We were so honored to receive a Conservation Partner Award at Sierra Club Maine's Annual Celebration yesterday. Thank you for the honor and for all you do to protect Maine's environment! @sierraclubmaine.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Tell me how ICE is different from the Gestapo?

Sec. Wright can get a copy of our report here: tinyurl.com/DOE-comment

this is sooooooo f'ing sweet. every time Sec. Chris Wright lies about the DOE Climate Working Group report, reporters cite our response.

One of our leading water and climate scientists—National Academy of Sciences member Peter Gleick—is out here doing what all of scientists and public intellectuals are called to do: stand up for our common humanity, explicate and condemn profound injustices. Thank you for your voice here.

As Trump + the GOP shut down the gov't to avoid funding healthcare for working families, a reminder of what they ARE willing to fund: 💸$35B in annual handouts to fossil fuel companies 💸$625M in new giveaways to coal Trump puts his fossil fuel donors' profits before working people. bit.ly/46KLV0O

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Hmm. With solar energy, the big explosions take place 93 million miles away

A documentary exploring the promise and urgency of solar power in a time of climate crisis.Featuring interviews with leaders like Senator Bernie Sanders, climate activist Bill McKibben, the film reveals both the obstacles and the growing momentum for clean energy.

We need widespread deployment of sun and wind to limit the climate crisis But it could limit the oligarch crisis too

Just noting that this reporting is from the correspondent for that radical rag...The Economist

Thank you to our YIMBYtown keynote speaker, @billmckibben.bsky.social, Founder of Third Act, environmental activist, and author, for an incredible presentation on the connection between affordable housing and affordable, sustainable energy!

It’s effin hot. It’s also October. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@thirdactmaine.bsky.social - #SunDay can be everyday - when you switch to #solarpower! Third Act #eldersrising for #climate & #democracy. #NoTimeToWasteTime

We were so honored to receive a Conservation Partner Award at Sierra Club Maine's Annual Celebration yesterday. Thank you for the honor and for all you do to protect Maine's environment! @sierraclubmaine.bsky.social @thirdactorg.bsky.social

Remember these two handy - and terrifying — facts from @climatedad.bsky.social

Antifa in the streets of Portland.

Fun true fact: the yield of chardonnay grapes goes up 60% when grown in a field with solar panels. Chardonnay--helping solar, hurting coal. It's working hard, man!

Post-Sun Day (sunday.earth), seems appropriate to read how it came to be: compact, fascinating history of solar power, w/ many lessons learned--or not. From 2+ yrs ago, so a bit dated, esp. about China; but basic story remains amazing and transformative implications hopeful.

OK billionaires, here's your chance to put your filthy money where your filthy mouth is! Rush to invest in... coal? LOL

Congratulations, @billmckibben.bsky.social!

Check out the videos we made at the Whittier Sun Day / National Drive Electric Month event we co-sponsored recently! (We interviewed a number of presenters on how much they love their EVs, and ways to support Prop 50, climate bills, etc.) www.youtube.com/@ThirdActSou... #thirdactsocal #Sunday

Make Solar Ubiquitous. Sign the Petition Today! We just broke social media norms by using a big word in our headline. Now let's break bureaucratic norms. Tell your local leaders you want solar . . . er . . . everywhere. Sign the petition today: qrco.de/sun-day-petition #SolarEnergy

The politics of solar energy describes in 2 minutes: Pass it around...

Check out this Sun Day Library Toolkit from @third-act-michigan.bsky.social! thirdact.org/michigan/202...

As Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening, we wish our Jewish friends an easy and meaningful fast.

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance However, they are weaker than they look…

Gus Speth, one of America's greatest environmental heroes (founder NRDC, head of the UN Dev Program, Jimmy Carter's chair of the Council on Enviro Quality), out for Sun Day on the bridge across the Connecticut River at Hanover NH

Last Saturday's Sun Day Wool Relay stop in Keene makes the news! On to Watts & Wheels tomorrow at The Wild Center in Tupper Lake--and more about Sun Day Wool!

And a proclamation!

The power of clean energy hit the news across the U.S. last weekend as 500 events kicked off to celebrate Sun Day 🗞☀️ Thank you to local organizers for sharing the story of Sun Day and showing the HUGE support for solar and wind that continues to grow despite the challenges we face.

The story of the Sun Day Wool Relay! This video combines Dr. Michele Glennon's talk on the history of Sun Day Wool with relay photos & other images we haven't posted. The Sun Day Wool tapestry returns to the Adirondacks tomorrow for Watts & Wheels in Tupper Lake. Video & photos: L. Evans, TA UNY

🌿 Help make a difference by joining Third Act! 👀 We’re seeking a Campaigns Director to join our growing team here at Third Act. This role sits at the intersection of policy, organizing, and communications. 📅 Applications due October 10. 🔗 Learn more at thirdact.org/campaigns-director

Sun Day 2025 was INCREDIBLE! 🌞 Hundreds of communities across the U.S. showed that the clean energy movement is powerful and ready to do so much more. Sign up for this recap and look forward to the future of solar energy, next Tuesday at 5 pm PT, by going to: bit.ly/3Kjr3Go #SunDayOfAction #SunDay

Trump just basically directed the military to shoot some Portlanders. Stay safe friends.

“The memo is based on a reversal of reality […] The founders warned us of this […We] have a role to clearly describe what is going on […] This has been done before. It can be stopped.” @timothysnyder.bsky.social Have a listen and pass it on please! #NoKings snyder.substack.com/p/trumps-ter...

Minor quibble with the framing: diversity of approaches makes sense because none of us know what will work. That's why we created Actions Lab! Sign up to join us here: thirdact.org/actions-lab/

"McKibben was among the first to argue that if we take science seriously, then journalists can’t take a 'tell both sides' approach to climate coverage. Physics, after all, does not compromise."

Referring to clean energy technologies: “We're not acting enough in this country,” said George Lorefice with Climate Change Awareness and Action (CCAA). “Our federal administration is not promoting it, as a matter of fact, they're knocking it down.”

Want to know what's next for Sun Day? 🌞 Hundreds of communities showed that the clean energy movement is powerful and ready to do more. Join our call on 9/30 at 8pm ET to learn how we can make solar, wind, and batteries accessible for everyone. ➡️ Register at bit.ly/3Kjr3Go

Working to rid Congress of Susan Collins.

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We're relaunching the National Make Polluters Pay campaign — and we need you with us. 🔥

“We can now point to specific heatwaves and say, ‘Saudi Aramco did this. ExxonMobil did this.’ When their emissions alone are triggering heatwaves...we’re talking about real people who died, real crops that failed, and real communities that suffered.”

"We're talking about real people who died, real crops that failed, and real communities that suffered, all because of decisions made in corporate boardrooms," one campaigner said after a new study tied fossil fuel giants' pollution to deadly heatwaves. www.commondreams.org/news/heatwav...

“We can finally put a name and a number on who’s responsible for these disasters. The bill is coming due, and it’s time these polluters pay for the damage they’ve done."

Carbon emissions from oil giants directly linked to dozens of deadly heatwaves for first time Time to #MakePollutersPay! #ClimateLitigation #ClimateCrisis

“Billionaires caused the climate chaos, spearheaded the rise of authoritarianism and they continue to profit from our suffering,” @climatedefenders.bsky.social organizer said. “But they forgot one thing: there are more of us than there are of them.”

Mainers gathered to celebrate Sun Day in Farmington, Portland and Waterville this past weekend, to celebrate the power of clean energy and our vision of a future for our children and grandchildren where clean energy comes from the heavens thirdact.org/maine/2025/0...