Hi all –

To kick off today’s #ClimateFriday activity, please see several buckets of guidance below:

1. Senate Dems tweet chain on climate action
2. Recap of Senate floor speeches on climate from this week (positive and negative accountability for targets)
3. Local progress: MN’s clean energy commitment

We’ll follow up throughout the day with some other relevant clips and our Women’s History Month feature to keep the momentum around the tag going. As always, please feel free to adjust any of this guidance to best fit the tone of your organization. If you have other priority issues for today, we ask that you consider using the #ClimateFriday hashtag around other content that you send out on social to help add to the noise on Twitter.

Please join in our hour of action on Twitter from 12 pm – 1 pm ET using #ClimateFriday.

If your group has any resources (social content, fact sheets, blog posts, etc.) that you’d like included in future update emails, please reach out!

Thank you,

Marcy

SENATE DEMS ON CLIMATE ACTION

What to say:

• Committing to #ActOnClimate isn’t partisan  –  it’s common sense. #ClimateFriday https://twitter.com/SenateDems/status/1103753360082169867
• Republicans are quick to criticize the #GreenNewDeal… to cover up the fact that they have absolutely NO plans to #ActOnClimate. #ClimateFriday https://twitter.com/SenateDems/status/1103753360082169867
• While @realDonaldTrump is assembling a crackerjack team of industry insiders and climate deniers to attack climate science, his own economic advisor is warning climate change puts our economy at risk. #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://twitter.com/SenateDems/status/1103753370827927552
• .@realDonaldTrump: your own economic advisor knows it's time to #ActOnClimate, you should too. #ClimateFriday https://twitter.com/SenateDems/status/1103753370827927552
• Earth to @realDonaldTrump: when your own economic advisor warns you climate change is a threat to our economy, you should listen. #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://twitter.com/SenateDems/status/1103753370827927552

SENATE POSITIVE ACCOUNTABILITY

Senator Markey

What to say:

• .@SenMarkey, thank you for calling out the dirty money behind Republican talking points on the #GreenNewDeal. #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://youtu.be/VELn_KfH4mA
• We agree with @SenMarkey: if Senate Republicans don’t like the #GreenNewDeal, they should come up with a plan to #ActOnClimate instead of just parroting talking points from corporate polluters. #ClimateFriday https://youtu.be/VELn_KfH4mA
• “We want a debate, we want to see their plan, we want to know if they agree with the science.” – @SenMarkey on Senate Republicans’ refusal to present a plan to #ActOnClimate. #GreenNewDeal #ClimateFriday https://youtu.be/VELn_KfH4mA

Senator Stabenow

What to say:

• “We have a responsibility to our children and our grandchildren to act.”  – @SenStabenow on the #GreenNewDeal and the urgent need to #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://youtu.be/3bLLJJPkbGE
• WATCH: @SenStabenow calls out Senate Republicans who are putting our health at risk by refusing to #ActOnClimate. #GreenNewDeal #ClimateFriday https://youtu.be/3bLLJJPkbGE
• .@SenStabenow to Republicans blatantly lying about the #GreenNewDeal on the Senate floor: this would be silly if it wasn’t so serious. #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://youtu.be/3bLLJJPkbGE
• .@SenStabenow - thank you for setting the record straight on the #GreenNewDeal. #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://youtu.be/3bLLJJPkbGE

SENATE NEGATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY

Sen. Ernst Accountability

What to say:

• .@SenJoniErnst took to the floor of the Senate to bash the #GreenNewDeal. Her alternative? Doing nothing to #ActOnClimate. #ClimateFriday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTk0YsJf-z4&feature=youtu.be
• More than 30,000 Iowans work in the clean energy sector. @SenJoniErnst has no plan to #ActOnClimate, putting future clean energy jobs in jeopardy. #ClimateFriday https://www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/iowa
• The time @SenJoniErnst just spent bashing the #GreenNewDeal would be better spent coming up with a plan to #ActOnClimate and protect the clean energy jobs in Iowa she loves to tout. #ClimateFriday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTk0YsJf-z4&feature=youtu.be
• .@SenJoniErnst – if you believe climate change is real, you need to #ActOnClimate. Period. #GreenNewDeal #ClimateFriday https://www.cleanjobsmidwest.com/state/iowa
• All @SenJoniErnst’s anti-#GreenNewDeal floor speech taught us is that $200,000 from dirty energy interests speaks LOUDLY. #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTk0YsJf-z4&feature=youtu.be

Sen. Thom Tillis Accountability

What to say:

• .@SenThomTillis– instead of railing against the #GreenNewDeal, you should be coming up with a plan to #ActOnClimate. #ClimateFriday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_A0sWmZfw&feature=youtu.be
• Instead of spending his time coming up with a plan to #ActOnClimate, @SenThomTillis took to the floor of the Senate to parrot talking points written by corporate polluters. #GreenNewDeal #ClimateFriday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_A0sWmZfw&feature=youtu.be
• Earth to @SenThomTillis: we’re experiencing the impacts of climate change NOW. Do you have plan to #ActOnClimate? #GreenNewDeal #ClimateFriday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_A0sWmZfw&feature=youtu.be
• .@SenThomTillis, let’s be clear: your refusal to #ActOnClimate is what is “not sustainable.” #GreenNewDeal #ClimateFriday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI_A0sWmZfw&feature=youtu.be
• ❗❗❗ @SenThomTillis’s anti-#GreenNewDeal speech is funded by $377,000 in dirty donations from corporate polluters. #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://bit.ly/2DGbFzj
• Turns out $377,000 in dirty donations makes you a corporate polluter puppet. Looking at you, @SenThomTillis. #GreenNewDeal #ClimateFriday https://bit.ly/2DGbFzj

MN CLEAN ENERGY COMMITMENT

What to say:

• 👏👏👏 "Climate change is an existential threat. we must take immediate action. If Washington is not going to lead, Minnesota will lead." – @GovTimWalz #mnpol #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/03/04/walz-carbon-free-electricity-2050?wpisrc=nl_energy202&wpmm=1
• In the absence of a commitment to #ActOnClimate from @realDonaldTrump and @EPAAWheeler, Minnesota @GovTimWalz made a promise to meet #AmericasPledge to find clean energy solutions. #ClimateFriday https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/03/04/walz-carbon-free-electricity-2050?wpisrc=nl_energy202&wpmm=1
• Clean energy is the future. @GovTimWalz – thank you for joining leaders from across the country pledging to meet #AmericasPledge to find clean energy solutions. #ActOnClimate #ClimateFriday https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/03/04/walz-carbon-free-electricity-2050?wpisrc=nl_energy202&wpmm=1
• If @realDonaldTrump won’t pave the way toward our clean energy future, state leaders will. #AmericasPledge #ClimateFriday https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/03/04/walz-carbon-free-electricity-2050?wpisrc=nl_energy202&wpmm=1

Marcelene Sutter

Digital Director | Climate Action Campaign

msutter@cacampaign.com | 215.806.1041