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.

In this month's good climate news, we're celebrating state victories that put people over Big Polluters.

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 public lands and by the Trump administration and innovation in the states.

As the Trump administration cuts clean energy and climate programs, these states know rising electricity costs and climate disasters mean we need to increase clean energy and climate resources, not take them away.

This month, we’re celebrating states' efforts to lower energy costs by increasing renewable energy, holding utilities accountable, and more.

Each month, LCV shares five stories about the impact of our work. This month, we’re focusing on how we helped defeat the Trump/Musk agenda in Wisconsin, broaden voting access in New Mexico, and advance clean energy progress in two of the nation’s largest cities — all while investing in future climate leaders and representing the environmental movement at the D.C. Hands Off! rally.