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Renewable Energy Is Booming Despite Trump’s Efforts to Slow It

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 6h

Because it makes sense.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/b...

www.nytimes.com

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 7h

In fact, you can do the same for #GivingTuesday and end of the year efforts. Starting Nov. 7, take 10 minutes and set up your page. Share it to rally resources and volunteers for one of the 140+ climate and environmental groups at EarthGives.org 🌎

#EarthGives2025 #generosity #people #planet

Let's make a change together. Earth Gives Day is October 7, 2025! Join me in investing in climate and environmental nonprofits.

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 7h

She rallied her connections to give to the nonprofit she cares about through her Peer-to-Peer fundraising page.
Congrats! 🥳

These free pages can be set up by all kinds of supporters to spread such opportunities more widely than a nonprofit may be able to.

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 7h

Board members and board chairs can be leaders at critical moments, with building capacity, and as a sounding platform.

In this case, Melissa Walton raised the roof for @runonclimate.bsky.social Education Fund through Earth Gives 2025.

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Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 7h

Bill, your voice inspires ours.
And together, we’ll keep speaking—
for clean energy, for justice, for a livable future.
Your legacy is not a whisper.
It’s a movement.

💚 With gratitude and admiration,
Earth Gives and all of your fellow nonprofit colleagues.

P.S. Donations still open EarthGives.org

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 7h

...that matches the scale of the crisis.

During Earth Gives, Bill raised not just funds,
but exhibited his ongoing courage to act.
As one of the campaign's top fundraisers for ClimateVoice (which he founded),
he embodied what it means to give deeply—
to the planet, to people, to possibility.

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 7h

...even when the world would rather scroll past.

Now, as ALS takes his physical voice,
his influence rings louder than ever.
Every policy he’s shaped,
every company he’s challenged,
every person he’s inspired
adds harmony to a growing chorus
of those demanding climate action
...

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 7h

At Google, he turned data into clean power.
At Facebook, he gave sustainability a home.

Through @climatevoice.bsky.social, he reminded us all
that silence from business is not neutrality—it’s negligence.
That leadership means speaking truth
even when it’s inconvenient,
...

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 7h

🌎 An Ode to Bill Weihl

There are voices that never fade,
even when sound itself slips away.
Bill Weihl’s voice is one of them—
steady, reasoned, bold.

Long before climate became a corporate headline,
Bill was already rewriting what responsibility could mean.
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Can electric cars shed their tech-bro reputation and appeal to women?

Reposted by Earth Gives

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 9h

Men are twice as likely as women to own an EV, according to U.S. vehicle registration data.

High costs, poor public charging and manly marketing have skewed the electric car industry toward men, but women are encouraging their peers to go electric.

High costs, poor public charging and manly marketing have skewed the electric car industry toward men, but women are encouraging their peers to go electric.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 1d

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Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 1d

A fascinating read.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The hidden cost of ultra-processed foods on the environment: ‘The whole industry should pay’

Industrially made foods involve several ingredients and processes to put together, making it difficult to examine their true cost

www.theguardian.com

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 1d

@tutskwatoqawtoynani @NimiipuuProtectingTheEnvironment
@widoktadwen @tuleyome.bsky.social
Portland All Nations Canoe Family @bearsearscoalition.bsky.social @seitc_org
@nativenuclear @sicangu.co @iwikua @centerforbiodiv @buffalofieldcampaign @buffalonationsga.bsky.social Project Peoples

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 1d

You can go to EarthGives.org 🌎to give to and connect with the following groups all in one spot.

A special thanks to the Native Ways Federation.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay #culture #history

Let's make a change together. Earth Gives Day is October 7, 2025! Join me in investing in climate and environmental nonprofits.

Coral reefs become first environmental system on Earth to pass climate "tipping point," report says

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Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 1d

We send this message from the land of the Tohono O'ohdam and Pipaash people.

We're honored to build partnerships with and learn alongside many Indigenous groups that participated in #EarthGives2025 - protecting land, monuments, culture, wildlife and future generations. Support their work.

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Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 1d

#coral reefs
www.cbsnews.com/news/coral-r...

Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a climate "tipping point" as the world warms.

www.cbsnews.com

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 2d

ISEC's focus is on technical solutions to address changing weather, water availability, land use, and diverse energy needs.

Congrats to ISEC for receiving the Eco Boost for renewable energy nonprofits.

#EarthGives2025 #renewables #energy #sustainability #Idaho earthgives.org

Let's make a change together. Earth Gives Day is October 7, 2025! Join me in investing in climate and environmental nonprofits.

earthgives.org

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 2d

Backed by deep experience in engineering, the Idaho Sustainability and Energy Coalition helps Idahoans take scientifically, economically, and environmentally responsible action to achieve a healthy future.

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 2d

🔦Shining the Spotlight: get attention, add some pressure, inspire corporate action (and get those pro climate companies to beyond their company walls)

🏈Keeping Score: see what’s what with business groups

#climatepolicy #advocacy #sustainability

P.S. Donations still rising at EarthGives.org 🌎

Let's make a change together. Earth Gives Day is October 7, 2025! Join me in investing in climate and environmental nonprofits.

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 2d

Climate Voice's dynamic team focuses on:

🤜Activating Employees: catalyzing bold advocacy from pro-climate employees in companies that can help inspire policy change to sustain business

📕Educating Executives: key issue education to show how climate-smart policy support robust business lifespan

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Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 2d

To decarbonize at speed and scale, ClimateVoice’s work focuses on public policy to accelerate change. And it starts with harnessing the power of corporate influence from aligned companies.

That same power also inspired @climatevoice.bsky.social to raise the most funds through #EarthGives2025.

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Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 3d

...biologists that guide its conservation programs and priorities.

Champions!!!

#wildlife #EarthGives2025 #conservation #Washington #BritishColumbia
🐻🐺🦌

P.S. Donations are still rising at EarthGives.org 🌎

Let's make a change together. Earth Gives Day is October 7, 2025! Join me in investing in climate and environmental nonprofits.

Earth Gives @earthgives.bsky.social · 3d

A 14 year long Community Wildlife Monitoring Program, one of the largest community-science wildlife monitoring efforts of its kind in North America, is a large collaborative effort, including staff, project partners Wilderness Awareness School, and state, federal, tribal and independent...