As the US Congress returns to Washington, DC today to vote to end the government shutdown, Climate Justice Alliance executive director, KD Chavez, issued the following statement: “As this intentional shutdown comes to a close, we must acknowledge that the continued harm on hard-working… 🧵

Our public lands are being weaponized to track, profile, and detain our neighbors. MAGA policies are turning parks into mass surveillance zones instead of places for joy, healing, and connection. Read more bit.ly/47Fiejz

This morning, reps from the frontlines of climate change in North America, Puerto Rico & Guam, joined with social movements from across Brazil and around the world in the Cúpula dos Povos (Peoples’ Summit) Boat Parade as the UN Climate Conference #COP30 continues.

Shout-out to CJA member Urban Tilth for their work building a hub for local food production, youth education, & climate resilience. 🌻💕🌱 With the federal cuts, it's more important than ever for #philanthropy to step up and support projects like this. richmondconfidential.org/2025/11/07/t...

CJA members in Belém for #COP30 attended the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) gathering, which brought together Indigenous leaders from around the world to share ancestral knowledge, discuss collective strategies, and strengthen cross-cultural alliances.

Read the Indigenous Principles of Just Transition: www.ienearth.org/justtransiti... November is Native American Heritage Month!

From Mississippi to Maryland, Black Communities Are Taking On Big Tech There are 1,200 data centers in the South, and $200 billion worth are on the horizon. Black community members are fighting a new wave of “extraction.” capitalbnews.org/data-centers...

These 17 principles remain just as vital now as they were when they were drafted back in 1991. 🌍✊🏽✊🏿✊🏻 The Principles of Environmental Justice Adopted at the 1st Nat’l People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit (Washington DC, 1991) Read them here: climatejusticealliance.org/ej-principles/

We joined @biologicaldiversity.org, @ips-dc.org and @cjaourpower.bsky.social in D.C. for a pipeline safety hearing ✊ Grateful to our allies and to @markey.senate.gov for defending protest rights and leading efforts to protect communities from dangerous CO2 pipelines.

Geoengineering is a Dangerous Distraction! Trying to address climate change without phasing out fossil fuels is like plugging one leak while the boat is flooding from every direction — you can’t win if the source of the damage stays untouched. Factsheet: climatejusticealliance.org/wp-content/u...

Western Alaska has been hit by hurricane-force winds, ravaging storm surges and floodwaters that swept homes away and displaced communities. Deeply inequitable systems amplify the impacts of the destruction on marginalized communities.

October 13, 2025 is Indigenous Peoples Day Indigenous Peoples have always been on the forefront of the fight for climate justice to protect the sacredness of Mother Earth from extraction.

#LongRead An investigation by POLITICO lifts the veil on how a “pilot” marine cloud brightening experiment in California abruptly shut down when local officials discovered it had been carried out without public notice. @foeus.bsky.social @foeint.bsky.social @ciel.org @cjaourpower.bsky.social

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and protect each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” - Assata Shakur Rest free ♥️🖤💚

Dwaign Tyndal of ACE, spoke at the #ClimateWeekNYC panel “Climate Justice in the Age of AI“ about the generational impact that the build-out of AI data centers and power plants is going to have on our communities. Learn more about AI and data centers: climatejusticealliance.org/ai

Nihi Indigenous Media is a Guåhan-based, Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building indigenous power in Guåhan, the Marianas, and across Micronesia – through storytelling that is based in community, relationships, restoration, and joy.

CJA members will be on the ground in so-called New York on Lenape land from Sept. 21-28 for #ClimateWeek. We are fighting the bad, building the new, reclaiming our breath, our lands and our future. Local NYC environmental justice & climate justice communities are leading with real climate solutions.

Beyond Greenwashing: Centering Justice and Real Climate Action ❤️🔥🌻 For a snapshot of some of the key events that Climate Justice Alliance member groups will be part of during Climate Week NYC, visit: climatejusticealliance.org/climateweek2...

The EPA this week proposed that the roughly 8,000 power plants, oil refineries, mills, and industrial facilities that for the past 15 years reported their greenhouse gas emissions …would no longer have to do so, calling the requirement “burdensome.” 🤯 atmos.earth/political-la...

#BuildAndFightResources One of the most accessible resources on People’s Assemblies that folks should study and use when and where applicable is the “Peoples Movement Assembly” guide produced by Project South.  projectsouth.org/global-movem...

🎉 Celebrate National Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month 🌻 As many celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth, we honor the voices, traditions, and leadership of Latinx communities who have long been stewards of the land and champions for environmental justice.

🚨 #NewResourceAlert 📢 HOME Alliance launches the Solar Geoengineering Toolkit! ☀️ Blocking the sun will not solve the climate crisis. 🧵 A thread ⬇️ #HandsOffMotherEarth @cjaourpower.bsky.social @solargeoeng.bsky.social @foeint.bsky.social @ciel.org @etcgroup.bsky.social @gcdcj.bsky.social

1/ 🚨#NewResourceAlert 📢 HOME Alliance launches the Marine Geoengineering Toolkit! 🌊 Marine geoengineering puts oceans, ecosystems & coastal communities at risk. 🧵 A thread ⬇️ @cjaourpower.bsky.social @ciel.org @foeint.bsky.social @etcgroup.bsky.social

Public money should build a safer, fairer, and more sustainable future – not fuel floods, fires, and heatwaves; build resilience, not deepen disasters; and bring justice to those least responsible for the climate crisis. 🌐 drawtheline.world #DrawTheLine #HandsOffMotherEarth @cjaourpower.bsky.social

Lelo was targeted because of his history as a farmworker organizer. He was a cofounder of Washington’s new union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and helped organize many of the campaigns by Community to Community, an advocate for agricultural workers. progressive.org/latest/why-l...

