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BREAKTHROUGH!
Massachusetts Legislature Sends Bipartisan Climate Bill to the Governor
The U.S. Is Building a Bike Trail That Runs Coast-to-Coast Across 12 States
Governors Pledge to Cut Transportation Pollution
China's offshore wind power efforts gain ground
US consumes more green energy than coal for first time since 1885
LOCAL REPORTS
PG&E rate hike takes effect this month as utility seeks to strengthen fire-damaged grid
City of Petaluma Consideration of a Resolution to Adopt a Climate Emergency Framework - January 11
GMOs, GLYPHOSATE & TOXINS
Mexico farm lobby blasts ban on GMO corn; organic growers welcome it
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-corn-gmo-idUSKBN2970MF
Long-Term Roundup Exposure Found to Harm Keystone Wildlife Species
Gas Stoves Could Complicate Coronavirus Infections, Experts Say
Federal Court Blocks EPA from Weakening Farmworker Protections
FOSSIL FUELS
Former Exxon CEO Lee Raymond Quits JPMorgan Board
Water Is Life
"Anyone who has followed fracking will have seen the images and reports
of flammable water, the rise in cancers, chronic disease and other
ailments where fracking has decimated groundwater sources. And yet,
these horrors are only the end result of a process that uses
astronomical amounts of water in order to frantically pull oil and gas
from hard-to-reach nooks and crannies beneath our feet – as if there
were no other energy sources save those that wreak such havoc."
PLASTIC & POLLUTION
From Alaska to Florida, Harmful PFAS Compounds Pollute Water at Multiple Sites in Every State
EU Bans Exporting Unsorted Plastic Waste to Poorer Countries
GREEN NEW DEAL
For a Path Forward on Climate, Let’s Learn From the Original New Deal
WAKE UP CALL
Can Fragile Cities Cope With an Influx of Climate Migrants?
Lethal Levels of Radiation Found in Damaged Fukushima Reactor, Impacting its Shutdown
Child Labor Linked to Palm Oil in Girl Scout Cookies, Snack Brands
Support the Girl Scouts with a donation and a letter that you are not buying their cookies because they contain GMOs and palm oil.
There's no such thing as sustainable palm oil. Don't buy it.
Thousands of Ocean Fishing Boats Could Be Using Forced Labor
Temperature changes ‘affect poor more than rich’
Deep-sea ‘gold rush’: secretive plans to carve up the seabed decried
"Private mining firms and arms companies are exerting a hidden and
unhealthy influence on the fate of the deep-sea bed, according to a new
report highlighting the threats facing the world’s biggest intact
ecosystem."
Why the hydrogen bubble could burst in Europe’s face
Rich failing to help fund poor countries' climate fight, warns UN secretary general
"Rich countries will miss a key promise they made to the poor world on
the climate crisis by failing to provide the money necessary for them to
cope with its effects, damaging the prospects for global action, the UN
secretary general has said."
Giant Icebergs Are Headed for South Georgia Island. Scientists Are Scrambling to Catch Up
Wall Street Eyes Billions in the Colorado’s Water
Global Warming Already Baked In Will Blow Past Climate Goals, a New Study Says
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
Jane Goodall: 'Change is happening. There are many ways to start moving in the right way'
A Love Letter From the Clean Energy Future
"Here's a glimpse of how we can transition entirely to renewable energy sources."
DIRECT ACTIONS
Erin Brockovich Blasts U.S. Regulation of Toxic Chemicals
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Magnetic Induction Cooking Can Cut Your Kitchen’s Carbon Footprint
Japan’s new levitating train will travel at 311 mph between its biggest cities
Global Grasslands Now Contribute to Climate Warming, Study Finds
It's Time to Rethink What We Eat, Annual Meat Consumption Report Argues
This Start-Up Believes Seaweed Can Change the World
Our Best Food Justice Stories of 2020
Masks for cows aim to filter burps to curb greenhouse gas emissions
Feeding every cow a little piece of seaweed every day makes more sense and does the same thing.
ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Coral Sanctuary Discovered off Kenyan and Tanzanian Coast
Rare Painted Bunting Draws Flocks of Birders to Maryland Park
Call To Action!
We urge all groups including schools,
neighborhood associations, organizations, clubs and groups of any kind to adopt
a Climate Declaration. Adopt ours or write your own. Share your
Climate Declaration with local governments, the media, write articles, and share
information.
Occupy Sonoma County Climate Declaration
Occupy Sonoma County, along with concerned, forward thinking
people all over the world, declares that climate change has reached
catastrophic proportions as evidenced by the current level of CO2 in the
atmosphere, the melting of polar ice caps, and the continual rising of global
temperatures. This is a global emergency, and we must act immediately.
We invite all forces of life to join together for our survival. We stand
up for life.
We recognize that the root of climate change is a capitalist
system run by money greedy corporations and the governments that they
control. We actively oppose greenhouse gas producers, nuclear power
investors, and fossil fuel companies by boycotting their products, developing
alternatives, divesting from corporations that endorse them and insisting that
governments at all levels take action. We call on all governments and
corporations to adopt life-sustaining practices immediately.
The people must act now to
stop this destruction from continuing and reverse the damage this has
caused. The future is in our hands. We are the 99%!
What Earth Actions are you taking?
707-877-6650
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Occupy
Sonoma County embraces the egalitarian, deep democracy principles of
the Occupy Movement with a regional strategy for effectively organizing
countywide social justice campaigns that are globally relevant.
