small business. They lied. www.inquirer.com/life/outdoor...

Last night at LCV’s annual Capital Dinner, I was able to speak with nearly a thousand climate fighters about the path before us. I wanted to share with you part of what I said to them

What lies ahead will demand all of our talent. Our courage. Our resolve. No matter how hard it gets, we must never give up. Onward!

That’s how we protect and revitalize our democracy, it’s how we meet the challenge of climate change, and it’s how we advance environmental justice and secure a healthy environment for all people.

As dark and daunting as this moment is, the only way out is to stand up, speak out, out organize them and Never. Give. Up.

Fear and violence have no place in this democracy we love. We pray for the peace and safety of everyone in Los Angeles. This cannot continue.

Deploying military force against our own communities in LA is heartbreaking, terrifying and wrong. It is also very clearly part of a broader assault on the foundations of our democracy that is dangerous and relentless

New Website: “Disappeared in America” Documents the Stories of Those Targeted in Trump’s America As Voters Increasingly Reject The Cruel Agenda, The Website Maps The Geographic Scope And Human Impact Of Trump’s Mass Deportation Agenda

This is cruel, and it is callous. And it’s planned and intentional.

Republican budget bill would strike blow to clean energy efforts in Colorado The cuts would repeal or quickly phase out tax credits and loans for things such as home improvements for consumers, electric vehicles, wind and solar.

Great piece on the real-life impacts of the reconciliation package from my former colleagues at @conservationco.bsky.social :

House-passed tax bill would end many clean energy credits and add unworkable rules to others The major tax and budget legislation advanced by the House of Representatives on May 22 makes deep cuts to tax provisions supporting the deployment of clean energy technologies. This brief summarizes ...

Thinking about new AC? Republicans are taking away tax credits that would make it more affordable. taxlawcenter.org/blog/house-p...

Electricity Prices Are Surging. The G.O.P. Megabill Could Push Them Higher.

The headline really says it all.