Tell our new Congress: we need climate leadership

We won real power to fight Trump's fossil-fueled agenda and push for climate action in Washington.

Lorelei,

Tuesday night was bittersweet, but we still accomplished something huge: thanks to your votes, bigotry, hate, and climate denial no longer control the House of Representatives.

The House Science Committee is about to be led by people who actually believe in science. And Congress is about to look a lot more like America: we elected a historic number of women, people of color, LGBTQ folks, and immigrants. That's amazing.

We now have real power to block Trump and his fossil-fueled friends' destructive agenda — and fight for real climate leadership in Washington. Add your name to call on our new Congress to stand up for the just solutions people and the planet deserve.

Tuesday's results made it clear that if we really want to tackle the climate crisis, the most important task ahead is breaking the fossil fuel industry's oppressive stranglehold over our democracy. Around the country and up and down the ballot, Big Oil poured a record-breaking amount of money to oppose climate solutions. But while we may never be able to outspend the fossil fuel billionaires, we can out-organize them. And our people power is already paying off.   

We need public officials who refuse to be bought and paid for by Big Oil, and who can stand up for groundbreaking climate solutions like a Green New Deal to put millions of people to work in good jobs building a 100% renewable energy-powered economy.

Dozens of climate champions won on Tuesday — like Deb Haaland in New Mexico, llhan Omar in Minnesota, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tish James in New York. And they won by talking about the bold climate solutions we need. Now, it's up to us to make sure they turn their words into action — and to call on the rest of Congress to follow their lead.

Tell our new Congress: we need real climate leaders who will stand up to the powerful fossil fuel industry and fight for bold solutions for the climate and our communities. Add your name here.

Like Representative-Elect Ilhan Omar said to a crowd of supporters in her victory speech on Tuesday: "I know every single person in this room is going to hold us accountable to make sure that the bold progressive values we campaigned on are the ones that are realized for the next two years, the next four years, the next six years, the next 10."

That's exactly what we need to do now. Add your name here to call on our new Congress to rise up and be the real climate leaders people and the planet need.

Onward,

Jenny

PS: Meet four women of color who won historic victories on Tuesday — and who campaigned on their commitment to fighting for just, bold solutions to climate change. Check out (and share) our video on Facebook to feel inspired.

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More information:

1. Mother Jones: "For the First Time Since 2010, People Who Accept Climate Change Control the House Science Committee."
2. USA Today: "These are the historic firsts for women, minority and LGBTQ candidates in 2018"  
3. The Hill: "Climate progressives and initiatives fighting Big Oil won big in midterms," by 350 Action Executive Director May Boeve

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