Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and the organization she is the chair of, Climate Mayors, is pushing back against Musk/Trump/Vance’s efforts to cut off funding for FEMA operations and the program designed to aid low-income families in getting monies to pay for their summer air conditioning. On the drive to cut off FEMA funding to National … Read more
While most MAGA Republicans in Washington D.C., and across the 50 states are sponsoring legislation and Executive Orders designed to pull the nation backward and pull people down, Democrats and Progressive Activists have been advancing proposals that would move the country forward and lift people up. Yesterday (April 8, 2025), Arizona Senators Mark Kelly and … Read more
When the Man Who Bankrupted a Casino delivered remarks about imposing a new series of global and reciprocal tariffs on the United States’ trading partners, he commented that this country was much richer in the time before progressive taxation was introduced in 1913. Of course, Donald Trump feels that way. His whole MAGA-Project 2025 program … Read more
by Carolyn Classen, blogger The Future of Sustainability 2025 “Shape a sustainable 2025 this Earth Day! We’re hosting a future of sustainability event to discuss real, actionable solutions. Join the conversation and make your voice heard by the leaders who can make a difference Agenda at a Glance Opening RemarksCity of Phoenix Honorable Mayor Kate Gallego Data Centers … Read more
The new motto for the Environmental Protection Agency (E.P.A.,) according to NBC, Dan Rather, and others is to “Make Polluting Great and Legal Again.” Over the last 48 hours, the Trump/Musk/Vance Central Committee, through executive orders and the direction of E.P.A. Director Lee Zeldin, environmental protections have been shoved away, clean energy and anti-pollution grants … Read more