Fran Cummings
@acton_climate
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#ClimateEmergency activist. #microgrids #electrification. Moving to https://t.co/mwRSv830Lu & mastodon & Bluesky. No new posts on Musk’s X.
Acton MA
Joined November 2008
ICYMI: Prices for most things seem to be going up…not down… September CPI Inflation Hits 3% Food away from home up 3.7% (all year over year) Utility (piped) gas up 11.7% Beef up 14.7% Coffee up 18.9% Tenants/homeowners insurance up 7.5% Gardening services up 13.9% Elderly care
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The No Kings protests aren’t for Trump to see. They’re for the marginalized so they know they aren’t alone. …for unaffected people so they know this isn’t normal. …for Republicans so they know their blind obedience to fascism won’t be tolerated.
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More than 3/4 of Earth’s support systems are outside the safe zone. Ocean acidification is the latest boundary breached. The warning is stark, but failure is not inevitable. It is a choice. Read the 2025 Planetary Health Check here: https://t.co/ySl8Cag5ye
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Time is running out to protect #elections in the US. — Stand up today Saturday:
commondreams.org
Nationwide protests against Trump's gerrymandering scheme to rig elections are set to kick off on Saturday, August 16.
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You could watch the news 24/7 & not know that: Our planet’s at its hottest in 120,000 years. Methane levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. CO2 levels their highest in 3 MILLION years. We're in a climate crisis. Denying it won't solve the problem. #ActOnClimate
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BREAKING 🇨🇴🇵🇸 States announce unprecedented measures to halt the Gaza genocide at emergency conference convened by The Hague Group in Bogotá, Colombia.
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🚨Historic moment: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights will issue today, Thurs, 3 July 2025 at 10 am (CST in Costa Rica), its Advisory Opinion on States’ responsibilities to tackle the climate crisis. 📺WATCH LIVE on the Youtube channel of the Court: https://t.co/nAhBqrcD3x
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🇻🇺 Vanuatu has hailed a landmark IACtHR ruling linking climate change to binding human rights obligations, calling it a breakthrough for global climate justice “The global imperative is clear — climate change affects everyone, everywhere." - @RRegenvanu
https://t.co/1roq8SSXpi
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Vanuatu has hailed a landmark Inter-American Court ruling linking climate change to binding human rights obligations, calling it a breakthrough for global climate justice
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Never have so many been so grievously hurt in the service of so few.
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.@keanuaj on holding Big Oil accountable,"This is the hottest summer on record, but it's also the coolest one for the rest of our generation's lives. That's why it was so significant that we passed the Climate Superfund Act in New York." Now, we're taking this fight nationwide.
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"Big Oil knew their actions would cause the climate crisis. We need them to pay for the harm that is happening because of their actions — not only to rebuild LA but to rebuild LA in a greener and more just way." - Nico with Sunrise LA
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"We are going to pass hundreds of resolutions in towns and schools around the country demanding Big Oil pay for climate disasters — NOT working people." - @aru_shineyajay
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.@stacydavisgates on tonight's End The Oligarchy, Save Our Futures launch call: "If they think making America great again means pre-Civil War America, then we get to use the example of my ancestors and their power and their courage and their vision".
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"You make the mess, you clean it up. That's a principle we learn in Kindergarten. That principle should apply to Big Oil." Our own @aru_shineyajay explaining the logic of the Make Polluters Pay Campaign
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"If students disrupt business as usual, if workers walk off the job, if government workers don’t cooperate with Trump, the system grinds to a halt" -@aru_shineyajay We have a plan to win. Join our launch call tonight to find out more:
We’re building a mass movement of young people that can disrupt business as usual so that we can end Big Oil and bring down the oligarchy that’s letting Trump hold onto power, says @aru_shineyajay of @sunrisemvmt.
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🚨BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Today, we’re launching End the Oligarchy, Save Our Futures, a bold, youth-led campaign to take on authoritarianism and fight for our future. We're mobilizing a generation to confront Big Oil’s grip on our democracy and defeat Trump’s far-right agenda. 🧵
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