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49 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
Axios reports that private equity has become a rhetorical punching bag for many Democratic House and Senate candidates as many polls suggest Democrats could gain full control of Congress next week.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
WA SB 6076 streamlines consumer-owned utility procurement requirements for clean energy generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution projects; effective 6/11/2026.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Harriet's Wildest Dreams hosts 'Eat The Rich: A Workshop for Abolitionists' to build a national mass movement for racial, economic, social and environmental liberation.
Source: Mobilize public events (mobilize.us)
Inside Climate News reports midterm candidates talk mostly about high energy costs, not climate change, while advocates of climate action call the Nov. 3 elections a crucial moment for the movement.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
WV HB 4583, Victims of Communism Day, latest action on 2026-01-20: to House Education.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Grist reports a Trump EPA proposal would let oil and gas companies leak more methane, saving them billions and worsening global warming.
Source: Grist (grist.org)
H.R. 444, the End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2023, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2023-01-20.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 3612, the End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2025-05-23.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 1206, the End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2021, was referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on 2021-04-28.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
Bill 26-1639 authorizes a rescission of $15,325,000.00 from the Climate Protection Fund in 2026 to support capital projects that promote energy conservation, adaptation and resiliency.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (denver.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA SB 787, Energy: equitable clean energy supply chains and industrial policy in California: veto sustained on 2026-03-02.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
CA SB 10, a bill on climate change plans and gender impacts, was held in committee and under submission at its August 13 hearing.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Truthout reports a long-awaited climate change case finally goes to court in Canada, saying the outcome could prove persuasive in other climate litigation.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
Tammy Duckworth, Ron Wyden, Ed Markey, and Jeff Merkley are pressing Trump officials to begin restoring billions of dollars in clean energy grants before a key vote on the permitting bill.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
VT S 138, an act relating to commercial property-assessed clean energy projects, was read a first time and referred to the Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure on 2026-03-24.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Inside Climate News reports that Florida's gubernatorial race is a choice between new climate policy or the status quo: one candidate advocates renewing a climate change and clean energy strategy.
Source: Inside Climate News (insideclimatenews.org)
WI AB 862 on consideration of climate change in certain local plans and making an appropriation failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
PA HB 1964 would provide for a moratorium on the privatization of public water and wastewater systems and establish the Water Utility Reform Working Group; it was re-committed to Appropriations.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Puerto Rico bill PC 194 on climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience (Ley 33-2019) and Alianza contracts was referred to committee on 2025-01-16.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org)
Commission does not recommend PR RKS 7, for evaluation of the Plan de Mitigación, Adaptación y Resiliencia al Cambio Climático under Ley 33-2019.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators