Climate science, policy, politics, and action
Business meeting to consider the nomination of Douglas Weaver, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a full five-year term beginning July 1, 2026, and expiring June 30, 2031.
Weaver was confirmed to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by the Senate on December 17, 2025, by a 71–29 vote and sworn in on December 22, 2025 for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2026.
The purpose of the business meeting is to consider the pending nominees and legislation listed in the agenda below.
Nominees:
Pearce’s disdain for our public lands extends to the agencies that manage them. As a member of Congress, he encouraged county governments in his district to violate federal laws on Forest Service lands inside their borders. After leaving Congress, as chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico, Pearce unsuccessfully lobbied the Interior Department to drastically shrink the size of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, despite it being an economic boon to Doña Ana County.
Haustveit, a former petroleum engineer, is assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy. Throughout his career at Devon Energy, Haustveit led teams that pioneered diagnostic techniques now used worldwide to improve hydraulic fracturing and resource development. He later directed Devon Energy’s Energy Ventures team, driving investments in emerging technologies such as geothermal, carbon utilization, lithium extraction, and produced water treatment.
LaCerte is a Project 2025 contributor who worked for the Trump White House in the Office of Personnel Management before confirmation to FERC on a party-line vote in October 2025.
Legislation:
U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness, will convene a hearing titled “Less Hype, More Help: AI That Improves Safety, Productivity, and Care.” The hearing will examine how artificial intelligence — a technology as transformative as the internet — can improve Americans’ quality of life, create jobs, and drive economic growth.
Witnesses:
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard, Maritime, and Fisheries, will convene a subcommittee field hearing titled “Arctic Security Infrastructure Imperative: Aligning U.S. Maritime Investments with National Security Needs” in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. AKST.
Witnesses:
Stop the Money Pipeline in partnership with Rainforest Action Network, Reclaim Finance, Third Act, and LittleSis just produced a groundbreaking report, titled “Better Options: how large companies and nonprofits can select climate-aligned credit card partners”
Retailers, like Costco, have co-branded credit cards with the largest funders of fossil fuels in the world: Chase, Citibank, Wells Fargo, and Bank of America.
But, we discovered: there are better options.
Out of the 20 largest credit card issuers in the United States, eight financial institutions have not provided any funding to the fossil fuel industry since 2021.
Come to this call to learn more about the key findings and how you can help stop fossil fuel expansion.
If you and thousands of your fellow consumers pressure Costco and other retailers to partner with better, greener credit card companies, both retailers, and subsequently banks, will be forced to act.
Save your spot now so you can learn how to plug in.
On Wednesday, February 25, at 10:00 a.m., U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, will hold a hearing to examine the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026 and other ongoing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) projects, programs and priorities.
Witnesses:
Full committee hearing
Nominees:
Throughout his 14-year career in Congress and later as the chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico, Pearce opposed public ownership of lands and advocated for selling off the very resources the BLM was created to steward. While in Congress, Pearce sponsored legislation that directed the U.S. Forest Service and BLM to sell public lands to either state governments or private buyers. In a 2012 speech, he explicitly stated he wanted a future president to “reverse this trend of public ownership of lands.”
Pearce’s disdain for our public lands extends to the agencies that manage them. As a member of Congress, he encouraged county governments in his district to violate federal laws on Forest Service lands inside their borders. After leaving Congress, as chairman of the Republican Party of New Mexico, Pearce unsuccessfully lobbied the Interior Department to drastically shrink the size of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, despite it being an economic boon to Doña Ana County.
Haustveit, a former petroleum engineer, is assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy. Throughout his career at Devon Energy, Haustveit led teams that pioneered diagnostic techniques now used worldwide to improve hydraulic fracturing and resource development. He later directed Devon Energy’s Energy Ventures team, driving investments in emerging technologies such as geothermal, carbon utilization, lithium extraction, and produced water treatment.
LaCerte is a Project 2025 contributor who worked for the Trump White House in the Office of Personnel Management before confirmation to FERC on a party-line vote in October 2025.
Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address of his second term.
At the State of the Union (SOTU), Republicans in Congress are once again bending the knee to Trump and hanging their constituents out to dry. Nobody should participate in Trump’s vanity project, and that’s why Democratic leaders, MoveOn members, and everyday Americans most impacted by Trump’s chaos are coming together for the People’s State of the Union.
President Trump has spent the first year of his administration making lives worse for Americans: slashing health care, sending masked ICE agents to murder our neighbors, and passing tax cuts for the Epstein class. We cannot give Trump the attention he wants, or validate his lies to the American people. We cannot treat this SOTU like business as usual.
Join MeidasTouch and MoveOn as we present the People’s State of the Union alongside elected officials, partners, allies and directly impacted Americans.
In person at 3rd St. between Jefferson and Madison on the National Mall or livestream.
Speakers:
Additional Partners: