Tom Steyer

Glad you're with us, @nytopinion. Now let's get it done.

Without sufficient tax revenue, we cannot adequately address inequality and the rising cost of healthcare.

Today I'm thinking about my dad. He was a Navy veteran who prosecuted Nazis at Nuremberg, and he taught me to stand up against injustice. To every veteran: thank you.

Tonight, the Senate voted to move permitting reform forward. That's a good start. Let's make a good-faith effort to get this done, with a transmission deal that works for everyone. 93% of the new power capacity planned for the grid this year is solar, batteries, or wind. Give clean energy a level playing field and it wins. axios.com/2026/11/09/senate-…

I commend Governor @GavinNewsom for taking this historic step. California will no longer be complicit in a racially biased system that delivers neither justice nor safety.

This week’s blue tsunami is a huge step forward for the energy transition.

America is back. Let’s get to work.

Today is a new day. Ring the bells for freedom. Throw your hats in the air. America has awoken from our long fever dream. The drinks are on me. The voters rose to the occasion to take back our country. They decided to stand up on their hind legs and demand CHANGE. Across America, millions of ordinary people have stepped forward. A Republican President once lauded America’s “thousand points of light,” ordinary people working together to make their communities and their country better. Well, last night had a lot more lightbulbs. We are not fascists or racists. We cannot be bought. We are the land of the Free and the Home of the Brave. Is there a long, hard road ahead? Hell, yeah. Bring it on. The American people just said, “We’re back in business.” Let’s be that country again. And I want to say thank you. The sun is shining. America is back.

Tonight is a generational night. A complete repudiation of Trump.

"This is the BIG ONE!" We've heard that so many times, but today it's true. Today we lay the foundation for a new American democracy, a 21st-century country that lives up to our ideals of justice, freedom, and success. Let's go!

Inequality and corruption are at the heart of the American dilemma. No one earns a billion dollars on their own.

This election is a chance for America to turn the page and go back toward being the leading civilization we were always meant to be. Drop your ballot off at a dropbox by Election Day, November 3.

If you were trying to destroy the United States, this is a great step.

Dolores Huerta. Yes she did! What a brave, brilliant, fun-loving leader for the ages. Someone who co-founded the United Farm Workers and never looked back. Stood up to brutal physical beatings and political attacks. Represents the best of American courage, justice, and dignity. And loved to dance. I will always love Dolores Huerta.

JD, don't you know language like that can get you fired?

The oil industry spent big to elect Trump, and they're laughing all the way to the bank. Meanwhile, Americans are paying sky-high energy prices. And our country is falling behind the rest of the world in developing cheap and abundant renewable energy.

A bipartisan permitting bill is the best chance we've had to build clean energy at scale. Progressives shouldn't pass it up. View article

My thoughts on Tom Cruise's new film, Digger… Climate doomerism and existential risk only get us so far, even with a Hollywood budget. We as a climate movement need to be talking about solutions and how we can make people’s lives better. That’s what really moves people.

Great read. Despite Trump's best efforts to kneecap renewables, the market has picked clean and cheap power. But we are stalling—clinging onto the past. The world will build the future of energy, with or without us. We'd be wise to lead it. nytimes.com/2026/10/26/opini…

Back on the Farm for @Stanford Climate Week. Young people are growing up in a world where renewable energy is no longer an environmental issue, but an economic one. Solar and wind are the cheapest energy sources on the planet. The future is cheap and clean!