Clearly, President Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was a disaster. They promised that DOGE would save U.S. taxpayers trillions of dollars. Instead, it cost all Americans money, destroyed vital agencies, left tens of thousands of dedicated public servants jobless, exposed the personal data of nearly every American, and resulted in the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands of people overseas.

Join Climate First! and others around the country starting late next week when we participate in the DOGE Accountability Campaign's  "Week of Action", by dropping off petitions to those who represent us in Congress, in order to ask them to support a thorough investigation of DOGE and Musk. See "Details" below.  

Without accountability, the behavior of corrupt politicians and donors will continue to erode our democracy. That’s why the DOGE Accountability Campaign is calling on members of Congress to hold Musk and DOGE accountable, as well as to make public commitments to hold hearings and investigations into DOGE and Elon Musk’s role in potentially illegal, and even unconstitutional activities. 

More specific to the climate issue, once DOGE had "reformed" the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's staffing, budget, and scientific resources, some wondered if NOAA's work (via the National Weather Service's extreme weather prediction) would be negatively affected. And then on July 4, 2025, catastrophic flooding in Texas killed over 140 people. While some reporting seemed to show that staffing at the NWS was adequate vis-a-vis the Texas tragedy, it's difficult to say that DOGE's extreme way of downsizing government agencies, such as NOAA and EPA, was a proper way to reform the federal government.

Details
What: DOGE Accountability Petition Delivery "Week of Action".
When: Friday, June 12, 2026 to Thursday, June 18, 2026.    
Where: District Office of your U.S. Representative, or Regional Office of your U.S. Senator.  
Misc: To Sign up to Deliver Petition(s), and get key campaign resources (including a tool kit), go here. Also, please sign the DOGE Accountability Campaign petition. If you have questions about the DOGE Accountability Campaign's "Week of Action", contact Ted at [email protected]. 

We hope that you can join this critical campaign to convince the U.S. Congress to hold Elon Musk and DOGE accountable for extremely unethical (and potentially illegal) actions.