Author Archives: Alec Connon

Yesterday, the New York Times revealed that Elon Musk has spent at least $366 million to sway the results of the midterms. I suppose that makes today as good a moment as any to reflect on the harm that Elon Musk and his DOGE cronies have caused over the last two years. Scores of people […]

Among the stressors global heating will place on society there’s the fact that adapting to a hotter world is going to cost a ton of money. Stormwater systems, dams, and sea walls will need to be upgraded to withstand more intense flooding. Schools and hospitals designed to retain heat will need to be refitted to […]

If you feel like you’ve heard less from us recently, there’s a good reason for that. We’ve been deep in campaign research, developing what we think will be a central pillar of our strategy for the next several years. We’re not ready to announce our plans yet, but we can say that we’re looking very […]

They can be easy to miss, but in the climate fight there are positive signs: Globally, clean energy investment has doubled fossil fuel investment two years in a row; despite Trump’s best efforts, solar and wind continue to dominate new power plant construction in the US; China’s emissions appear to have peaked in 2024.     Scratch […]

When Donald Trump was elected, we knew our strategy would need to change. Up until that point we’d been laser focused on pushing Wall Street to stop backing Big Oil ― but when the world changes, your strategy needs to as well. That’s why, in early 2025, we officially expanded our mission to have a […]

On Monday, we partnered with Wells Fargo workers to deliver union gift bags to 200+ bank branches across the country. The gift bags included coffee, candy – and an invitation for workers to learn about the union by talking with unionized bank workers. The goal? Support more bank workers getting involved in the fight to […]

As Trump threatens to destroy the electricity supply of a nation of 93 million people, one thing is crystal clear: we, collectively, must get better at building, winning, and holding power. In the coming months and years, we must build a movement powerful enough to defeat authoritarianism, defend democracy, and halt the climate crisis. But […]

Between 2021 and 2024, I had the honor of being the co-director of Stop the Money Pipeline alongside Jackie Fielder. In July 2024, with the full-throated support of all of us here, Jackie left Stop the Money Pipeline to run for a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Four months later, Jackie not […]