EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - February 15, 2018
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1) 'Not a Single Drop': California to
Block Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan
https://www.ecowatch.com/offshore-drilling-california-2532462495.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=31c3ce1182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-31c3ce1182-86095421
2) Environmentalist: Big Business
Threatens the Planet, Despite Boasts of Sustainability
https://www.ecowatch.com/big-business-sustainability-2532429601.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=1cdf3f8501-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-1cdf3f8501-86095421
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Climate Friendly? Congress Passes Carbon Capture and Storage Tax Breaks
https://www.ecowatch.com/carbon-capture-storage-2534049853.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a2644c3e04-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a2644c3e04-86095421
"As reported by InsideClimate News, a coalition of environmental groups including Earthjustice, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace USA opposed the credits and said they "have not delivered measurable progress toward more climate friendly uses of carbon such as permanent sequestration or utilization, and appear to only have been used to increase oil production."
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Study Projects Two Feet of Sea Level Rise by 2100
https://www.ecowatch.com/sea-level-rise-2534444353.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a2644c3e04-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a2644c3e04-86095421
3) West's Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant
Confirms Shutdown Plan, Miners Fight to Save Jobs
https://www.ecowatch.com/coal-mining-jobs-us-2532209397.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=1cdf3f8501-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-1cdf3f8501-86095421
4) 50+ Groups Back Landmark Effort to Halt
'Out of Control' Factory Farming in Iowa
https://www.ecowatch.com/factory-farms-iowa-2532722168.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=31c3ce1182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-31c3ce1182-86095421
"Across the nation, factory farming destroys communities and contaminates drinking water supplies and air quality," said Krissy Kasserman, the national factory farm campaigner at Food & Water Watch, one of the groups behind the effort. "A stop to the expansion of factory farming needs to happen now. It begins with Iowa."
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4 Food Safety Issues to Watch in 2018
https://www.ecowatch.com/food-safety-issues-2018-2532442480.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=64ace0bfcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-64ace0bfcd-86095421
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Fishing With Insecticide-Laced Mosquito Nets Is a Global Phenomenon
https://www.ecowatch.com/fishing-with-insecticide-laced-mosquito-2532180631.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=64ace0bfcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-64ace0bfcd-86095421
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Eating Seafood Can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint, But Some Fish Are Better Than
Others
https://www.ecowatch.com/seafood-sustainability-2531853535.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=31c3ce1182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-31c3ce1182-86095421
Oceana: "To reduce carbon footprints as much as possible, the best bet is to eat veggies. On average, eating plants has a smaller footprint than eating animals, said Friederike Ziegler, who studies sustainable seafood at the Research Institutes of Sweden, in Gothenburg. But among animal products, seafoods are some of the best, she said. And among seafoods, little fish are the best of the best."
5) Report: Fracked Gas Project Could
Undermine Washington’s Clean Energy Goals
https://www.ecowatch.com/columbia-river-refinery-2532184466.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=1cdf3f8501-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-1cdf3f8501-86095421
6) Methane Reporting Gap Widens in Oil and
Gas Industry
https://www.ecowatch.com/methane-reporting-companies-2532153823.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=1cdf3f8501-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-1cdf3f8501-86095421
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'Short-Term Folly': U.S. Adds 38 Percent More Oil and Gas Rigs
https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-rig-count-2532830719.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=64ace0bfcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-64ace0bfcd-86095421
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ExxonMobil’s Climate Disinformation Campaign Is Still Alive and Well
https://www.ecowatch.com/exxon-climate-disinformation-campaign-2534087685.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a2644c3e04-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a2644c3e04-86095421
7) How One State Bridged the Cultural
Divide on Climate Change
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-change-new-hampshire-2531879372.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=31c3ce1182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-31c3ce1182-86095421
8) 18 Documentaries That Will Inspire,
Outrage and Mobilize
https://www.ecowatch.com/documentaries-to-watch-2532241545.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a2644c3e04-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a2644c3e04-86095421
9) Canada Pipeline Feud Becomes Trade War
as Alberta Boycotts B.C. Wine
https://www.ecowatch.com/alberta-bc-trade-war-2532722916.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=31c3ce1182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-31c3ce1182-86095421
Oil Change International: "There is
an escalating tension in Canada between the Albertan and British Columbian
(B.C.) governments over the disputed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline,
which is due to transport tar sands from
Alberta to the B.C. Coast."
10) 4 Lessons Psychology Teaches Us About
Inspiring Climate Action
https://www.ecowatch.com/inspiring-climate-action-2531883295.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=7ba8d8acdc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-7ba8d8acdc-86095421
The Climate Reality Project:
"Changing the behavior of one person is hard enough—let alone millions of
citizens around the world. Find out what lessons psychology can teach us about
inspiring climate action."
11) Stanford Engineers: Here's How 139
Countries Can Avoid Blackouts With 100% Clean Energy
https://www.ecowatch.com/renewable-energy-stability-2532487339.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=7ba8d8acdc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-7ba8d8acdc-86095421
12) Irish Parliament Votes to Ban New
Fossil Fuel Exploration
https://www.ecowatch.com/ireland-fossil-fuels-2532749165.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=7ba8d8acdc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-7ba8d8acdc-86095421
13) States Join Monsanto Challenge of
California’s Cancer Warning for Glyphosate
https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2018/02/states-join-monsanto-challenge-californias-cancer-warning-glyphosate/
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'Dangerous Drift-Prone Pesticide' Threatens Millions of Acres, Hundreds of
Endangered Species: Farmers and Conservationists Sue EPA, Monsanto
https://www.ecowatch.com/pesticide-drift-lawsuit-xtendimax-2534117304.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a2644c3e04-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a2644c3e04-86095421
14) Portland council votes 9-0 to ban
synthetic pesticides in city
https://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/03/portland-council-votes-9-0-to-approve-synthetic-pesticide-ban/
15) Australians demand lawmakers
#StopAdani from building the country’s largest coal mine
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2018/02/australia-stop-adani-coal-mine/
16) What Does China’s 'Ecological
Civilization' Mean for Humanity’s Future?
