EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - January 17, 2019
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EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM OCCUPY SONOMA COUNTY!
MAY
2019 BE THE YEAR THAT ALL OF HUMANITY WAKES UP TO THE URGENCY OF
CLIMATE CHANGE AND JOINS TOGETHER TO LOVE AND HEAL OUR PRECIOUS MOTHER
EARTH.
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BREAKTHROUGH!
'Victory': Supreme Court Rejects Exxon's Appeal, Time to Fork Over Climate Docs
https://www.ecowatch.com/supreme-court-big-oil-exxon-2625361340.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=ad8319fb63-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-ad8319fb63-86095421
Supreme Court Refuses Exxon Appeal,
Allows Mass. Climate Probe to Proceed
https://www.climateliabilitynews.org/2019/01/07/supreme-court-exxon-climate-massachusetts-healey/
EPA
Negotiates Deal to Drop Plans to Weaken Farmworker Protections
https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2019/01/epa-drops-plans-to-weaken-farmworker-protections/
GMOs & GLYPHOSATE
EU Approval of Glyphosate Based on
Review That Plagiarized Monsanto Studies
https://www.ecowatch.com/glyphosate-approval-eu-2626086402.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=bf6b7b6d2a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-bf6b7b6d2a-86095421
USDA Capitulates to the Agrichemical Industry with Final GE Labeling Rule
https://beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/2019/01/usda-capitulates-to-the-agrichemical-industry-with-final-ge-labeling-rule/
Monsanto Can Claim Patent on GM Cotton in India, Top Court Rules
https://www.ecowatch.com/monsanto-india-gmo-cotton-2625432329.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=8aea6d64ae-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-8aea6d64ae-86095421
OIL & GAS
Oil
Tanker Fire Near Hong Kong Kills 1, Potential Spill Could Threaten Endangered
Turtles and Dolphins
https://www.ecowatch.com/oil-tanker-fire-hong-kong-2625515032.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=8aea6d64ae-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-8aea6d64ae-86095421
PIPELINES
South Dakota County Secures More Jail Cells to Prepare for KXL Pipeline
Protests
https://www.ecowatch.com/south-dakota-jail-cells-kxl-protests-2625351453.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=ad8319fb63-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-ad8319fb63-86095421
Energy Transfer Opens Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Amid Hazard Worries, Investigation
https://truthout.org/articles/energy-transfer-opens-mariner-east-2-pipeline-amid-hazard-worries-investigation/
ZERO WASTE
'Right to Repair': Fixing Our Own Broken Stuff
Should Be Standard
https://www.ecowatch.com/right-to-repair-movement-2625650609.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=e3e693bf70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-e3e693bf70-86095421
POLLUTION
Fiat Chrysler to Pay Nearly $800 Million Settlement Over Emissions Cheating Charges
WAKE UP CALL
Weather records to fall as heatwave smashes the
country
https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2019/01/13/weather-heatwave/
Monarch
Butterfly Population Plummets in California
https://www.ecowatch.com/monarch-butterfly-population-california-2625340950.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=ad8319fb63-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-ad8319fb63-86095421
Collapsing glaciers threaten Asia’s water
supplies
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07838-4
Isle de Jean Charles Tribe Turns Down Funds to Relocate First US 'Climate Refugees’ as Louisiana Buys Land Anyway
U.S. Carbon Emissions Spiked 3.4% in 2018,
Second-Largest Increase Since 1996
https://www.ecowatch.com/us-carbon-emissions-2018-2625437969.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=8aea6d64ae-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-8aea6d64ae-86095421
Trump Threatens to Cut Off California Wildfire
Aid
https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-wildfire-funding-fema-2625553888.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=235d04f85d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-235d04f85d-86095421
PG&E seeks bankruptcy protection over California wildfires
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
To Take Down Fossil Fuels, We Must
Abandon Capitalism
https://truthout.org/articles/a-farewell-to-glaciers-coral-reefs-and-rainforests/
How humans
disrupted a cycle essential to all life
https://www.vox.com/videos/2019/1/11/18178233/carbon-cycle-climate-change-explainer-video?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
With the right guiding principles, carbon taxes
can work
https://theconversation.com/with-the-right-guiding-principles-carbon-taxes-can-work-109328?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton
DIRECT ACTION
The Youth Have Seen Enough
https://www.ecowatch.com/youth-climate-change-activism-thunberg-2625641153.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=526e4e05e8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-526e4e05e8-86095421
Colorado's Top Court Sides Against
Youth in Major Anti-Fracking Case
https://www.ecowatch.com/colorado-youth-fracking-case-2626070704.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=bf6b7b6d2a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-bf6b7b6d2a-86095421
Court Rules EPA Must Release 20,000 Emails Between Wheeler, Other Top Officials
and Polluting Industries
https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-wheeler-emails-polluting-industries-2625417216.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=ad8319fb63-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-ad8319fb63-86095421
"The
December 26 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California was the result of a lawsuit brought by the Sierra Club after the EPA
missed its deadline in responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request."
