Perhaps you’ve been reading the news? It gets clearer everyday: Our country needs new leadership. 

And that is nowhere more apparent than in our country’s response to the climate crisis. The Trump administration has taken a sledgehammer to the federal government’s climate action – rescinding funds from the largest climate legislation in US history, laying off workers in the EPA, and fighting in court to change the government’s very ability to tackle carbon emissions. It is more obvious than ever that will need to rely on climate action outside of the White House.

That’s where local climate candidates come in. Every city and state has a role to play in the transition to a livable future. This fall, we will elect leaders who are committed to fighting for our lives.

2025 is a critical opportunity to continue momentum towards a fossil free future by supporting local electeds who resist Trump’s attacks. Money plays a big role in local elections. Our endorsed climate champions need your help to win: donate today to blanket the country in climate leaders.

We’re looking at….

• The nearly 100 cities holding mayoral and city council elections this year to help decide how large metro regions will transition buildings and transit to renewable energy, build out affordable public transit, demand more of their utilities in their transition to clean energy, and so much more. 
• State regulators who oversee our energy utilities, like the Georgia Public Service Commission which will decide the future of clean energy and rate hikes in a purple state that not only needs regulators who can enforce the climate transition, but where investment can help decide future upballot races like the Senate in coming years! 
• Virginia, the first purple state to hold elections during Trump’s second term. Races in Virginia will provide an opportunity to flip a climate-undermining Republican gubernatorial seat and elect a Democratic trifecta in the state legislature to pass critical climate legislation that could regulate the state’s dirty utility Dominion. 

Donate today to elect our 2025 slate of climate champions!

Louisiana

• New Orleans: New Orleans sits in one of the few fossil fuel producing states in the country and reaps the consequences of the climate crisis, getting hit hard by hurricanes and rising sea levels.With its mayoral and city council elections this fall, residents have an opportunity to elect leaders who will prioritize clean energy and resilient infrastructure. 
  
  The city manages its own municipal subsidiary of its state utility, and has the authority to enforce a stronger transition to clean energy. Instead, many incumbent councillors have allowed that utility to sell much of its infrastructure to private equity firms, ensuring a longer reliance on natural gas. On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, it’s time to elect a new Council that will fight for the city’s future and residents’ safety by prioritizing clean energy and resiliency. We’re backing: 
  • Gregory Manning for New Orleans City Council At Large Division 2: Reverend Manning is a well known environmental justice advocate in New Orleans who helped found the Greater New Orleans Interfaith Climate Coalition.
    
    He believes in the essential duty to act as stewards of the environment and, to that end, was a critical organizer for two of the city’s largest efforts towards environmental justice:
    1) The city’s ambitious timeline to transition its utility to renewable energy
    2) Federal funding for the Community Lighthouse Project, a network of resiliency hubs across the city that provide energy and cooling during intense storms
    
    Pastor Manning knows that New Orleans is at the forefront of the climate crisis.He will demand the electrical utility stay on track with its transition goals, which the outgoing Council and his opponent has neglected to do.
  • Matthew Willard for New Orleans City Council At Large Div 1: Mathew Willard is a state representative and elected Chair of the House Democratic Caucus, where he advocates for clean energy. As a City Councilor, Willard will hold the city’s electric utility accountable to the needs of New Orleans residents, accelerate the city’s transition to clean energy, and ensure historically marginalized communities are not left to face extreme weather alone.

Arizona

• Miranda Schubert for Tuscon City Council Ward 6: Schubert is the founder of Tuscon For Everyone, a city housing and transit advocacy group. She is running to bring her advocacy to the Council where she’ll work to expand free and low cost public transportation in the city. She knows that electric utilities should serve ratepayers, not corporate interests, which is why she’s a strong supporter of public power options and committed to blocking expensive and reckless expansion of data centers.