Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we’re covering the top issue for voters across the country: cost of living and rising energy costs.

Across the country, voters turned out to elect state and local leaders who will make enormous decisions to protect our environment and democracy. Our state affiliates invested all year to make sure environmental champions won these races.

Voters nationwide overwhelmingly elected candidates who ran on lower bills and cleaner energy. Here’s what you need to know about the winning candidates in key races in New Jersey, Virginia and Georgia, and how their policies will benefit you and your energy bills.

States across the country are fighting to defend a free and fair democracy. LCV and our state partners in the Conservation Voter Movement have worked to secure legal protections for voters, lessen the damage of Trump’s Project 2025 agenda, and slow the creep of authoritarianism into state legislatures around the country. Here are the most important initiatives each state in the CVM has won this year.

Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we’re covering attacks on clean energy development from the Trump administration and efforts to raise awareness of the harms of Trump’s Big Ugly Bill.