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This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including new polling on the obstacles to climate action and proposed solutions; a battleground state poll about oil and gas companies’ role in spiking energy prices; new polling on the SITE Act and expansion of the U.S. electric grid; and a study analyzing the impact of messaging about the scientific consensus on climate change.

How do we reach new audiences who aren’t already with us on climate solutions? How do we address the identity of polluting industry workers and their surrounding community?
Neighbours United share their Deep Canvassing for Climate Solutions Playbook and Toolkit. This work draws from the results of their grassroots persuasion campaigns in small towns with extraction-based economies. They discuss how they used deep canvassing to help residents resolve their internal dissonance and build enough public support for the 100% renewable energy transition and ending fossil fuel subsidies.

This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including new polls focusing on voters of color, young people, and Latinos.

Disruptive capacity is one of the five “critical capacities*” we focus on at the Lab, which we explored on our Spring Community Call*. During that call, Lab members expressed a particularly strong interest in learning and growing their understanding of disruptive capacity and its role in supporting a powerful climate movement. Read on to learn more about disruptive capacity, what we’re learning from organizations that are employing disruptive tactics, and recommendations for organizations looking to build more disruptive capacity.