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BIG NEWS: We just launched our Earth Day to Election Day campaign! We're building on last year's momentum to elect environmental champions in 2026 & fight for our environment, our values, and our future. This year, we're going even bigger. Join us, chip in today: secure.actblue.com/donate/wca-s...
Thank you for voting for the people and the environment this election! Across WA, we're seeing environmental champions defended.
Ballots are still being counted, but we’re in a strong position - and it’s because people like you showed up to protect our progress.
Read our Election Day reflection:
Ballots are still being counted, but we’re in a strong position - and it’s because people like you showed up to protect our progress.
Read our Election Day reflection:
Election Day ends on a hopeful note
What an evening. Yesterday was the culmination of a year’s work that began the day after last year’s election. Washington Conservation Action Votes invested heavily in the electoral cycle.
waconservationaction.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thank you for voting for the people and the environment this election! Across WA, we're seeing environmental champions defended.
Ballots are still being counted, but we’re in a strong position - and it’s because people like you showed up to protect our progress.
Read our Election Day reflection:
Ballots are still being counted, but we’re in a strong position - and it’s because people like you showed up to protect our progress.
Read our Election Day reflection:
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If you love our public lands, this hits you.
Republicans shut down the government so Americans can’t see what they’re doing: firing over 2,000 park rangers and staff who protect our parks and wildlife so Big Oil can cash in when this is all over.
Republicans shut down the government so Americans can’t see what they’re doing: firing over 2,000 park rangers and staff who protect our parks and wildlife so Big Oil can cash in when this is all over.
The Interior Department plans to “imminently” fire at least 2,000 employees across the agency, including hundreds of National Park Service employees, according to a Monday legal filing.
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Interior Department Cuts Would Hit Major National Parks, Per New Court Filing
The Interior Department’s reduction-in-force plans include hundreds of workers for the National Park Service, and employees managing oil and gas leasing in Utah.
www.notus.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you love our public lands, this hits you.
Republicans shut down the government so Americans can’t see what they’re doing: firing over 2,000 park rangers and staff who protect our parks and wildlife so Big Oil can cash in when this is all over.
Republicans shut down the government so Americans can’t see what they’re doing: firing over 2,000 park rangers and staff who protect our parks and wildlife so Big Oil can cash in when this is all over.
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"The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections and normalize its ultimate goal of privatizing public lands. The alarm bells are loud, and our response must be louder."
Now, more than ever, we must fight to save our public lands.
Now, more than ever, we must fight to save our public lands.
Trump is using the shutdown to try and gut national parks
The government shutdown cut nearly two thirds of National Park Service staff.
thehill.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"The Trump administration is weaponizing the government shutdown to gut staffing, weaken environmental protections and normalize its ultimate goal of privatizing public lands. The alarm bells are loud, and our response must be louder."
Now, more than ever, we must fight to save our public lands.
Now, more than ever, we must fight to save our public lands.
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Despite a slower start to the season, more fires ignited across our landscapes this summer than last year, and more than 250,000 acres burned. We have to stay vigilant, that means restoring the funding we need to prevent these larger wildfires.
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WA officials take stock as wildfire season winds down • Washington State Standard
Washington state saw more individual fires than last season, but fewer acres burned, preliminary data shows. Several fires are still burning.
washingtonstatestandard.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Despite a slower start to the season, more fires ignited across our landscapes this summer than last year, and more than 250,000 acres burned. We have to stay vigilant, that means restoring the funding we need to prevent these larger wildfires.
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I joined @merkley.senate.gov during his historic marathon floor speech to call out Trump's assault on Congress's power of the purse.
It's a gross abuse of power and it's corruption, plain and simple.
I'll keep sounding the alarm on Trump's unconstitutional power grab.
It's a gross abuse of power and it's corruption, plain and simple.
I'll keep sounding the alarm on Trump's unconstitutional power grab.
October 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I joined @merkley.senate.gov during his historic marathon floor speech to call out Trump's assault on Congress's power of the purse.
