Democratic Party Council created in 2019 to advocate and act for climate & environmental justice.
Chair: Michelle Regalado Deatrick
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DNC Environment and Climate Crisis Council
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For Caribbean American Heritage Month, we're honored to celebrate Paul Presendieu, Youth Engagement Director of the DNC Council on Environment & Climate Crisis. His leadership in youth engagement and environmental justice strengthens our work. Thank you, Paul. 🌎 @paulprez914.bsky.social
🌊 This #WorldOceanDay: the Trump administration is stripping commercial-fishing bans from America's marine national monuments — our most protected ocean. It began in the Atlantic's Northeast Canyons & Seamounts; all four Pacific monuments could be next.
Happy Pride Month to our LGBTQ+ friends and community! 🌈
The climate crisis hits LGBTQ+ communities harder — and those communities often have fewer resources and less of a safety net to weather it.
Environmental justice and LGBTQ+ justice are the same fight.
Virginians living near one of the 600+ data centers in the state are breathing the exhaust of 10,000+ diesel generators.
A new Washington Post analysis finds the pollution could cause 14,000+ asthma episodes and at least 3 premature deaths a year — even when the generators rarely run.
The generators are marketed as "backup," but Virginia loosened the rules so they can run with no emergency. Our Chair, Michelle Deatrick, has briefed on this in WI, MI & FL. @mdeatrick.bsky.social
Full briefing 👇
🗓️ "Climate Wins Elections" — Sat. 6/6, 11:30 AM ET. Netroots in Philly.
@dataforprogress.org
Register for Netroots: registration.socio.events/e/netroots26
AAPI leaders have long shaped the environmental movement. This month and every month, we're grateful for the leadership and invaluable contributions of Howard Chou, Vik Verma and Michael White 🌎
Michigan is suing Big Oil for colluding to suppress EVs and clean energy for decades. Exxon shelved the lithium-ion battery. Chevron buried EV battery patents. Big Oil just filed to dismiss — calling it "purely political."
Pundits tell Democrats to stop talking about climate. They're flat out wrong.
Tomorrow at Netroots: Chair Deatrick, Rep. Yassamin Ansari & Data for Progress' ED Ryan O'Donnell. Moderated by @rlmiller.bsky.social
Reopening them could drop U.S. fully protected ocean from 25.2% to 0.01% (per the Marine Conservation Institute) — ~3 million km², the size of India.
Read more & take action 👇
