Fossil fuels power our world, but the cost is too high. From poisoned water and degraded land to worsening climate chaos and health crises, every gallon and cubic foot comes at the expense of people and the planet. 1/

Rachel Carson reminds us that attention is an antidote. Wonder protects what violence would erase. #RachelCarson #ClimateJustice

The products we buy carry hidden environmental costs. Manufacturing and shipping release billions of tons of CO₂ each year. 1/

Turns out letting polluters guess their own emissions means the air is way dirtier than they claimed — shocking, I know. Maybe it’s time the EPA stopped taking the industry’s word for it.

Sea levels are rising faster than ever — and the consequences are real. 1/

Bees are dying faster than ever. In 2025 alone, 62 % of U.S. commercial honeybee colonies vanished.

Wangari Maathai’s hummingbird isn’t about heroism — it’s about responsibility. We don’t get to look away just because the problems are big. Do what you can. It still matters. #Hummingbird #ClimateCrisis #WangariMaathai

The Truth About Data Centers 1/2

Turns out one of the ocean’s deadliest predators is plastic—and we’re the ones feeding it. From discarded packaging to microplastics in everyday products, human waste is infiltrating marine ecosystems, choking wildlife, and disrupting the delicate balance of our oceans.

Activism starts when abundance meets injustice. Karen Washington reminds us that in a country overflowing with food, hunger persists—and it's up to us to change that.

Just released: a new report shows that 36 fossil fuel giants are responsible for half of the world’s CO₂ emissions. Thirty-six. While communities are fighting to survive floods, fires, and record heat, a handful of corporations are driving the crisis and cashing the checks.

One third of the world’s food is lost or thrown away every year, driving climate change, wasting resources, and leaving millions hungry. 1/

Alessandra Korap Munduruku reminds us that the fight for climate justice is a fight for our shared future. The call is clear: real progress means protecting forests, rivers, and the communities who defend them. There is no Planet B — and no time to waste.

Cuando ocurre un desastre, todos merecen seguridad, no vigilancia. 1/

Protect yourself and your community. After a disaster, FEMA sites are not protected spaces — and information you share there can be passed along to ICE, putting survivors at further risk at the very moment they’re seeking help. 1/2

Angela Davis reminds us that the fight for justice begins with the earth itself. Every struggle—against racism, poverty, and oppression—is bound to the struggle for a livable planet. 🌍✊🏾 #ClimateJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #SocialJustice #AngelaDavis

Double, double, oil and trouble, fires burn and oceans bubble. We wrote the spell—now it’s time to break it.

#TodayinHistory: On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast. With 254 lives lost across the Caribbean and U.S., the storm reshaped disaster planning, exposed infrastructure vulnerabilities, and sparked urgent talks on climate resilience.

PFAS contamination threatens people and ecosystems nationwide. #PFAS #ForeverChemicals #ProtectCommunities 1/

Chico Mendes reminds us that what begins as a fight for the Earth becomes a fight for every one of us. #ChicoMendes #EnvironmentalJustice #ProtectTheAmazon

Last week, the A2 team held an in-person staff retreat. We trained with Wade Rathke of ACORN International, met with Amy Stelly of the Claiborne Avenue Alliance, visited Sankofa Wetlands Park, and toured Cancer Alley with Tish Taylor of Concerned Citizens of St. John. 1/

Essayist, farmer, and poet Wendell Berry reminds us: the health of our neighbors — and the land itself — is bound up in our own. #WendellBerry #EnvironmentalJustice

Pe’ Sla—a sacred site known to the Lakota as the heart of everything that is—faces a new threat from a proposed graphite mine. Indigenous leaders and groups like the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance are mobilizing to protect the land and its waterways. Read here: tinyurl.com/yeyr6…

#TodayinHistory 🔥 On Oct. 8, 1871, the Peshtigo Fire tore through NE Wisconsin, burning 1.2M+ acres and 17 towns. Up to 2,500 lives were lost—still the deadliest wildfire in U.S. history. Few remember it, but survivor stories and memorials keep its lessons alive.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu reminded us decades ago: ignorance is no longer an excuse. Every flood, fire, and drought tells the same story—our planet is in crisis. The question isn’t if we act. It’s when. #DesmondTutu #EnvironmentalJustice #ClimateActionNow

🔥 Greta Thunberg reminds us: hope without action isn’t enough. The house is on fire — it’s time to act like it. #ClimateCrisis #ActNow

The U.S. government shutdown isn’t just a political crisis—it’s an environmental one. With hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed, critical agencies are grinding to a halt. Research has been paused, national parks are understaffed, and enforcement against pollution is stalled. 1/

Knowledge without action isn't intelligence. It's destruction.