When the government takes away resources for disaster response, weather forecasting, and environmental protection during a climate crisis while increasing policing and ramping up oil and gas production — the message is control, not care. 🚔👮‍♂️

Trying to address climate change without phasing out fossil fuels is like plugging one leak while the boat is flooding from every direction — you can’t win if the source of the damage stays untouched. 🌊 Download our new fact sheet on Geoengineering here: climatejusticealliance.org/facts

Not only does the US government refuse to save lives and serve communities, it actively hampers efforts by others to do so.

20 years ago, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf South, making landfall near the Louisiana–Mississippi state line. It was one of the most powerful and devastating storms in U.S. history—claiming over 2,000 lives, and displacing 100s of thousands. 🧵

Trying to address climate change without phasing out fossil fuels is like plugging one leak while the boat is flooding from every direction — you can’t win if the source of the damage stays untouched. 🌊 Download our new fact sheet on Geoengineering here: climatejusticealliance.org/facts

When the government takes away resources for disaster response, weather forecasting, and environmental protection during a climate crisis while increasing policing and ramping up oil and gas production — the message is control, not care. 🚔👮‍♂️

"While a vast majority of countries supported measures such as cutting plastic production...progress was repeatedly blocked by a small bloc of oil-producing nations calling themselves the 'like-minded countries'." newsinfo.inquirer.net/2096266/plas... #INC5_2 #PlasticsTreaty #couragenotcompromise

Critically important study. Two big takeaways: 1. The push for carbon capture in the US has been driven by corporate money & influence. 2. Proponents justify CCS by invoking steel & cement industries, but the CCS push was led by fossil fuels & utilities. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NEW: Food prices are soaring, Trump's big, ugly bill is deeply unpopular, and the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein looms. Trump's baseless deployment of troops in D.C. is a dangerous gambit to pull your attention from all of that. IPS scholar @petercerto.bsky.social:

Yesterday, we stood with @tinakotek.bsky.social as she signed new energy bills into law, including the FAIR Energy Act, which will protect Oregonians from constant rate hikes. We thank her for helping to ease bills, especially for those who most bear the brunt of this tough economy. #EnergyJustice

Ride the Storm is a national call to action from the Gulf South climate justice frontlines — an invitation to walk, bike, kayak, run, or roll in solidarity with the communities forever changed by #HurricaneKatrina. www.taproot.earth/en/k20-impac...

Lelo was targeted because of his history as a farmworker organizer. He was a cofounder of Washington’s new union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, and helped organize many of the campaigns by Community to Community, an advocate for agricultural workers. progressive.org/latest/why-l...

Many of the Trump administration’s environmental justice grant cuts are, paradoxically, hurting white communities that overwhelmingly support him. news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-...

The Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1 and runs through November 30. Tropical Storm Erin is the 5th named storm of the season and the 2nd to form this month, following Tropical Storm Dexter, which fizzled out over the ocean in the first week of August.

Emergent City sheds light on power and process, illuminating systems and giving viewers a front-row seat to the public and private spaces where the city is shaped. The film explores the profound intersections of gentrification, climate crisis, and real estate development.

Our communities are under attack. The Trump Administration is slashing #Climate funding, stripping our rights, and using the military against those who speak out. Now is the time to act. Your donation powers solutions that save lives and shift power to frontline communities: buff.ly/EdzcC58

Catch the broadcast premiere of “Emergent City” on Monday, August 18 at 10PM on PBS (check local listings). #EmergentCityPBS #POVonPBS loom.ly/B28JX-g

The EPA has been formally renamed, so the name now aligns with the current mission.

Post 1/2: @ienearth.bsky.social Panganga Pungowiyi (Sivuqaq Yupik) is in Geneva at #INC5.2. The @jtalliance.bsky.social is honored to work with IEN at the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty negotiations & in many other spaces. Indigenous Principles of #JustTransition are indispensable. See next post for more!

Intentional destruction of data collection tools, so the evidence to rebut the US regime's anti-science propaganda won't exist any more. Contrary to liberal claims of this being a stupid move - it's not stupid, it's premeditated evil.

The International Court of Justice’s recent ruling—that states must protect people from the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change—is an important step forward. But such decisions only matter if governments act on them with urgency and accountability.

As more people endure climate-fueled floods, fires, and high heat, neighborhoods need relief now. Community-led solutions make sure that what's best for our people and our planet is at the center. Now is the moment to show how we are stronger when we act together. #SolidarityStrong

When the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its landmark decision that countries are obligated to curb emissions and protect the climate, Guam-based Chamoru production house Nihi Indigenous Media was on the ground at The Hague.

In the coming days, the Trump administration is expected to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's finding that pollutants from burning fossil fuels endanger people and can be regulated under the Clean Air Act. 😡 ➡️ CJA statement: climatejusticealliance.org/endangerment...

Housing Justice Is Climate Justice: Trump’s Executive Order Criminalizes the Unhoused and Ignores the Root Causes We unequivocally reject this cruel approach and affirm that housing justice and climate justice are inseparable. climatejusticealliance.org/housing-just... Artwork by Nina Yagual