Thank you for all you did this year for good.

I wanted to share this poem I wrote for everyone in the Climate Solutions community:

Quiet winter heart.

In the rustling and bustling, let my mind rest. Let my body curl and be still.

Let me breathe in solstice magic, and the promise of more light.

Thank you for being the light in this darkness.

You lift our spirits, and give the collective strength.

Your gifts of devotion and action for a just world are exactly what is needed.

Let us celebrate the good, and continue the work together.

As I look back on this past year I am beyond grateful for all you do in advancing a just and equitable future with a stable climate. THANK YOU!!!

I look forward to collaborating with you as we lean into the new year and the 2026 legislative session. To make our progress more durable, we will almost certainly need to keep defending what we have done while passing new policies for more solutions.

On that note, I wanted to share this mapping tool that shows where our state is spending some of the Climate Commitment Act funds–there are projects that help us, our families, our communities. It’s a great tool to explore all the benefits coming our way as we make polluters pay.

As a mother of a five-year-old, my favorite bucket of Climate Commitment Act funds is helping get more electric school buses on the road.

In all, there are more than 3,600 projects across the state, which are expected to cut climate pollution by 8.6 million tons over the lifespan of that work. And we will see everyday benefits in our lives–from cleaner and quieter rides to school for kids, to anyone living near a highway corridor able to breathe easier with less pollution.

I hope you check out the benefits coming and get inspired visualizing what we can build together.

I’ll be in touch soon in the new year with ways you can keep helping advance climate solutions. Thank you for doing your part to keep this beautiful place clean, and holding space for the poetry in the politics.