It's a gross abuse of power and it's corruption, plain and simple.
I'll keep sounding the alarm on Trump's unconstitutional power grab.
It's a gross abuse of power and it's corruption, plain and simple.
I'll keep sounding the alarm on Trump's unconstitutional power grab.
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SPOILER ALERT: Trump and Republicans in Congress are the reason why your bills are so high.
Why your costs are so high, and how the government shutdown is making them worse
Trump's policies have made our lives too expensive. Now, he is forcing a government shutdown to raise costs even more.
www.lcv.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
SPOILER ALERT: Trump and Republicans in Congress are the reason why your bills are so high.
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honor the First Peoples of this land—who have lived & stewarded ecosystems across the continent since time immemorial. One day isn’t enough, but it’s a moment to listen, learn & stand in solidarity with Tribal Nations + Indigenous communities.
See below to learn more!
See below to learn more!
Indigenous Peoples' Day is coming up in Washington! Here are a few ways to participate, learn more, and celebrate on Monday🧵
📸Photo by Elaine Thompson for the Associated Press
#IndigenousJustice #IndigenousPeoplesDay
📸Photo by Elaine Thompson for the Associated Press
#IndigenousJustice #IndigenousPeoplesDay
October 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honor the First Peoples of this land—who have lived & stewarded ecosystems across the continent since time immemorial. One day isn’t enough, but it’s a moment to listen, learn & stand in solidarity with Tribal Nations + Indigenous communities.
See below to learn more!
See below to learn more!
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Must have missed the part where Make America Healthy Again meant letting polluters poison our communities with zero transparency or consequences
Trump admin won’t make polluters report how much they’ve polluted | CNN
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin framed the new steps as a move to end burdensome regulations. Climate advocates blasted it as a way to give polluters a free pass.
www.cnn.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Must have missed the part where Make America Healthy Again meant letting polluters poison our communities with zero transparency or consequences
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"Under Mr. Trump, Republicans have gone even further. They have become the party that stands in the way of lower energy prices for American households."
Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"Under Mr. Trump, Republicans have gone even further. They have become the party that stands in the way of lower energy prices for American households."
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Trump just gutted $1 BILLION in funding for the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub, undermining our clean energy projects that would cut emissions from shipping, aviation, and heavy transport. This will kill good local jobs and stall our progress in fighting the climate crisis.
$1B funding cut "a gut punch" for PNW hydrogen projects
WA and OR leaders say the clean energy grant loss could stall hydrogen efforts across the region.
www.axios.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Trump just gutted $1 BILLION in funding for the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub, undermining our clean energy projects that would cut emissions from shipping, aviation, and heavy transport. This will kill good local jobs and stall our progress in fighting the climate crisis.
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The Trump admin is pausing infrastructure projects to punish Congress. Pulling the plug on these projects will hurt jobs and raise your energy bills.
Stop inflicting pain on working people.
Fund the government.
Fix the mounting health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Stop inflicting pain on working people.
Fund the government.
Fix the mounting health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Washington is in chaos.
This shutdown is nothing more than a lockout. #LIUNA members show up every day ready to build America’s infrastructure and energy future. Congress and the White House need to do their job so LIUNA members can do ours!
Watch GP Brent Booker #breakitdown
This shutdown is nothing more than a lockout. #LIUNA members show up every day ready to build America’s infrastructure and energy future. Congress and the White House need to do their job so LIUNA members can do ours!
Watch GP Brent Booker #breakitdown
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Trump admin is pausing infrastructure projects to punish Congress. Pulling the plug on these projects will hurt jobs and raise your energy bills.
Stop inflicting pain on working people.
Fund the government.
Fix the mounting health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Stop inflicting pain on working people.
Fund the government.
