Heroes actress Hayden Panettiere was in Washington, D.C., on Friday, speaking to 22 students from across the country who were honored for environmental achievements as part of the Forecast Earth Summit, sponsored by The Weather Channel.

As her comments showed, our girl seems to be developing quite the activist streak... and we must say, she's quite the natural holding that Weather Channel mic!

We'd get our weather forecasts from Hayden Panettiere if we could. Every morning would be bright and sunny with a 100 percent chance of sweltering heat!

If you know what we mean. Today's forecast was overcast the last time we looked, but got about 10 degrees hotter since we saw these Hayden Panettiere photos!