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Trump’s EPA Moves to Blackout Solar and Hike Energy Costs for Working Families Donald Trump and Lee Zeldin are once again trying to illegally claw back clean energy funds that Congress already appropriated and communities are already using to lower energy bills.

Trump’s EPA is trying to rip rooftop solar funding from low-income families––breaking the law and hiking energy costs to keep fossil fuel CEOs happy.

As record heat and data centers strain the grid, they’re sabotaging the fastest, cheapest power we have. www.evergreenaction.com/press/trumps...

17 Groups Urge Truck Makers to Uphold CA Emissions Pact A coalition of 17 environmental, health, and business groups sent a letter urging truck and engine manufacturers to reaffirm their commitment to the 2023 Clean Truck Partnership with CARB.

BREAKING: Public Citizen, NRDC, Sierra Club & others are warning truck makers like Daimler Truck against trashing an agreement that boosts electric trucks and secures the future of the trucking industry. More:

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⚡ CONGRESS PASSED TRUMP'S BUDGET BILL—so now what?

Here's what: YOUR power is at its peak during August recess.

Join @khanna.house.gov, @mcclellan.house.gov, @sierraclub.org and us this Friday 8/1 at 11am ET to learn exactly how to engage your lawmakers.
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126°. 122°. 121°.

And Trump’s EPA is trying to gut one of the most important climate protections we have.

From Gridlock to Greenlight: The Secret Behind New York’s Congestion Pricing Success New York’s congestion pricing program is up, running, and working. But how did it get passed in the first place? What can advocates do to protect this climate and public health progress? And what can ...

Big city + cars ≠ gridlock, all thanks to congestion relief.

Renae Reynolds from @tstc.bsky.social illustrates how it happened: a diverse coalition of leaders in labor, policy, transportation, and public health.

Read more from @evergreenaction.bsky.social:

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New York City just proved congestion pricing works—and the results speak for themselves.

👉 Read more: From Gridlock to Greenlight: The Secret Behind New York’s Congestion Pricing Success evergreenaction.com/blog/from-gr...

Thanks to Governor Evers' clean energy leadership, Wisconsin is on the path to a stronger, more sustainable economy.

But there’s still more work to do.

The next governor needs to carry forward Evers’ clean energy vision and ensure that every community shares in its benefits.

Your guide to using the home energy tax credits before they’re gone Check the new expiration dates on these incentives.

Thinking about getting new home appliances? Shop now to take advantage of federal home energy tax credits before they expire.

Learn which appliances and projects qualify: homes.rewiringamerica.org/electric-tax...

Trump Is Rolling Back Clean Cars Standards and Investments. States Are Fighting Back. Trump is illegally rolling back clean car standards and gutting EV funding for states and consumers. States can fight back with these seven policy opportunities.

Discouraged by attacks on climate progress? Our states are stepping up.

11 governors launched the Affordable Clean Cars Coalition to help sustain America’s transition to cleaner & more affordable cars.

More via @evergreenaction.bsky.social ⬇️
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New York City’s congestion relief program is a case study in government getting big things done—AND it’s showing other cities how to do the same.

@justinbackalbalik.bsky.social with @evergreenaction.bsky.social is reminding Washington they should take note ⤵️

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While Trump schmoozes with AI execs at the Pennsylvania Energy & Innovation Summit, don’t forget: his energy agenda is driving up YOUR bills by undermining the clean, reliable power we need to meet growing demand from big tech.

All talk, no watts.

Challenge to clean trucks agreement is an attack on trucking industry, say experts Western States Trucking Association push back on Clean Truck Partnership

BREAKING: A new legal attack on the Clean Trucks Partnership threatens 52K+ electric trucks on US roads. Volvo & Daimler signed the deal–will they stand by it? Experts warn this move risks stalling progress as EU & China surge ahead.

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Billions more for billionaires, barely pennies for people, and more pollution for the planet · Climate Action Campaign Join our national webinar with speakers Senator Schatz and Senator Markey: “Billions more for billionaires, barely pennies for people, and more pollution for the planet: What's next for our movement?”...

Join us tonight in activating grassroots advocates nationwide following the "Big, Brutal, Bill." We will be joined by @markey.senate.gov, Senator Brian Schatz, and @billmckibben.bsky.social to tell us what's next in this fight against attacks on American families. www.mobilize.us/climateactio...

Ted Cruz: “Ok, what could have been done differently?"

Also Ted Cruz: inserted language in the spending bill to gut weather forecast spending and built a career denying our climate reality.

Evergreen: Republicans Just Sold Out Working-Class Americans So Oligarchs Can Hoard Even More Wealth Republicans just jammed through one of the most catastrophic bills in a generation.

Climate. Health care. The economy.