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
Thousands of GM engineers reassigned to work on
EVs
https://www.axios.com/thousands-of-gm-engineers-reassigned-to-work-on-electric-vehicles-aae16bb6-19d4-40f2-8da5-2688e65e80f8.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic
Electric Cadillacs in 2021
Exxon mulling investing in electric-vehicle
charging
https://www.axios.com/exxon-mulling-investing-electric-vehicle-charging-bfb2d09b-94ff-481e-a0b5-09bd4cde273e.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic
Abu Dhabi begins operation of world's largest
solar plant
https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Abu_Dhabi_begins_operation_of_worlds_largest_solar_plant-ZAWYA20190109031537/
ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Healthy Food Just Got a Big Boost in
the New Farm Bill
https://truthout.org/articles/healthy-food-just-got-a-big-boost-in-the-new-farm-bill/
World's Largest Solar + Battery Plant Unveiled in Hawaii
https://www.ecowatch.com/worlds-largest-solar-peaker-plant-unveiled-in-hawaii-2625529207.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=235d04f85d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-235d04f85d-86095421
Saturday, January 19, 3-5 pm
DIY Zero Waste at Home workshop
Sebastopol Library
Learn with Recology experts and more. Materials provided & kid friendly.
Registration Recommended: https://sonomacounty.libcal.com/event/4742050
Monday, January 21, 7-9 PM
Occupy Sonoma County Earth Action
Campaign Meeting
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa
For more information go to http://OccupySonomaCounty.org or
call 707-877-6650
Saturday, Jan 26, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop - Free
HARMONY FARM SUPPLY, 3244 Gravenstein Hwy North, Sebastopol, Ca 95472
Register here: http://harmonyfarmsupply.com/calendar-of-events/?action=evregister&event_id=163
Saturday, January 26 (the last Saturday every
month)
Community
Seed Exchange
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 500 Robinson Rd., Sebastopol
For more info: communityseedexchange@gmail.com
9-10:30 Optional Work Party
12-1 Free Workshop
9-12 Seed Library
Monday,
February 4, 7-9 PM
Sonoma
County Climate Activist Network (SoCoCAN!)
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave.,
Santa Rosa 95401
Please submit campaign proposals in writing: SonomaC...@gmail.com or to the SoCoCAN listserv
(preferred)
Facilitator for this meeting: Anne Jacopetti
Notetaker: Jory Adamson
Saturday, February 9, 1:30 - 4:30 PM
Sonoma Solidarity With Standing Rock meeting
Peace and Justice Center - 467 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa
1:30 to 3:00 PM - Public Banking meeting
3:00 to 4:30 PM - Sonoma Solidarity with Standing Rock admin/divestment meeting
For more info, visit: www.sonomasolidarity.org
Monday, February 18, 7-9 PM
Occupy Sonoma County Earth Action
Campaign Meeting
Peace & Justice Center, 467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa
For more information go to http://OccupySonomaCounty.org or
call 707-877-6650
Wednesday, February 20, 7pm
350 Sonoma Meeting
For more info go to
Facebook: 350 Sonoma or webpage 350sonoma.org.
Email 350Sonomacounty@gmail.com
Volunteer Opportunities
• OSC puts on six events
every year. Can you agree to post our event flyers to the bulletin boards
where you already shop? Please let us know what bulletin boards you can
cover. Flyers can always be downloaded from our website or we can get
them to you.
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
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 countywide
social justice campaigns that are globally relevant.