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This post includes climate and environment headlines, data points, and key takeaways from recent public polls – including new national polling on climate change, the Inflation Reduction Act, and public transportation + new state-level polling on climate and environmental policies in New Mexico.

These maps allow users to see how many extreme heat events have happened in what zip codes and congressional districts since the beginning of June 2022. Users can select specific zip codes or congressional districts and time periods of interest.

Let’s be honest, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has taken the climate movement by storm. It has created opportunities for conversations about process, intersectionality, race, and class. Whether you are celebrating its passage or mourning its shortcomings, one thing I hope we all agree on is that this can be a turning point for advocates, researchers, and funders to strengthen our movement. In order to make good on the IRA’s promises and reduce its harms, the climate movement must keep organizing to make sure communities around the country are protected and included in the fights to come.

This workshop on combating apathy and powerlessness for the RE-AMP Network’s current peer learning circle covered what social science is telling us about the root causes of apathy and ways to move people toward hope, and how to combat sentiments among supporters like “My actions don’t matter.”