Talarico Welcomed Activist Group Targeting Oil and Gas IndustryTexas Scorecard by Brandon Waltens June 18, 2026
The climate activist group has pushed banks to stop financing oil and gas projects and called for a transition away from oil and gas.A newly surfaced video shows Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico welcoming a climate activist organization to Texas and praising its work, a position that appears at odds with his campaign’s efforts to portray him as a supporter of the state’s energy industry.
In a June 2024 video promoting the expansion of Third Act into Texas, Talarico thanked the group for coming to the Lone Star State and said he looked forward to working “alongside” the organization.
“I’ve been fighting climate change my entire career,” Talarico said. Calling Texas “the front line in the fight to save democracy and our planet,” he described Third Act’s efforts as “critical” and “historic” because “the stakes could not be higher.”
Third Act is a climate activist organization founded by environmentalist Bill McKibben that advocates moving away from oil and gas and has campaigned to pressure major financial institutions to stop financing new fossil fuel projects.
The description for the June 2024 event stated that participants were part of a movement to “increase the use of renewable energy” and “move away from fossil fuels.”
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