by Neil Auwarter Why it matters “This is the most important midterm election in American history,” according to Pulitzer Prize winning historian Joseph Ellis. At stake are the economy, America’s place in the world, Earth’s climate and the health of democracy itself. But Democrats have reason for optimism: Democratic congressional candidates hold an 8-point lead

by Richard Rollins Vote this November to guard your pocketbook, our democracy and our children’s future! Across America, people are not just deeply divided politically. Many are also quite understandably confused about the current and future impacts of President Trump’s priorities and economic policies on their livelihoods. While the super-rich are more conspicuously wealthy than

Voting on November 3 has one crucial goal: to flip the majority in Congress in order to restrain the Trump administration. Damage that the Trump-controlled Congress did to the environment in 2025 is summarized by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) in its 2025 Environmental Scorecard. The LCV tracks the current Congress, listing roll call

Data Center Resources The rapid buildout of AI data centers has become a major political flashpoint. Community concerns regarding water usage, rising utility bills, noise, air pollution and local planning control are often dismissed, while project siting attracts political corruption. Data centers drive climate change by consuming massive amounts of electricity, often generated from fossil

Now that the federal government has officially abandoned all climate goals, climate action in the United States has shifted to states and local governments. We looked at the goals set by both First Global Stocktake (GST1), a technical assessment from the COP28 meeting in Dubai (2023), and Drawdown, a U.S. nonprofit that analyzes the science behind

Neil Auwarter Thirty years after the first global climate summit in Berlin, and 10 years after the historic Paris Agreement at COP21, nations gathered in November in Belem, Brazil for COP30.  The port city sits near the mouth of the Amazon River and is a gateway to the great rainforest that serves as one of

Local Climate Action The 2015 Paris Agreement (or Paris Accords) is an international treaty signed by 196 parties, including the United States. The parties committed to the shared goal of keeping the increase in global surface temperature below 2°C by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and taking other effective actions. Each time Donald Trump has become