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Hey John,

A lot has happened in the U.S. over the last few months, so it seemed
useful to do a report that includes the good, the bad and the ugly.

I'm sure you're worried about recent Supreme Court rulings, the
presidential debate, and of course, the unavoidable signals that this will
be the hottest and most destructive summer yet for our planet. I'll be
honest — I'm worried too. But I'm not giving up hope.

In a moment I'll explain why, but first, I want to hear from you how you
think things are going: [ [link removed] ]Can you take 30 seconds to give the Biden
campaign a grade from A to F? Our team is trying to gauge how supporters
and activists are feeling at the moment.

Okay, so here's my take on this month in U.S. politics:

First of all, the bad: one of the more progressive members of Congress,
Jamaal Bowman, lost his race in the Democratic primary to a challenger who
had $20 million in funding from a pro-Bibi Netanyahu group that took issue
with Bowman’s stance on the Gaza conflict. Bowman was also an early
sponsor of the Green New Deal for Schools.

Another climate champion, Cori Bush, has her Democratic party primary in
August with a similar amount of money being spent against her; she is
running neck and neck in the polls.

Also, I’m sure many of you saw or heard about President Biden’s stilting
and surprising debate performance, sending some into doubt about his
fitness to convince voters over the next few months why he is the best
backstop to protect our democracy.

Now, the ugly: the Supreme Court made yet another of four decisions over
the last two years that have stopped federal agencies, especially, the
Environmental Protection Agency, from regulating not just emissions, but
really any kind of climate regulation.

The decisions are more significant than just climate, as they have the
ability to discard almost all regulation by federal agencies. Previously,
when a law was passed, the administrative agencies could create
regulations based on the law. According to the new court decision, it’s
possible that all regulations not specifically listed in legislation could
be thrown out.

The federal courts added insult to injury by ruling that the Biden-Harris
administration needs to continue to issue gas export permits. Our climate
movement successfully pressured Biden to put these permits on pause to
study the climate impacts they have. And now, because of Trump-appointed
judges, our climate movement wins are being struck down.

And most recently, the Supreme Court ruled also that Donald Trump, or any
president, is largely immune from prosecution for actions they took as
President.

Overall, it’s a pretty bleak situation, but I refuse to lose hope because
there are some bright spots. Here’s the good:

Over the next few months, 350 Action will be working hard to do its part
to try to protect Rep. Bush’s seat. 350 Action will also be doing work for
the November election as well, with its biggest investment in the key
swing state of Wisconsin to help flip the House and keep the state blue
for the presidential election. 350 Action will be helping its supporters
travel to work in key states, as well as make lots of phone calls to
remind voters to continue to support our climate and justice champions.

Our allies across the climate movement are running Summer of Heat actions
in New York City to highlight the stifling temperatures and to demand
banks, agencies, and institutions to divest from fossil fuels. All kinds
of groups, from youth to elders, from the Gulf to Appalachia, have been
participating and really upping the pressure.

The Biden-Harris administration is seeing the weather forecasts, just like
us, and paying attention to our allies’ activism and responding! They just
recently announced a new $1B in investment to make communities more
resilient to climate change and the hazards that are more prevalent and
severe with it, like heat and hurricanes.

We are, also, working with folks from the Ugandan diaspora and many other
organizations to bring activists in from local groups during the week of
July 22nd as part of an EACOP and fossil fuel frontline fighters week of
action to further put pressure on banks who’ve been profiting off the
climate crisis.

There is a lot of hard stuff happening in the middle of a consequential
election season that will ultimately decide who gets to appoint more
Supreme Court justices. But no matter the setbacks, we will continue to
organize and fight in solidarity with those around the globe going through
difficult political and climate-related situations, too.

I hope this update proves a bit hopeful during these difficult times.
There’s so much more good happening and you’ll hear more about it from the
team.

Jeff Ordower
North America Director
350 Action

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