Climate First! Board of Directors Meeting
On Monday evening, August 24, 2026, Climate First!, Inc. will hold a Board of Directors meeting online. If you wish to see the inner workings of a small nonprofit working on the most critical issue on earth, please join us. Also, if you want to consider serving as a Board member for the organization, attending all or part of this meeting is a good way to see if it's your thing. See "DETAILS" below.
To attend the meeting, contact Ted Conwell, Board President. After receiving your contact information, he will email you a Zoom invite link and other necessary things for the meeting. Guests to the meeting may, of course, leave the gathering whenever they wish.
Image: In April, Climate First! tabled at the Takoma Park
Earth Day Celebration, and enjoyed sharing its
message with numerous people that day; 4-12-26.
DETAILS
What: Climate First!'s Board of Directors meeting.
When: Monday, August 24, 2026, at 7 pm EDT. The meeting will likely last between 1.5 and 2 hours.
Where: The online meeting will be held via Zoom.
Misc.: If you have questions and/or you wish to attend the Board meeting, please contact Ted at least 24
hours before the scheduled meeting. Please contact him at: [email protected].
To Help Protect the Climate, We MUST DEFEAT "Legal Immunity For Big Oil"
As you likely know, there is presently a nationwide movement to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for what their products have done to the climate, and local communities in the United States.
As unprecedented heat waves, massive rainstorms, harmful polluted air, and other climate-amplified natural disasters continue to wreak havoc in the country this summer, over 30 cities, counties, states, and tribal nations have brought lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry, all in an attempt to make the companies help pay for the damages caused by climate change. In addition, two states (with others following in their footsteps) have passed "polluters pay" (AKA "climate superfund") legislation, so the companies that are responsible, pay their fair share.
Interestingly, fossil fuel companies are so concerned about the polluters pay concept becoming law that they have convinced their allies in Congress and numerous state legislatures to introduce bills that will give legal immunity to the companies from the polluters pay statutes and lawsuits. Utah became the first to approve such legislation at the state level, and numerous other states are moving in the same direction on the issue.
Fortunately, there is a nationwide campaign to defeat this potential legislative "gift" to the climate-polluting companies. And we hope that you can join the "No Immunity for Big Oil" campaign, and help in any way you can.
A quick first step in helping the campaign move forward involves signing the "No Immunity For Big Oil" petition. In addition, if you want to learn more about the above issues, sign up for the next monthly "No Immunity for Big Oil" national organizing online call, which is scheduled for September 10, 2026, at 3 pm EDT. Also, if you want to encourage your U.S. Congressperson to oppose the "legal immunity" bill--it's quite easy to do--or get involved in other types of political advocacy, check out this website.
In close, if you have any questions or concerns regarding the above, don't hesitate to contact us at Climate First!, Inc.-- [email protected] -- as we have been working on this critical climate campaign since late 2025.
Thanks for all you do to save the climate.
Join the "Unplug AI" Week of Action in NYC
This September, activists are taking to the streets of New York City to confront the tech giants driving the massive build-out of fossil-fueled AI data centers, and the politicians who have the power to press pause on new data center development and fossil fuel expansion projects.
The data centers are raising energy bills, depleting water supplies, polluting communities, and, alarmingly, creating a strong demand for fossil fuels - even coal! As a result, environmental groups have been getting involved in movement to stop data centers.
Tech billionaires want to play god and claim artificial intelligence is the answer to our problems. In reality, they are taking us back to the past, a past where we rely on dirty energy that fuels climate chaos and pollutes our communities. Data centers require a huge amount of energy. To power these data centers, Big Tech and the Trump administration are working with billionaire polluters to build new pipelines, oil wells, and fracked gas power plants.
Image: A data center and its backup diesel generators
built by the Markley Group loom over a ballpark and
residential neighborhood in Lowell, Massachusetts;
June 30, 2026 | Matt O'Brien/AP.
We're taking to the streets during NYC Climate Week to confront the tech giants driving the massive buildout of fossil-fueled AI data centers and confront the politicians who have the power to press pause on new data center development and fossil fuel expansion projects. Action targets include OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Kathy Hochul, and the Gowanus Fracked Gas Plant. We plan that all actions will be nonviolent.
Takoma Park Folk Festival
The annual Takoma Park Folk Festival is coming on Sunday, September 27, 2026. And Climate First! will be tabling again! "Details" below.
Image: Despite an earlier rain storm, people Image: Our table was busy at 2024's Folk Festival.
were attracted to the music at this stage
during the Folk Festival in Sept. 2022.
With musicians playing at numerous stages, fun activities for the kids, local artisans, interesting nonprofits, and tasty food vendors, Takoma Park's iconic Folk Festival is always a well-attended community event.