John Cross

Climate and clean air campaigner. Huge geek. Kansan turned Washingtonian. Thoughts are my own. He/him.

[John Cross @JohnFCross]

#NoDAPL #NoKXL protest at the White House reacting to new exec orders: "we are not going away! Welcome to your fourth day!"

[Yes for Meck @YesforMeck]

Thank you Mecklenburg County for engaging in this important vote and for placing your trust in the vision of a stronger, more connected region. Now, we begin the work of building a transportation system that connects every corner of our community. Let’s go!

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander was just arrested by Trump’s ICE agents because he asked to see a judicial warrant.

This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice. Release him now.

[John Cross @JohnFCross]

This is a disgrace from Trump's @EPA. They intend for our families to suffer everything from brain-damaging mercury pollution to asthma-inducing smog because oil, gas and coal CEO's think they need wider profit margins.

[Liz Purchia @LizPurchia]

“Today marks the most disastrous day in EPA history. Rolling these rules back is not just a disgrace, it's a threat to all of us. The agency has fully abdicated its mission to protect Americans’ health and wellbeing," says former @EPA administrator @Gina_McCarthy.

[John Cross @JohnFCross]

The fight for a better, fairer, freer world is the work of a lifetime. Take care of yourselves and each other.

[John Cross @JohnFCross]

Never tell me the odds.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Harrison Ford: When dozens of former members of the Trump administration are sounding alarms saying ‘For God's sake, don't do this again,’ you have to pay attention. They're telling us something important. I've got one vote, same as anyone else, and I'm going to use it to move forward. I'm going to vote for Kamala Harris

[. @GregTSargent]

People keep saying Trump's rally was originally intended as his closing argument, but devolved into a hate rally instead.

But the rally we all saw IS his closing argument. He is running explicitly on much of what we witnessed on that stage.

New piece:
https://t.co/M6QBRVDuWv

[IBEW @IBEW]

Across America, #IBEW members on the ground are mobilizing for candidates who support unions. Candidates like @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz. Let your voice be heard.

[John Cross @JohnFCross]

Funny, I *also* flew home yesterday, in the opposite direction from the Twin Cities to DC. And I realized I could not only take light rail to MSP, but also stop on the way for 15 minutes of sunrise nature at Minnehaha Falls. Gotta love when cities plan for humans, not just cars.

[Emily Atkin @emorwee]

You may have seen that Chevron is sponsoring articles about Hurricane Helene.

But do you know why?

Because they're trying to convince people they're solving climate change BY DRILLING DEEPER INTO THE OCEAN FLOOR THAN EVER BEFORE

https://t.co/K8dHsCX6nc

[John Cross @JohnFCross]

This was a president who not only let big polluters run wild, but seems to have played political games with people's lives during actual climate disasters.

[Scott Waldman @scottpwaldman]

NEW: Two former Trump White House officials told me they had to show voter data to Trump to get him to release disaster funding to CA wildfire victims. He released it after learning that he had as many GOP supporters in Orange Co. as he did in Iowa. https://t.co/VU9fbGsOBl

[Sam Ricketts @SamTRicketts]

Clean Energy Investments Are Revitalizing Pennsylvania Communities, Trump Is Promising to Crush Them
(via @ClimatePower) https://t.co/UiflHIANus

[Ben LaBolt Archived @WHCommsDir46]

CBS Evening News segment on the Biden Harris administration’s efforts to fund clean electric school buses around the country, saving kids and communities from air pollution

[Climate Power @ClimatePower]

“Many other fundamental freedoms are at stake…the freedom to breathe clean air and drink clean water and live free from the pollution that fuels the climate crisis.” —@KamalaHarris is fighting for your freedom

[John Cross @JohnFCross]

“She will fight every day for all Americans to have access to clean air, clean water, and a healthy environment... Vice President Harris would kick ass against Trump.” -Gina McCarthy
https://t.co/1Ng9Q4IHWM

[John Cross @JohnFCross]

There has never been a starker contrast between two tickets on climate action. Trump/Vance are deep in the pockets of oil and gas CEOs, and Trump already tried to gut EPA. Biden/Harris led on the biggest climate and clean energy investments in history.
https://t.co/h4Yg9blQn9

[Evergreen Action @EvergreenAction]

COMING SOON: These are heavy times in America. The clean energy economy we’re building is taking shape, and it is a source of hope and light in that darkness.

Full film: July 17th

[. @GregTSargent]

One thing that's clear from the Biden/age story is this: NYT knows how to crusade when it wants to. And NYT is crusading against Biden's mental unfitness for office in a way it's just not doing with Trump.

On the pod, @whstancil and I break this all down:
https://t.co/BotKiIBMjS

[Matt McDermott @mattmfm]

Turns out it is possible for the press and pundits to push a coordinated effort to get a presidential candidate to drop out of the race. Who knew, given the silence after the Republican nominee for president was convicted of 34 felony counts.

[Adrienne LaFrance @AdrienneLaF]

“The debate was a travesty—because its whole premise was to treat a failed coup leader as a legitimate candidate for the presidency again.”

Must-read @davidfrum: https://t.co/48uf54wOuD