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A group of climate advocates outside the U.S. Capitol holding signs reading "Climate Can't Wait," "Defend Our Climate," and "Honk for Climate."

Introducing Election Earth: Vote Your Values. Join the Climate Majority.

You are likely one of the majority of Americans who want a safer, healthier climate future.

Did you know that nearly 3 in 4 Americans are concerned about climate change, and 88 percent feel a moral responsibility to help create a safe and healthy climate? You are the majority! And it is time to make our majority visible...

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Toward the Best vs. ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ for our Climate

I want to start with something hopeful, because hope has been in short supply lately.

You may have seen the news that climate scientists are stepping away from the "worst-case scenario" they long used to picture our future. At first, that can sound confusing, even suspicious. So let me put it the way I'd want it explained to me: the future looks better than it once did — and not by accident. People changed it. Policies shifted. Technology improved. Ordinary folks, in ordinary communities, decided the road we were on wasn't the one they wanted for their children. And the road bent.

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Time for Moral Courage

The 4/29 Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Callais is a profound setback for our democracy. It is an attack on long and hard-won fights for voting rights, and guts the guardrails for fair representation in the communities already hit first and worst by climate change. 

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