Hill Heat

Today, November 9, at 11 a.m. ET/9:00 a.m. MT, U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, will host a press conference urging their Senate colleagues to pass the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA). The Senate is slated to vote on the legislation Monday evening.

The senators will cite studies from industry groups Rhodium, Solar Energy Industries Association, and Grid Strategies, none of which are studies of the final bill text, which was released Saturday.

The senators will not cite Kevin Kircher’s independent analysis.

Oil Change International has published a critique of the Rhodium analysis.

Rhodium isn’t looking at what BAAJA will do for fossil-fuel exports. And their assumptions, including good-faith implementation by the Trump regime, essentially force the outcome of their models. Rhodium’s public modeling, as opposed to the modeling they do for industry clients, which include data center developers and the LNG industry, have been notoriously wrong about fossil-fuel growth.

11/09/2026 at 11:00AM

Join us for an urgent protest to send a message to Senator Schumer and Representative Jeffries: Stop the Dirty Data Center Deal!

Congress is poised to consider legislation that would drive a massive buildout of hyperscale AI data centers and the fossil fuel infrastructure to power them.

The “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026” rolls back key environmental laws, all but ensuring ensuring that data center and infrastructure projects are approved regardless of community opposition.

Schumer and Jeffries must block this cynical industry-backed effort to force data centers on America.

We’ll start outside of Schumer’s apartment building at 9:00 a.m., after which we’ll walk to Jeffries’ office at 55 Hanson Place arriving at 10:00 a.m.

Event sponsors: New York Communities for Change, Food & Water Watch, Climate Defenders, 350Brooklyn, Indivisible Brooklyn, Climate Families NYC (list in formation)

11/06/2026 at 09:00AM

Post-election, Food & Water Watch is prepared to act. Whether it’s passing policies at the local and state levels or pushing for federal legislation together, we will continue to organize to protect our communities and our planet.

Join us as we break down what the election results mean for food, water, and climate policy, lay out our plans for the future, and share how YOU can impact the fight for a livable future for all.

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11/05/2026 at 07:00PM

Join the America the Beautiful For All coalition for a briefing and action session on the Senate industrial expediting bill (S. 5653) and the lame duck Congress.

Hear policy experts from across the coalition share what this bill would do, including what it would change for Tribal consultation, the Clean Water Act, endangered species, public lands, and our ocean. You’ll leave with insights on how we can make our collective action count in the weeks ahead.

Speakers:

• Basia Marcks, PhD, Ocean Defense Initiative: Ocean and marine protection impacts
• Charlie Thayer, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI): National Historic Preservation Act impacts
• Daniel Cordalis, Native American Rights Fund (NARF): Tribal water protections and additional NHPA impacts
• Dan Hartinger, The Wilderness Society: Public lands impacts
• Jewel Tomasula, PhD, Endangered Species Coalition: Endangered Species Act impacts
• Kristine Oblock, Clean Water for All: Clean Water Act impacts

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11/05/2026 at 04:00PM

We all deserve clean water and a say in what happens in our own backyards. But Congress is fast-tracking a new bill that would severely weaken fundamental environmental laws including the Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Join us for a community call-in action webinar to learn how the so-called “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act” threatens our communities and how we can rally together to stop this devastating proposal.

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11/05/2026 at 01:00PM

Protect History: Stop the Arch

Testify Against The Arch! Outdoor (near Memorial Circle) and Indoor (location TBD) or Virtually from your own home

Join us for the Final NCPC (National Capital Planning Commission) Vote on November 5. This will be a virtual event but we want to hold our own event and folks can testify virtually at the NCPC meeting but in person at a location we choose. You can testify virtually from your home, or join us in community at an indoor location (TBD), as well as an outdoor spot near Memorial Circle.

November 5, Opportunity for Testimony Against the Arch at an NCPC Meeting: The Nov 5 NCPC agenda has been confirmed, and the meeting will be held virtually due to the anticipated large volume of speakers.

If you want to speak, you must click the REGISTER TO SPEAK AT A MEETING link. Individuals are allotted a 3-minute speaking time. You do not have to submit a comment or attach a pdf file. The meeting starts at 1, but the first speaker likely won’t be until close to 1:30 or 2, and last speaker could be quite late, depending on how many are signed up.

This is your opportunity to let the Commissioners know how The People feel about this Arch.

We will be set up for those who are registered to speak at a location TBD or you can speak anywhere virtually.

Third Act DMV hopes to filibuster this meeting! So we need 100+ people to sign up for a 3-minute speaking window. You will be delivering your remarks virtually.

