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It’s still time to remove Manchin from his dirty dealing chair

by DrewAction, allies, Home December 13, 2022December 13, 20223 comments

As we’ve been telling you, Senator Joe Manchin (jerkface-WV) continues to push for his zombie like dirty deal that would fast track fossil fuel infrastructure and harmfully impact frontline communities. But we haven’t mentioned lately that in addition to threatening our climate and communities, Manchin’s dirty deal is a huge conflict of interest. Manchin still …

Climate denying coal barons can’t be in charge of Energy Policy in the US Senate

by DrewAction, allies, Home November 22, 2021December 27, 20211 comment

* Update * No surprise, climate-denying coal baron Joe Manchin has blocked progress on President Biden’s agenda, again. The Announcement was shocking too many not because Manchin changed his position, but because he announced it on Fox news, and broke a promise he’d made explicitly and in-person to the President and party leadership. As House …

Call now: Pass the Build back better Bill no cuts!

Everything or nothing at all: An update on the Build Back Better Act

by DrewAction, allies, Home November 2, 2021November 2, 20211 comment

We’ve been pushing for weeks to pass a version of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act with no cuts to climate, care, jobs or justice. Last week Sen Manchin and his Republican forced Biden to cut another ~$1.5 trillion from the bill, but there’s still a lot worth fighting for. The only thing keeping Manchin …

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Endgame: Now’s the time to make a call for climate action in Biden’s Build Back Better Act

by DrewAction, Home October 25, 20212 comments

We’re in the endgame of negotiations over President Biden’s Build Back Better Act. Sen Manchin and his Republican allies have forced Biden and the Democrats to cut another ~$1.5 trillion from the bill, but there’s still a lot worth fighting for. Right now, today, young people are on hunger strike outside the White House, and youth …

Make a call to Seal the Deal with no cuts to climate, jobs, and justice.

by DrewAction, allies, Home September 28, 2021September 28, 20211 comment

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wants to pass three big bills this week: A short term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, the crappy infrastructure bill we told you about a few months ago, and the big, bold $3.5 trillion Build Back Better bill that’s our best chance to tackle climate change this …

Help us Seal theDeal for climate action in the infrastructure bill!

by DrewAction, allies, Home August 10, 2021August 10, 20211 comment

Big update – A few weeks ago, we were protesting on the White House lawn, demanding an infrastructure plan that meets the scale of the climate crisis. On Monday, Scientists around the world released their 6th and latest findings on climate change, and called it “Code Red for humanity”. Just in time to respond to …

The next 100 days

by DrewAction, allies, Home May 3, 2021May 3, 2021Comments are Disabled

The last few weeks have been intense as we wrapped up Biden’s first 100 days in office and celebrated Earth Day. They also show a clear path forward for what we have to do next, and how the next few months of action for our planet will probably go. This post wraps up the last …