Fix the mounting health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Our rights were never given; they were won. From the ballot box to the picket line, the people have always fought back. Oct 18: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
Find an event near you: www.nokings.org#map
Find an event near you: www.nokings.org#map
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Our rights were never given; they were won. From the ballot box to the picket line, the people have always fought back. Oct 18: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
Find an event near you: www.nokings.org#map
Find an event near you: www.nokings.org#map
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Trump might have delivered the stupidest speech in UN history.
Climate change? Apparently he’s never heard of it.. Or just chooses to ignore it.
Climate change? Apparently he’s never heard of it.. Or just chooses to ignore it.
The Stupidest Speech in UN History
Everyone's saying so!
billmckibben.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump might have delivered the stupidest speech in UN history.
Climate change? Apparently he’s never heard of it.. Or just chooses to ignore it.
Climate change? Apparently he’s never heard of it.. Or just chooses to ignore it.
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Donald Trump is attacking thousands of jobs in Cowlitz, Spokane, Skagit, Lewis, and Whitman counties.
Those are jobs for projects involving zero-emission commercial vehicles, lower industrial greenhouse gas emissions, affordable solar panel technologies, and more.
Those are jobs for projects involving zero-emission commercial vehicles, lower industrial greenhouse gas emissions, affordable solar panel technologies, and more.
The Trump administration is canceling more than $1.1 billion in grants for energy projects across Washington state, including the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub. That hub will create a clean hydrogen economy across our region.
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Donald Trump is attacking thousands of jobs in Cowlitz, Spokane, Skagit, Lewis, and Whitman counties.
Those are jobs for projects involving zero-emission commercial vehicles, lower industrial greenhouse gas emissions, affordable solar panel technologies, and more.
Those are jobs for projects involving zero-emission commercial vehicles, lower industrial greenhouse gas emissions, affordable solar panel technologies, and more.
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The Trump administration announced Wednesday night that it is revoking $7.6 billion in funding for clean-energy projects in 16 Democratic-leaning states, including a $1 billion cut to the Pacific Northwest’s multi-state hydrogen hub.
Trump energy department axes funding for Northwest hydrogen hub
The Trump administration announced Wednesday night, the first night of the federal government shutdown, that it is revoking $7.6 billion in funding for clean-energy projects in 16 Democratic-leaning s...
www.kuow.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The Trump administration announced Wednesday night that it is revoking $7.6 billion in funding for clean-energy projects in 16 Democratic-leaning states, including a $1 billion cut to the Pacific Northwest’s multi-state hydrogen hub.
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The Trump Administration’s politically motivated decision to strip funds from the pioneering Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub is unprecedented and corrupt. (1/3)
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PNW loses over $1B in federal funding for clean energy projects
The federal spending cuts are part of an effort announced this week by the White House to scale back spending on clean energy projects in Democratic states.
www.seattletimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The Trump Administration’s politically motivated decision to strip funds from the pioneering Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub is unprecedented and corrupt. (1/3)
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Trump and Republicans have spent months driving up costs for families and gutting essential services. Now, their shutdown puts even more strain on our communities when we can least afford it.
This isn’t an accident – it’s about Trump wanting to ignore the law. On Oct. 18 take action. #NoKings
This isn’t an accident – it’s about Trump wanting to ignore the law. On Oct. 18 take action. #NoKings
No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.
lcv.org
October 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Trump and Republicans have spent months driving up costs for families and gutting essential services. Now, their shutdown puts even more strain on our communities when we can least afford it.
This isn’t an accident – it’s about Trump wanting to ignore the law. On Oct. 18 take action. #NoKings
This isn’t an accident – it’s about Trump wanting to ignore the law. On Oct. 18 take action. #NoKings
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"There is no law that allows a federal agency to cancel previously awarded grants during a government shutdown."
Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"There is no law that allows a federal agency to cancel previously awarded grants during a government shutdown."
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Cutting clean energy programs is going to raise energy costs for everyone, regardless of who they voted for.
