Hosted by online personalities Brian Tyler Cohen, Elizabeth Booker Houston, Leigh McGowan (Politics Girl), Adam Mockler, and Zackory Kirk, the Chorus DNC Chair Forum will be a conversation that bypasses traditional media gatekeepers, allowing you to hear directly from the candidates about their plans to revitalize the Democratic Party, achieve electoral victories, and advocate for issues that improve the lives of all Americans.
The scheduled hearing has been postponed to Thursday, January 16th, because Burgum’s required clearances were not completed.
Nominee:
Gov. Doug Burgum (R-N.D.)
Ranking member Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.):
“I am extremely disappointed that Chairman Lee has scheduled the first Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing over my objection and before basic information has been given to the Committee. This is a breach of protocol and precedent, established over decades by Chairs of both parties.”
Chair Mike Lee (R-Utah):
“I, as chairman, have made every effort to work with our Democratic colleagues, but we won’t give in to delays that undermine the American people’s mandate. It’s time to move forward and focus on solutions that will unleash America’s full energy potential, and I hope Democrats will work with us to deliver results for the American people.”
The cost of living problem in the United States is an energy problem. Millions of Americans can’t pay their utility bills each month as for-profit utilities extract high profits while also polluting communities and making the climate crisis worse.
In this moment of a looming Trump presidency, what are the ideas, the strategies, the constituencies that we need to mobilize in order to lower people’s costs, regain control over the backbone of the economy, and ensure a livable climate? One answer: mobilize a base to fight for public power from the ground up.
In his debut book, Democracy in Power, Sandeep Vaheesan brings in the past to equip campaigns of the future. Vaheesan traces the rise of publicly governed utilities in the twentieth-century electrification of America, exploring its backers and headwinds. There is no doubt that controlling and democratizing the grid is a story of David vs Goliath– but it is a fight we have won in the past.
Join us for a discussion with journalist, Kate Aronoff, as she moderates a discussion between Vaheesan and two public power advocates, Advait Arun and Johanna Bozuwa, to discuss what is next post Trump election in the fight for climate and energy justice.
About the Panel:
Sandeep Vaheesan is the author of Democracy in Power and is the legal director at the Open Markets Institute. He leads Open Markets’ legal advocacy and research work, including its amicus program.
Kate Aronoff is a staff writer at The New Republic. She is the author of Overheated: How Capitalism Broke the Planet—and How We Fight Back, and co-author of A Planet to Win: Why We Need a Green New Deal.
Advait Arun is the Senior Associate for Energy Finance at the Center for Public Enterprise. He has experience evaluating strategies for mobilizing public and private finance toward the green transition.
Johanna Bozuwa is the Executive Director of the Climate and Community Institute. Her research explores the political economy of the energy transition.
Come meet with the DC climate community, grassroots climate organizations, and climate scientists visiting for the American Geophysical Union on Thursday, December 12th!
Join us to meet new people, take political climate action, and enjoy happy hour! Bring a laptop, your phone, and a friend or two. We can’t wait to see you there!
Green New Dealers and climate hawks are meeting at metrobar at 640 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC Wednesday evening. It’s not an official Green New Deal Network happy hour, but who needs officials?
The outcome of this election will have grave consequences for the United States and the world. With the climate crisis becoming more dire, the stakes have only grown. Now, more than ever, we must fight for and deliver on climate policy you can touch – real climate and economic outcomes that make people’s everyday lives better. As progressives work to understand these new conditions, there are important discussions on how to double down on building the power for policies that take on the status quo of billionaire accumulation, climate breakdown, and unending war and create a future that the multiracial working class deserves and will fight for.
Join Climate and Community Institute leaders on December 9th from 4-5pm EST for a conversation about the 2024 election results and where to go from here to rebuild the Climate Left. We’ll discuss our reflections on a shifting political field and how to push on the offense for our collective vision while defending our allies against hate and violence.
Panelists will include:
Johanna Bozuwa, Executive Director, Climate and Community Institute
Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor at Providence College and Strategic Co-Director at Climate and Community Institute
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Associate Professor at Georgetown University and Fellow at Climate and Community Institute
Batul Hassan, Labor Director, Climate and Community Institute
Hill Heat’s editors Brad Johnson and Jordan Haedtler are hosting a
post-election debrief on Friday, November 8, 2024 at noon Eastern Time.
As the dust settles on the 2024 election, they will review the outcomes
of key climate races and ballot measures up and down the ballot, with a
first look at prospects for climate hawks and clean energy champions.
