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BREAKTHROUGH!
Mayors of 12 Major Global Cities Home to 36 Million People Make Unified Fossil Fuel Divestment Pledge
"The declaration sends a loud clear message to the fossil fuel industry," said 350.org executive director May Boeve, whose advocacy group has spearheaded demands
for a green, just recovery. "As we watch wildfires burn in the U.S. and
devastating floods in parts of Africa, we know that fossil fuels are
not a safe investment: the sector is too volatile to be deeply vulnerable, it is time to divest from fossil fuels and invest in the green and just recovery of the future."
Germany's New Climate Charter: What Will It Change?
"The German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier made history last week by announcing the "historic compromise" of a new climate charter
for Europe's economic powerhouse. Days later, European Commission
President Ursula von der Leyen announced the EU's Green New Deal climate
goals would become even more ambitious, with a plan to cut greenhouse
gas emissions in the bloc by 55% by 2030."
Countries Pledge to Reverse Destruction of Nature After Missing Biodiversity Targets
LOCAL REPORTS
A better way to help Californians survive wildfires: Focus on homes, not trees
AGAIN – Past Logging Makes a fire worse
Protecting Your Home From Wildfire
Wet Homes Don't Burn (short video)
For information only and not to promote a product. This method is tried and true - it works.
Fanning the Flames
Don’t believe self-serving messengers. Logging will not prevent destructive wildfires
Dozens of little-known California oil spills have earned companies millions of dollars
Community destruction during extreme wildfires is a home ignition problem
To Prevent California Wildfires, We Need to Have Some Uncomfortable Conversations
Strong California Gas Demand Unlikely to Return, as Even Refineries Go Renewable
"The shift comes at a time when the state is facing a serious
reckoning over climate change, driven by emissions from the burning of
fossil fuels. In the face of historically destructive wildfires
exacerbated by global warming, elected officials and environmental activists in California are intensifying calls for a significant and rapid shift away from oil and gas."
Newsom Directs California to End Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars and Trucks
SMART to hold listening forum for Healdsburg as north county presses for timeline
'Wildfires Are Climate Fires': How to Discuss the Climate Crisis
BAYER/MONSANTO
Bayer Coordinated with U.S. Government on Pressure Campaign to Stop Thailand from Banning Glyphosate
FOSSIL FUELS
Exxon Touts Carbon Capture as a Climate Fix, but Uses It to Maximize Profit and Keep Oil Flowing
"Sprawled
across the arid expanse of southwestern Wyoming is one of the world's
largest carbon capture plants, a hulking jumble of pipes, compressors
and exhaust flues operated by ExxonMobil. The
oil giant has long promoted its investments in carbon capture
technology—a method for reducing greenhouse gas emissions—as evidence
that it is addressing climate change, but it rarely discusses what
happens to the carbon captured at the Shute Creek Treating Facility. The
plant's main function is to process natural gas from a nearby deposit.
But in order to purify and sell the gas, Exxon must first strip out
carbon dioxide, which comprises about two-thirds of the mix of gases
extracted from nearby wells. The
company found a revenue stream for this otherwise useless,
climate-warming byproduct: It began capturing the CO2 and selling it to
other companies, which injected it into depleted oil fields to help
produce more oil... Carbon
capture and storage, or CCS, is the rarest of policy breeds: a climate
change solution with bipartisan support. Republicans promote the
technology as a central piece of any GOP climate plan. Joe Biden, the
Democratic nominee for president, has endorsed it, too... "Using
public money to subsidize carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery doesn't
seem like a climate solution from where I'm sitting," said Doukas, of
Oil Change International. "By doing that, we're enriching the industry
that's done the most to delay climate action. And Exxon is the perfect
example."
PLASTIC & POLLUTION
The Myth About Recycling Plastic? It Works
"The oil industry makes $400 billion a year producing plastic and is
discussing how to increase investment in plastic production given that
demand for oil for cars is down. As the truth about recycling comes out, states and environmentalists struggle to see if the broken system can be fixed at all. While they do that, plastic production is predicted to triple by 2050."
WAKE UP CALL
World's Richest One Percent Are Producing More Than Double the Carbon Emissions as the Bottom 50 Percent
"A new report from Oxfam found that the wealthiest one percent of the
world produced a carbon footprint that was more than double that of the
bottom 50 percent of the world, The Guardian reported. The study examined 25 years of carbon dioxide emissions and wealth inequality from 1990 to 2015. "
Connector of the Gulf South, 15 Years and Counting
"We are anchoring the Movement for Black Lives
work that's centered around a national black climate agenda, and part
of that will include in-depth communications to bring climate into the
realm of Black lives—into communities that have been marginalized and
targeted by our colonizing system. Part of our work is to begin a
process of acknowledging the trauma that comes with being a person of
color in this country, being in an environmental justice community and
being poisoned every day, and going through a climate disaster. We are on the frontlines."
Humans Destroyed Intact Ecosystem Land the Size of Mexico in Just 13 Years
"Between 2000 and 2013, Earth lost an area of undisturbed ecosystems roughly the size of Mexico."
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
What Does Equitable Climate Policy Actually Look Like?
"The fact that Black and brown people suffer most under environmental
degradation is not news. But the dilemmas remain in the environmental
justice community as they have for many years: How do we lessen the
climate burden on Black and oppressed communities? How can we achieve
equitable and drastic emissions reductions and transform our entire
economy before the window of opportunity to prevent irreversible climate
change closes?"
The Power of Inclusive, Intergenerational Climate Activism
Out with predatory capitalism, in with a Life Economy
How did wind power just become America's biggest renewable energy?
What’s Stopping Us From Stopping Climate Change?
DIRECT ACTIONS
Student Climate Protesters Urge Their Universities to Go Carbon Neutral
Extinction Rebellion Returns to UK Streets
"The group kicked off 10 days of planned civil disobedience on Tuesday with protests in London, Manchester and Cardiff."
Massive 'Climate Clock' Urging Governments to #ActInTime Unveiled on Metronome in New York City
"Climate Change is already here. This clock is not an alarm clock
saying, in seven years it will ring and we need to wake up! It's more
like a stopwatch already running that we have to keep pace with,"
explained Gan Golan, the project originator. "We need to take action
today, tomorrow, and the day after that. Let's get moving. Every second
counts. We need to act in time."
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
EU's farm animals 'produce more emissions than cars and vans combined'
The Invisible Vegan (documentary video)osc
"By looking back at historical injustices, this documentary examines the
modern day consequences of unhealthy processed food in the black
community."
Failing Us: From A Black Woman Who Doesn’t Trust Science
"Jasmine Leyva, director of The Invisible Vegan, unpacks the complicated relationship between people of color and the climate movement."
'Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution': New Paper Outlines Vision for Climate Action
"A vast amount of data on the carbon sequestration potential of
agricultural soils has been published, including from Rodale Institute,
and recent findings are starting to reinforce the benefits of
regenerative agricultural practices in the fight against the climate
crisis."
4 Bloomington-Normal Nonprofits Will Add Solar Power Installations
Can Mushrooms Provide a Vegan, Green Alternative to Animal Leather?
ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Pathway to Paris Reminds Us That ‘People Have the Power’(music video)
"The eight-minute video features musicians and activists from 24
countries, 38 cities and six continents singing "People Have the Power"
by Pathway to Paris supporter Patti Smith and the late Fred Sonic Smith... Joining Foon and Smith in the video to endorse this message are a wide
range of celebrities, activists and ordinary people including Patti
Smith, Joan Baez, Tony Hawk, Cyndi Lauper, Dr. Vandana Shiva and Bill
McKibben."
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?
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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.
