EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - JULY 20, 2017

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EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS

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​1) With All the Fracking Going On, How Much Methane Is Leaking?
https://www.ecowatch.com/mark-bittman-methane-leaks-2449069675.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=9e4fcd2f0b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-9e4fcd2f0b-86095421

2) 3 Ways to Tell if Your Local Politician Is Serious About Climate Change
https://www.ecowatch.com/mckibben-rolling-stone-2450836797.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=9e4fcd2f0b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-9e4fcd2f0b-86095421

3) 1 Million Plastic Bottles Bought Every Minute, That's Nearly 20,000 Every Second
https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-bottle-crisis-2450299465.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=9e4fcd2f0b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-9e4fcd2f0b-86095421

For Plastic Free July, if you are still using single-use plastic bottles this would be a good time to give them up!

4) Major Correction to Satellite Data Shows 140% Faster Warming Since 1998
https://www.ecowatch.com/data-correction-climate-change-2450843224.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=9e4fcd2f0b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-9e4fcd2f0b-86095421

5) 'Government Violating Own Laws to Pave Way for Fracking Plan' in Ohio's Only National Forest
https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-wayne-national-forest-2453868509.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=b2b2bf5ecd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-b2b2bf5ecd-86095421

​ Don't be fooled by Gov. Jerry Brown's recent climate action photo opportunities - we have fracking here too. And Nestles just got a sweet deal from him to bottle our water.​

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/California_and_fracking

6) Pipeline Developer Distances Itself From Private Security Firm That Operated During the NoDAPL Protests
https://www.ecowatch.com/tigerswan-dapl-2454293862.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=b2b2bf5ecd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-b2b2bf5ecd-86095421

7) Another Big Gift to Oil & Gas: Zinke Fast Tracks Drilling on Public Lands
https://www.ecowatch.com/zinke-fracking-public-lands-2454924861.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=bf78ae818c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-bf78ae818c-86095421

8) These 100 Companies Are to Blame for 71% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since 1988
https://www.ecowatch.com/carbon-emissions-2456647136.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6668f4c064-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6668f4c064-86095421

9) Stop Dumping Offshore Fracking Waste Into Gulf of Mexico
https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-waste-gulf-2457974291.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=41f768748b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-41f768748b-86095421

10) Monsanto Faces Class Action Suit Over Allegedly Violating Two Federal Labor Laws
https://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-labor-laws-2459192551.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5b810424e5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5b810424e5-86095421

11) 2016 Was Deadliest Year Ever for Earth Defenders
https://www.ecowatch.com/defenders-of-the-earth-2458733440.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5b810424e5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5b810424e5-86095421

12) Australian Researchers: 'We Found Evidence of Microplastics Pretty Much Everywhere We Looked' (video)
https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-seafloor-2459150421.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5b810424e5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5b810424e5-86095421

Microplastics are now coating the bottoms of the oceans. One cause is lint from washing synthetic clothes. Also nanoparticles is cosmetics. Switch to natural fibers such as organic cotton and check your body care products.

13) Actor James Cromwell Speaks Out Before Jail Time for Peaceful Anti-Fracking Protest (video)
https://www.ecowatch.com/james-cromwell-fracking-protest-2459305476.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5b810424e5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5b810424e5-86095421

You don't want to miss what he has to say in this interview.​

14) Nuns Protest Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline by Building Chapel on Proposed Route
https://www.ecowatch.com/nuns-atlantic-pipeline-2456748409.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5d3bc7ef5f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5d3bc7ef5f-86095421

15) Massive Iceberg Finally Breaks Off: Antarctic Landscape 'Changed Forever'
https://www.ecowatch.com/larsen-c-breaks-off-2457393787.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5d3bc7ef5f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5d3bc7ef5f-86095421

16) 'The Fight Is Not Over': Activist Building Solar Arrays to Block Keystone XL Route
https://www.ecowatch.com/solar-keystone-xl-2457407839.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=22c6f18494-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-22c6f18494-86095421

17) Toxic Industrial Chemicals Found in 10 Types of Macaroni and Cheese Powders
https://www.ecowatch.com/macaroni-cheese-phthalates-2458637217.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=5d3bc7ef5f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-5d3bc7ef5f-86095421

These same products have different ingredients in countries where these toxins are illegal. Why

​does​

n't Kraft et al give American consumers the same healthier versions that they sell in Europe and other countries?

18) 46 House Republicans Side With Science
https://www.ecowatch.com/house-republicans-climate-2460740442.html?utm_source=EcoWatch%2BList&utm_campaign=22c6f18494-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-22c6f18494-86095421

 

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We have something special planned so stay tuned for details

Calling All Climate Change Activists! 
Sonoma County Climate Change Activists Summit
Monday, July 31, 6-9 PM
467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401
More information is on our website

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Sunday, August 6, 12-5 PM.
Walnut Park, Petaluma

Attend our next Earth Action Campaign meeting:
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