https://www.ecowatch.com/china-ecological-civilization-2532760301.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=64ace0bfcd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-64ace0bfcd-86095421
17) Philadelphia water expert advocates
for Puerto Rico
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/lps/about/news/philadelphia-water-expert-advocates-puerto-rico?utm_source=ecowatch&utm_medium=dedicated_email&utm_campaign=mes_ecowatch_dedicated_email&utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=aaf11605d9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-aaf11605d9-86095421
18) No-Till Farmers’ Push for Healthy
Soils Ignites a Movement in the Plains
https://civileats.com/2018/02/13/no-till-farmers-push-for-healthy-soils-ignites-a-movement-in-the-plains/
Civil Eats: "No-till farming started
as a way to keep costs down for conventional farmers in danger of losing their
land. Now it has become a subculture and a way of life for outsider farmers all
over rural America."
19) Oil Investors Call for Human Rights
Risk Report After Standing Rock
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06022018/marathon-oil-shareholder-resolution-human-rights-dakota-access-environment-social-risk-disclosure
AND
How Maine climate activists found their power potential by moving past one-off
protests
https://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/maine-climate-activists-find-power-potential/
George Lakey is a brilliant
strategist. To follow his writings regularly subscribe to Waging
Nonviolence.
20) Scientists Battle Mysterious Pathogen
Destroying Coral Reefs Off Florida Coast
https://www.ecowatch.com/coral-reefs-florida-2534451406.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=423a4e08a5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-423a4e08a5-86095421
21) Top Clean Cars and Trucks of 2018
https://www.ecowatch.com/clean-cars-and-trucks-2532485461.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=423a4e08a5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-423a4e08a5-86095421
Some good some not good enough.
22) Ryanair makes pledge to become
'plastic free' on all flights by 2023
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/31/ryanair-makes-pledge-plastic-free-all-flights-2023?CMP=share_btn_tw
Setting goals like this within 5 years is an appropriate response to the extreme problems human wastefulness is causing our ecosystem. There are far too many environmental goals set for 2040 and even 2050 and that is frankly absurd!
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The Queen Declares War on Plastic
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-ban-uk-2534089763.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=a2644c3e04-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-a2644c3e04-86095421
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%!
Take Action - Get Involved!
Attend our next Earth Action Campaign meeting
Monday, February 19, 7-9 PM
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa
This campaign meets monthly on the 3rd Mondays. Meet in person or call in
from home.
For more information go to http://OccupySonomaCounty.org or call 707-877-6650.
Rebuild Green Expo
February 23, 10-7
Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial
Building
Free
This expo will provide a great opportunity for rebuilders, the
community, and community organizers to learn more about what each other are
doing, how best to collaborate on the rebuild and what support is still needed.
The morning session will consist of educational presentations and breaks outs
for community organizers, while the afternoon will be open to the public with
tabling from local organizations. Check out more details here.
Community Seed Exchange
Sat. Feb. 24 (the last Saturday every month)
For more info: communityseedexchange@gmail.com
Sonoma County Climate Activist Network Meeting - SoCo CAN!
Monday, April 30 , 7-9 PM, Peace & Justice Center
Join the new Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/SonomaCountyCAN.
Volunteer Opportunities
• We are looking for a mailing list of taquerias and Mexican restaurants to send a letter about GMOs in their corn products.
If you can help us find a list please send it to us.
• Adopt-A-Bulletin Board
What locations do you
already go to that have bulletin boards? Where can you easily go to in
your own neighborhood to help us publicize teach-ins and events? Download
our latest flyer from our website and let us know where you are posting. We especially need help covering Petaluma, Cotati and Rohnert Park.
• Video editing help is always needed - even one hour would help
We are behind in our video projects and could use some help in getting caught up.
Can you help us upload some video clips to our Youtube page?
What Earth Actions are you taking?
707-877-6650
http://OccupySonomaCounty.org
http://OccupySonomaCounty.org/es (en
español)
http://www.facebook.com/OccupySonomaCounty
https://twitter.com/OcSoCo
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmJoCP-ePUTPWNgHZwtBelg
Occupy Sonoma County embraces the egalitarian, deep democracy principles of the Occupy Movement with a regional strategy for effectively organizing county-wide social justice campaigns that are globally relevant.
Kamal Prasad
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'Live Long and Prosper,' as a Vulcan would say.
Do you know someone who has or is transitioning to a more compassionate and sustainable plant-based lifestyle. Share this "Welcome to the Community" video with them: https://youtu.be/xGqCRHpnMZw
Do we really need GMOs to feed a growing population, or is there another, simpler solution. https://youtu.be/-DvUbF3pqbA
Human population may be a problem but there is a bigger population problem that anyone can do something about: https://youtu.be/P85tspnn34U
Eating Seafood Can Reduce Your Carbon Footprint, But Some Fish Are Better Than
Others
https://www.ecowatch.com/seafood-sustainability-2531853535.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=31c3ce1182-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-31c3ce1182-86095421
Oceana: "To reduce carbon footprints as much as possible, the best bet is to eat veggies. On average, eating plants has a smaller footprint than eating animals, said Friederike Ziegler, who studies sustainable seafood at the Research Institutes of Sweden, in Gothenburg. But among animal products, seafoods are some of the best, she said. And among seafoods, little fish are the best of the best."
www.OccupySonomaCounty.org
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