Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation.

Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation.

Trump spends millions bailing out coal plants leaving the rest of us to pay the bill.

This year, grassroots activists and the Conservation Voters Movement defended clean energy progress, led the nation forward on climate action, and fought to lower energy bills for families.

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.

Each month, LCV shares five stories about the impact of our work. This month, we’re focusing on the No Kings peaceful protests, holding congressional Republicans accountable for rising energy prices, state clean energy progress, celebrating 10 years of Chispa, and our innovative work with content creators on public lands.

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.

Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans' attacks on clean energy have raised utility bills for people nationwide. In response, state leaders are advancing clean energy to lower energy costs and pollution. Here are the most important state laws and actions so far this year, and how LCV and our state partners in the Conservation Voter Movement helped make them happen.