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BREAKTHROUGH!
New York says goodbye to 6 dirty power plants and hello to working with communities
Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
"The world’s best solar power schemes now offer the “cheapest…electricity in history” with the technology cheaper than coal and gas in most major countries. That is according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020."
"JPMorgan Chase and other big banks should use their lending power to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
By Daniel Growald, Peter Gill Case and Valerie Rockefeller.
The writers are fifth-generation members of the Rockefeller family."
"GE is ending production on coal-fired power plants and instead are opting for investments in renewable energy."
Delivery E-Bikes Get OK To Use City Streets For Package Drop-Offs
"Companies such as UPS and Fed-Ex can now use the slow-speed, three-wheeled package delivery bikes in the city."
Investors Worth $5 Trillion Set Major Emissions Reduction Targets
LOCAL REPORTS
Scientists didn’t expect wildfires this terrible for another 30 years
North Bay Youth Are Ready to Succeed
"Life has not been easy for Generation Z... They’ve seen fire and rain, for
sure, but they’ve also known war, social unrest and the increasingly
obvious threat that climate change is about to unleash on them."
County Pushes Its Own Fire-Safety Regulations
California’s new zero-emission vehicle rules face obstacles en route to carbon-neutral future
Wildfires and our Ecology: How can we create defensible space?
"Join Daily Acts For A Free Webinar: Wildfires, Ecology and Creating Defensible Space Featuring The Resilience Landscape Coalition - Thursday, October 29, 6-8 PM"
“BURNED:
are trees the new coal?“ (video)
"BURNED: Are Trees the New Coal?" takes a hard look at the latest false
solution to climate change: woody biomass. The film tells the story of
how biomass has become the alternative-energy savior for the electric
power industry. It is a visceral account of the accelerating destruction
of our forests for fuel."
Civilian recruits hone firefighting basics as prescribed fire movement swells in Sonoma County
Rotting logs, branches and leaves on the forest floor are not "fuel load". Nature relies on all stages of life for a balanced ecosystem.
Unique elk in California may be killed under controversial plan
GMOs, GLYPHOSATE & TOXINS
Roadmap Points Europe Toward Safer, Sustainable Chemicals
FOSSIL FUELS
Large Methane Leaks Soar 32% Despite Lockdowns and Green Pledges
With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public
"Amid a record wave of bankruptcies, the U.S. oil and gas industry is on the verge of defaulting on billions of dollars in environmental cleanup obligations."
"ExxonMobil has recently planned to increase its carbon dioxide emissions 17 percent by 2025 while doubling its earnings."
PIPELINES
Federal Regulators Rule Controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Restart Construction
PLASTIC & POLLUTION
3 Major UK Retailers Are Banning Glitter This Christmas Over Environmental Concerns
The House Just Passed Another “Save Our Seas” Act. Here’s Why It Won’t.
“There’s a reason the plastics industry likes this. It’s because they don’t really have to do anything.”
GREEN NEW DEAL
Feeling the Heat: How the Green New Deal lit a fire under the GOP
Nobody Seems to Grasp How Screwed We Are
Warning: Some adult language
WAKE UP CALL
Climate Change Likely Drove Our Ancestors to Extinction, Study Finds
40% of world’s plant species at risk of extinction
"Two in five of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of the natural world."
The Arctic is in a death spiral. How much longer will it exist?
"The Arctic is unraveling. And it’s happening faster than anyone could have imagined just a few decades ago."
Arctic sea-ice shrinks to near record low extent
"In 1980 the sea ice minimum was 7.5 million sq km.
In 2020 the sea ice minimum was 3.7 million sq km."
Where Can You Move to Avoid the Climate Crisis?
The Climate Crisis Has Already Cost the Great Barrier Reef More Than Half Its Corals
UN: Climate Crisis Has Doubled Natural Disasters in Last 20 Years
Small modular reactors — a radioactive idea
by Helen Caldicott
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
Meet the Climate Justice Influencers: The future of environmentalism is intersectional
"Historically, we’ve tended to lift up environmental leaders who were
white men, many of whom were openly racist. Young activists of color
have been pushing against the whitewashing of environmental issues for
years—trying to diversify the community by highlighting the important
conservation contributions that people of color have made throughout
history. "
Staring down climate despair through kinship
"The concept of kinship with all beings has a long history in religious traditions."
How Unions Can Bridge the Gap Between Climate and Labor Movements
DIRECT ACTIONS
'After All, It's Our Money': Global Climate Campaigners Call for Public Banks to Fund Just Recovery and Green Transition
"Especially in the midst of a health and economic emergency, public
money must be used to boost existing solutions that will create new jobs
and support the people most impacted."
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Climate Finance Hits Hurdle in Greening Meat and Dairy
Can public lands unify divided Americans? An interview with John Leshy
ENDING ON A POSITIVE
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.
