EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - April 30, 2020

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​EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS  

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BREAKTHROUGH!

Dutch officials reveal measures to cut emissions after court ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/dutch-officials-reveal-measures-to-cut-emissions-after-court-ruling?CMP=share_btn_tw

Wall Street Is Bending to Pressure to Halt Arctic-Oil Loans

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-24/wall-street-is-bending-to-pressure-to-halt-arctic-drilling-loans

Big Banks Pull Financing, Prepare To Seize Assets From Collapsing Oil and Gas Industry
https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/04/13/big-banks-pulling-financing-oil-and-gas-industry

Milan announces ambitious scheme to reduce car use after lockdown
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/21/milan-seeks-to-prevent-post-crisis-return-of-traffic-pollution

LOCAL REPORTS

Close to Home: New gas stations conflict with climate crisis

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/opinion/10824170-181/close-to-home-new-gas

Environmentalism Goes Livestream

https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=8fb2954e-1913-422c-95a8-d8b56d4bbf17

FOSSIL FUELS

Ontario's energy plans a gas, gas, gas

https://nowtoronto.com/news/ontario-enbridge-natural-gas-pipeline-fracking/

The Day Petroleum Was Less Than Worthless
https://truthout.org/articles/the-day-petroleum-was-less-than-worthless/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3cb54309-ebb8-45bb-b17d-d205724c2ead

PIPELINES

Criminalizing Protests Is a Dangerous Idea

https://earther.gizmodo.com/criminalizing-protests-is-a-dangerous-idea-1842624019

Local-Level Fossil Fuel Fights Face Violent Retaliation From Industry

https://truthout.org/articles/local-level-fossil-fuel-fights-face-violent-retaliation-from-industry/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5cc4c7bd-8536-4d3b-8904-0c7dc4005a33

The Fight Against Minnesota's Line 3 Pipeline: Bill McKibben and Winona LaDuke in Conversation

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/minnesota-line-3-pipeline-winona-laduke-bill-mckibben-conversation-988155/

Oil and Gas Pipelines Are Still Being Built as the Rest of the Economy Shuts Down
https://truthout.org/articles/pipelines-are-still-being-built-as-the-rest-of-the-economy-shuts-down/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=df3e5108-9959-4249-892d-99af0845c1f6

PLASTIC & POLLUTION

Microplastics Found in Antarctic Sea Ice Samples for First Time, Scientists Say

https://www.ecowatch.com/antarctica-microplastics-sea-ice-2645809545.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

US Oil and Gas Methane Emissions Are 15 Percent Higher Than We Thought
https://truthout.org/articles/us-oil-and-gas-methane-emissions-are-15-percent-higher-than-we-thought/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5cc4c7bd-8536-4d3b-8904-0c7dc4005a33

WAKE UP CALL

Permian Basin Methane Emissions Found to Be More Than 2x Previous Estimates

https://www.ecowatch.com/permian-basin-methane-emissions-2645852936.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=720334b15a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-720334b15a-86095421

The World is Losing 9 Percent of Its Insects Every Decade, Study Finds
https://www.newsweek.com/world-9-percent-insects-decade-study-1499964

The massive environmental impact of the U.S.’s constant readiness for war

https://www.fastcompany.com/90470463/the-massive-environmental-impact-of-americas-constant-readiness-for-war

THINK TANK & STRATEGY

Wildfires Can Reduce Biodiversity. Can Biodiversity Be Used to Reduce Wildfires?

https://truthout.org/articles/wildfires-can-reduce-biodiversity-can-biodiversity-be-used-to-reduce-wildfires/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3c9d2be5-06d2-46ba-8864-598749b90260

Don’t Bail Out Oil and Gas — Use the Money for Environmental Cleanup Instead

https://truthout.org/articles/dont-bail-out-oil-and-gas-use-the-money-for-environmental-cleanup-instead/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5cc4c7bd-8536-4d3b-8904-0c7dc4005a33

Releasing Herds of Animals Into the Arctic Could Help Fight Climate Change, Study Finds

https://www.ecowatch.com/arctic-climate-change--herds-2645785410.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

Bill McKibben on Earth Day at 50: We Must Stop Subsidizing Fossil Fuel Industry Wrecking the Planet (video)

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/22/bill_mckibben_earth_day_2020?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=f96fd8d234-Daily_Digest_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-f96fd8d234-191276697

For climate activists, coronavirus lockdown means more time to organize

https://wagingnonviolence.org/2020/04/climate-movement-coronavirus-lockdown-organize-online/

Climate fix will require cooperation

https://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/opinion/editorial/editorial-climate-fix-will-require-cooperation/article_61be41a3-e7cb-52d2-a141-29365db1d688.html

Amid Historic Oil Collapse, an Opportunity to Accelerate Clean Transportation

https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/04/23/oil-collapse-electric-car-charging-transportation

Coronavirus recovery plan 'must tackle climate change'

https://www.tiredearth.com/news/coronavirus-recovery-plan-must-tackle-climate-change

Stuck in the Past on the Climate

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/opinion/chase-lee-raymond-exxon-climate.html

A Look at the Oil Industry’s Favorite Climate Solutions

https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/04/22/oil-industry-climate-solutions-carbon-capture-natural-gas

Is Carbon Capture and Storage a Climate Solution or a Pyramid Scheme?

https://truthout.org/articles/is-carbon-capture-and-storage-a-climate-solution-or-a-pyramid-scheme/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=2461c055-a7f1-49b5-a52d-83ed7b905079

This Earth Day, Stop the Money Pipeline

https://truthout.org/articles/this-earth-day-stop-the-money-pipeline/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=de9b2e7e-e70c-405a-830f-e0ea3203ca88

DIRECT ACTIONS

Greta Thunberg: Climate Activists Have Not Lost Hope Amid Pandemic. We’re Changing How We Organize. (video)

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/22/greta_thunberg_earth_day_2020?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=f96fd8d234-Daily_Digest_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-f96fd8d234-191276697

Chileans Who Took to Streets Against Inequality & Climate Crisis Say Virus Lockdowns Won’t Stop Them (video)

https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/22/angela_valenzuela_chile?utm_source=Democracy+Now%21&utm_campaign=f96fd8d234-Daily_Digest_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fa2346a853-f96fd8d234-191276697

Oxford University bans investment in fossil fuels after student campaigns

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/oxford-university-fossil-fuels-net-zero-student-campaigns-investment-a9478431.html?amp=1

300 Groups Call on Congress to Bail Out People, Not Polluters

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/300-groups-call-congress-bail-out-people-not-polluters-2020-04-20/

Extinction Rebellion Podcast Episode 9 – XR takes on the Finance Sector
https://rebellion.earth/2020/04/21/finance-sector-extinction-rebellion-podcast/

SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Halve the Farmland, Save Nature, Feed the World

https://www.ecowatch.com/efficient-farming-2645813855.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

This Appalachian Collective Has Launched Its Own “Green Stimulus”

https://truthout.org/articles/this-appalachian-collective-has-launched-its-own-green-stimulus/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3c9d2be5-06d2-46ba-8864-598749b90260

Meet the Startup Helping Chicagoans Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
https://www.americaninno.com/chicago/chicago-startup/meet-the-startup-helping-chicagoans-reduce-their-carbon-footprint/

Shall I compare thee to my old jumper? Stories of love for old clothes
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2020/apr/20/shall-i-compare-thee-to-my-old-jumper-stories-of-love-for-old-clothes

ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Beavers could help in adapting to climate change
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2020/04/beavers-could-help-in-adapting-to-climate-change/

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
http://OccupySonomaCounty.org
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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.