About: Third Act DMV has been battling against the vainglorious Arch with rallies, pickets, vigils, comment letters, and testimony. Now we are asking Third Actors across the land to join the fight. And we are sounding the alarm against a threat far wider than one grotesque attempt to Trumpify Arlington National Cemetery.

At the last two meetings where we had lots of speakers, it was clear that the Commissioners are not listening to us, but we need to be heard.

Either way, we need your help to get our Stop the Arch message across to the NCPC.

Please check out our regularly updated Cheat Sheet for trainings, vigil times, and any rapid response that we will be needing.

11/05/2026 at 12:00PM

To discuss what the election means for AI, the tech lobby, data centers and beyond in greater detail, Brian Merchant, Blood in the Machine, will be joined by Molly White of Citation Needed and Tech Influence Watch, Dave Karpf, a professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, (and author of the forthcoming book Vaporware, Inc), and Sophie Song, a Data Center Policy Fellow at the AI Now Institute. We’ll have a roundtable chat about what did and didn’t go down during this historic election, and what we should be looking out for moving forward.

Speakers:

• Molly White, Citation Needed and Tech Influence Watch
• Dave Karpf, a professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University
• Sophie Song, a Data Center Policy Fellow at the AI Now Institute

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11/05/2026 at 10:00AM

2026 is looking to be a HUGE election for the climate movement. Join us to debrief the results with us the night after Election Day!

You’ve probably heard about the race to flip the Senate. But this November 3rd, voters will also decide some of the most critical down ballot elections on climate, data center regulation, and affordability.

Lead Locally will bringing together our supporters, partners, and volunteers on Nov 4th, the day after the election, to debrief:

-Did Democrats flip state legislatures in states like Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin and what does this mean for their work to lower bills by transitioning to clean energy?

-Did pro-climate Democrats win seats or majorities on statewide utility boards in Arizona and Georgia?

-How did climate ballot initiatives fare in Oregon and Colorado?

-What can we learn from these results as we head into elections in 2027 and 2028?

Lead Locally worked with partners in several of these states to call hundreds of thousands of voters, knock thousands of doors, and raise critical funds for these down ballot champs. After a year of organizing, we’re excited to come together to celebrate wins and learn from results.

Hope to see you there!

11/04/2026 at 07:00PM

On November 4th, one of the mostly hotly contested, highly anticipated elections in modern history will have just concluded. We’re thrilled to announce that Gov. Jay Inslee will join Climate Cabinet’s post-election webinar to help explain what it all means.

Join Climate Cabinet and the former Governor for a day-after briefing to find out what just happened, and how to make sense of the new political reality.

11/04/2026 at 12:00PM

The United States will hold its next general elections on November 3, 2026. The elections are an opportunity for Democrats to break the Republican control of all branches of the government and halt the spree of environmental rollbacks. If Republicans maintain power, it will cement support for the Trump administration’s agenda for two more years.

In addition, 36 states will also choose their next governor, with major implications for state-level energy, climate regulation, and utility governance. Closely watched races include: California, Florida, Georgia, Arizona and Michigan

This press briefing will explore:

• The results in the context of climate and geopolitics.
• How the political landscape across Congress and the states may change over the next two years.
• Potential legislative priorities for the next session that could impact affordability, accountability, and climate action efforts – and implications for the rest of the world.

SPEAKERS:

• Jay Inslee, Former Governor of Washington State
• Gretchen Goldman, President, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.)
• Erin Sikorsky, Director, The Center for Climate and Security

For press.

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Transcript of Casten’s remarks:

CASTEN: I think it's important to withhold any judgment about what is in that bill until we see the manager's amendment. There were some pretty significant structural problems with the first version that came out. The 1401 and 1402 provisions gave way too much power and discretion to the White House and would've essentially made this a gift to gas, not obviously beneficial to renewables. The transmission provisions are good but need to be fixed. There's a lot of concern coming from a lot of tribal communities about the ways that some of those are structured. There are quite a few of us on the House side who are in close, fairly detailed communications with our Senate partners to see if we can get to something that would fix that. If we can get to something that fixes that in the lame duck, that we feel like that is something that works, that we feel good about, that clears the deck, then I think, okay, great, that's less to do when we go forward.

I don’t know that we’re there yet, and I think it’s important to be very careful about anybody who is suggesting that this bill has a net positive or net negative impact because modeling changes in the law that depend on a White House that is willfully violating the law every day to implement, it simply isn’t possible.

So I think if it passes, I think we adjust our agenda for the next term accordingly based on what’s in there. And if there are problems in there, we have to deal with that. But I think it’s premature until we see the manager’s amendment to know whether that bill is something that can get through the Senate, much less the House and whether it’s a good bill.

11/04/2026 at 11:00AM