Republicans just voted to torch it all—just because their corporate donors handed them the match 🔥 evergreenaction.com/press/evergr...

Despite last-minute changes, US Senate bill deals big blow to renewable energy The U.S. Senate's massive budget bill that passed on Tuesday will make it harder to develop wind and solar energy projects, despite the removal of some contentious provisions, industry advocates and lawmakers said.

"Senate Republicans just voted to trigger the largest spike in utility bills in American history" @evergreenaction.bsky.social

According to C2ES, the United States will lose 2.3 million jobs as a result of the bill despite some last minute improvements. @reuters.com 1/

Senate Republicans Drop Economic, Environmental Wrecking Ball As Big Oil Oligarchs and Dying Coal Barons Cheer On Senate Republicans just voted to trigger the largest spike in utility bills in American history.

Our statement ⬇️ bit.ly/4l8oXGR

Nobody wants Trump’s Big Oil Billionaire bill —except oligarchs, dying coal barons, Big Oil, and the politicians they bought.

📞🏛️ Call and urge Democrats in the House to hold strong, and for Republicans to do the right thing: evrgn.co/4lyflVK

TL;DR The clean vehicles and clean energy incentives are on the chopping block because Trump wants to line the pockets of billionaires & fossil fuel executives with massive tax cuts.
📞 Urge your Senator to vote NO on this ugly, awful bill. Call today!
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Boosting this preliminary analysis that my friends at @evergreenaction.bsky.social have put together around the impacts of the current budget bill as released in the middle of the night.

Big takeaway: tax credits are going away and being replaced with NEW taxes. Goodbye American industry.

Call your Senators right now and urge them to vote against this attack on working Americans ⬇️ t.co/abzmJxL3Lc

‼️NEW: our policy experts have analyzed the updated version of the GOP tax megabill—which the Senate could vote on any day now.

👀 Here’s how it will lock in higher household energy bills, kill jobs + torch our future ⬇️ t.co/OwxDjs4FZT

Big Oil-Backed Republicans Push Senate Rules to the Limit to Sabotage Clean Energy in Updated Billionaire Bill Text Senate Republicans have pushed the rules to the limit to sabotage the clean energy boom on behalf of corporate polluters who are terrified of cheaper, faster-to-build competition—working people be dam...

Overnight, Senate GOP dropped updated text of their budget bill.

The revised text slashes clean energy tax credits, and includes requirements to functionally make what credits remain unworkable—sabotaging the clean energy boom to appease corporate polluters. www.evergreenaction.com/press/big-oi...

Congestion Pricing: Faster All Around Since the start of the Central Business District Tolling Program (CBDTP) on January 5th, 2025 the program has reduced traffic not only in Manhattan’s congestion relief zone (CRZ) but on roadways acros...

NEW: @rpa.org report finds Congestion Pricing has reduced traffic delays

✅ In Manhattan by 25%
✅ In the Bronx by 10%
✅ In 14 Bergen County municipalities by 14%

Not only is congestion pricing working, it's delivering benefits across the region
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Rapid Analysis: Senate GOP’s Clean Energy Repeal and What It Means for Bill Costs, Jobs, and Our Planet The House bill was an affront to Americans struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Now, the Senate has released its similarly disastrous proposal.

NEW: Senate Finance text is out—and it's just as bad as we feared. We've added it to our ongoing analysis of the Budget Bill.
See what it says, how it differs from the House bill, and the impacts it will have on the American People ⬇️
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Same Sabotage, Different Timeline As Senate GOP Moves to Hike Americans’ Energy Bills Senate Republicans want credit for being less extreme than their House colleagues, but they’re still siding with Big Oil to jack up prices and kill jobs.

Read our full statement ⬇️ www.evergreenaction.com/press/same-s...

❗️BREAKING: Senate Finance Republicans just released budget bill text that further slashes EV incentives—threatening hundreds of thousands of auto jobs in states like Michigan—and effectively delivering the same devastating cuts to clean energy deployment.

In #Maine, energy tax credits are helping schools to modernize aging infrastructure, lower costs and become healthier, safer, and more efficient. Learn more: www.undauntedk12.org/videos-schoo...

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New York just proposed a rule requiring big polluters to report their emissions—a crucial step toward launching a cap-and-invest program that cuts pollution, lowers costs, and invests in clean transit.

If you live in NY, submit a public comment: bit.ly/44qUcpJ

Rapid Analysis: Senate GOP’s Clean Energy Repeal and What It Means for Bill Costs, Jobs, and Our Planet The House bill was an affront to Americans struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Now, the Senate has released its similarly disastrous proposal.

‼️NEW: we've added ENR text to our Senate budget bill analysis ‼️

Here's how the latest Senate ENR and EPW Committee draft text differ from the House version ⬇️ evergreenaction.com/blog/senate-...