#TodayinHistory On 9/27/62, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring. Her groundbreaking work exposed the dangers of pesticides like DDT, protecting wildlife and human health. The book inspired major reforms and the creation of the EPA, and helped launch the modern environmental movement.

🤖 AI feels futuristic, but its power source is stuck in the past — data centers are driving up electricity demand, and utilities are turning to fossil fuels to keep pace. Without major clean energy investment, AI’s boom could lock us into a dirtier grid.

PFAS, often called ‘forever chemicals’, are toxic, persistent, and dangerous. They’ve been linked to cancer, thyroid disease, and weakened immune systems — and now, a new map shows how deeply they’ve contaminated U.S. drinking water. 💧 This is a public health crisis.

🌊 The world’s wetlands are disappearing—and with them, life as we know it. Over the past 50 years, humans have destroyed more than one-fifth of these vital ecosystems, draining marshes, polluting rivers, and paving over fragile landscapes. 1/

Jess Friss with Three Rivers Waterkeeper takes us to Tar Beach in Pittsburgh, where a century-old refinery disaster still seeps oil into the land and rivers. 1/

#TodayinHistory on September 10, 2017, Hurricane Irma struck the Florida Keys as a Category 4 storm after a destructive two-week path across the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic, and Cuba. 1/

🌍✨ International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies Air pollution kills 7–8 million people every year, cuts 2.2 years off global life expectancy, and costs $6T annually—yet only 1% of development aid tackles it. 🚨 9 out of 10 people breathe polluted air daily. 99% of us live above WHO guidelines. 1/

Everyone’s obsessing over the engagement. Meanwhile, the planet is sending its own urgent headlines. #ClimateCrisis #TaylorSwift #ActOnClimate

#TodayinHistory Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, making landfall twice in Louisiana as a Category 5 storm and unleashing devastation across Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. 1/

#TodayinHistory Edwin Drake drilled the first commercial oil well in Titusville, Pennsylvania—marking the start of the modern petroleum industry. Within five years, the town’s population exploded from 250 to over 10,000 as boomtowns sprang up and the oil rush began. 1/

#TodayinHistory Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas with Category 4 fury. It dumped 40 inches of rain in just four days, unleashing catastrophic floods, killing over 100 people, and displacing 30,000 more. 1/

Farmworkers feed the nation, but millions can’t afford to feed their own families. Low wages, rising food prices, and climate disasters make hunger a daily reality. Food justice starts with farmworker justice.

🚨 Black Hills Under Threat 🚨 A modern gold rush could bring open-pit mines to South Dakota’s sacred Black Hills. Mining companies have staked claims on 271,000 acres—nearly 20% of the region. 1/

Factory farms aren’t just bad for animals—they’re polluting our air and making people sick. 1/

🚨 Hurricane Erin is a warning we can’t ignore. 🚨 Even without making landfall, Erin is already flooding NC’s Outer Banks, forcing evacuations, and sending 20-foot waves and dangerous rip currents all the way up the East Coast. 1/

#TodayinHistory 38 Native youth completed a 2,000-mile run from Standing Rock to D.C. to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. Organized by ReZpect Our Water, the run was a bold stand for clean water, Native sovereignty, and future generations. 1/

Our latest newsletter takes you to the shores of American Samoa, where young leaders are stepping up to face the rising seas and environmental threats head-on. 1/

Our latest newsletter takes you to the shores of American Samoa, where young leaders are stepping up to face the rising seas and environmental threats head-on. 1/

Our latest newsletter takes you to the shores of American Samoa, where young leaders are stepping up to face the rising seas and environmental threats head-on. 1/

Frontline communities drive climate action. A new report confirms what we’ve seen firsthand: grassroots leaders—often those most impacted by environmental injustice—are delivering powerful climate victories by stopping destructive fossil fuel projects and advancing clean energy solutions. 1/

From the front lines of climate disasters to the halls of power, our members are fighting for environmental justice every day. Don’t just watch from one platform. Join us everywhere we tell the story (links in thread) 1/

🚨 New Video: Protect Our Common Home 🚨 In De Soto, Missouri, repeated severe flooding has upended lives and livelihoods. 1/