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Trump targets states that voted for Harris in shutdown fight
The Office of Management and Budget is withholding billions in energy and infrastructure money in more than a dozen states that voted against Trump.
www.politico.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Cutting clean energy programs is going to raise energy costs for everyone, regardless of who they voted for.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Americans are already paying higher energy bills, and Trump just made it worse, wiping out $7.5B in 200+ clean energy projects—only in states that didn’t vote for him.
Here are all the states Russ Vought announced just today he would be illegally stealing taxpayer dollars from.
Have we ever had a President work so hard to hurt the people he represents? I'm not going to be intimidated by these crooks.
Have we ever had a President work so hard to hurt the people he represents? I'm not going to be intimidated by these crooks.
October 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Americans are already paying higher energy bills, and Trump just made it worse, wiping out $7.5B in 200+ clean energy projects—only in states that didn’t vote for him.
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Make no mistake: This is a #TrumpShutdown.
Trump and Republicans have complete control over the federal government and have chosen to steal billions of dollars from communities while giving handouts to billionaires.
They own this shutdown and the damage that it does to our communities.
Trump and Republicans have complete control over the federal government and have chosen to steal billions of dollars from communities while giving handouts to billionaires.
They own this shutdown and the damage that it does to our communities.
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Make no mistake: This is a #TrumpShutdown.
Trump and Republicans have complete control over the federal government and have chosen to steal billions of dollars from communities while giving handouts to billionaires.
They own this shutdown and the damage that it does to our communities.
Trump and Republicans have complete control over the federal government and have chosen to steal billions of dollars from communities while giving handouts to billionaires.
They own this shutdown and the damage that it does to our communities.
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Trump and Republicans billionaire-first agenda has caused working families' energy, health, and grocery costs to skyrocket.
Now, they're pushing us towards a government shutdown.
Dems join impacted individuals to call the GOP out and urge them to negotiate with Dems to stop this #GOPShutdown 👇
Now, they're pushing us towards a government shutdown.
Dems join impacted individuals to call the GOP out and urge them to negotiate with Dems to stop this #GOPShutdown 👇
Healthcare Over Billionaires Rally
YouTube video by Fair Share America
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September 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump and Republicans billionaire-first agenda has caused working families' energy, health, and grocery costs to skyrocket.
Now, they're pushing us towards a government shutdown.
Dems join impacted individuals to call the GOP out and urge them to negotiate with Dems to stop this #GOPShutdown 👇
Now, they're pushing us towards a government shutdown.
Dems join impacted individuals to call the GOP out and urge them to negotiate with Dems to stop this #GOPShutdown 👇
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NEW from @isabellabreda.bsky.social - Four weeks after ICE arrested him while he worked the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula, immigration officials released firefighter Rigoberto Hernandez from the detention center in Tacoma.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Firefighter arrested at Bear Gulch blaze released from ICE detention
The firefighter had spent nearly four weeks detained by immigration officials. His attorneys argue that was he wrongfully arrested and his constitutional rights were violated.
www.seattletimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW from @isabellabreda.bsky.social - Four weeks after ICE arrested him while he worked the Bear Gulch fire on the Olympic Peninsula, immigration officials released firefighter Rigoberto Hernandez from the detention center in Tacoma.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Today, we celebrate our #publiclands. Tomorrow and every day, we’ll continue the fight to #StopTheSellOff and defend our public lands. #NationalPublicLandsDay
September 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today, we celebrate our #publiclands. Tomorrow and every day, we’ll continue the fight to #StopTheSellOff and defend our public lands. #NationalPublicLandsDay
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The Department of Defense has delayed cleanup of PFAS “forever chemicals” at nearly 140 military installations by as much as a decade due to Trump’s funding cuts.
The government’s job is to protect people, not polluters.
The government’s job is to protect people, not polluters.
Defense Department Delays Cleanup of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Nationwide
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Department of Defense has delayed cleanup of PFAS “forever chemicals” at nearly 140 military installations by as much as a decade due to Trump’s funding cuts.
The government’s job is to protect people, not polluters.
The government’s job is to protect people, not polluters.