Listen to climate activist Bill McKibben explain why companies should leave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and lead on climate advocacy. #EscapeTheChamber #LeadOnClimatePolicy (🧵3/3)

“Climate activism should not be considered an altruistic endeavor. Instead, climate action should be viewed as an act of survival, a necessity.” — Jonathan Parfrey latimes.com/environment/st…

🏙️🗽 IN NYC? Go look for #EscapeTheChamber featured in Times Square TODAY only!! 1⃣ Find our visual (see below) 2⃣ Take a selfie with it (be sure to tag us!)🤳 3⃣ Sign the petition! Thanks to the team at HOPE Hydration 💧 for making our (1st ever) billboard dreams come true!🤩

Want to use your power as an employee to move your company forward on climate policy? We can help! Introducing the launch of our brand new toolkit – Climate Action at Work: A Guide for Employee Advocates. 💥 climatevoice.org/employee-clima…

We know that climate policy is needed to scale the change we need – and companies need to step up their advocacy. That's why last week we released our *first ever* employee toolkit outlining how you can urge your company to take climate action! (🧵1/4)

Ngl I laughed (it’s also true)

“Some companies actually pass the vibe check internally, but by paying dues to the U.S. Chamber they undo all [climate] progress. Big yikes!” 💯 Looking at you Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Salesforce 👀 It’s time to Escape the Chamber! Sign the petition: escapethechamber.org

At this year’s GreenBiz conference, there was one speech that stood out from the rest. Bill Weihl, founder of @ClimateVoiceOrg, highlighted the impact that vocal employees within companies have on climate policy, by speaking up so companies step up. Bill, who lost his own voice

Scoop for grist: For years, employees at Microsoft have been pressuring management to stop creating AI-based tools to help fossil fuel giants extract more oil. With the company failing to budge, they're now speaking out publicly for the first time: grist.org/accountability…

Scoop: Former Microsoft employees and internal documents offer a rare glimpse into how tech industry workers apply pressure to hold their bosses accountable on climate change. Thread 👇👇👇 Story by @Themadstone grist.org/accountability…

For years, employees at Microsoft worked internally to push for the company to cut ties with fossil fuels. However, they were met with nothing short of gaslighting & greenwashing. 🤔 For the first time, they’re telling their stories from the inside.👇 grist.org/accountability…

The Minnesota leg, which continues to kick unbelievable amounts of ass given its extremely slim Dem majority, has passed some excellent clean-energy permitting reform. nacleanenergy.com/alternative-en…

Governor Tim Walz is a climate champion—full stop. In the last few years, he has put on a masterclass of how to meaningfully improve the lives of Minnesotans while tackling the climate crisis. A thread 🧵👇

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Thousands of people urged CBS and Moderator Norah O'Donnell 🇺🇸 to include a question about Helene and climate change. This morning 6 young people were arrested at CBS HQ calling for it. Tonight, the 2nd question at the debate was exactly that. This is a huge win.

tim walz has convinced me that minnesota is significantly better than most other places in the nation. dont know what this means for the national race.

“Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating.” Happy Monday from the Holy Sh*t Department of the #climateemergency: theguardian.com/environment/20…

"Eight years ago many tech leaders rightly condemned Trump's withdrawal" from the Paris climate agreement, said Bill Weihl, Facebook's former director of sustainability. "Their silence now is cowardly." eenews.net/articles/how-t…