EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - May 29, 2020

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BREAKTHROUGH!
Aera Withdraws Cat Canyon Oil Drilling Application Following Years of Community Opposition
https://350sb.org/aera-withdraws-oil-drilling-application/

Big Oil Loses Bid to Move California Climate Court Fight
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/california-cities-can-push-climate-cases-against-oil-industry

Deforestation rate globally declined between 2015 and 2020: FAO report
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/forests/deforestation-rate-globally-declined-between-2015-and-2020-fao-report-71107

Monarch Butterflies Will Be Protected Under Historic Deal
https://www.ecowatch.com/monarch-butterflly-protected-2646052111.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

Renewables Surpass Coal in Both the U.S. and U.K. in Historic Firsts
https://www.ecowatch.com/renewables-surpass-coal-2646007462.html

UC becomes nation's largest university to divest fully from fossil fuels
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-19/uc-fossil-fuel-divest-climate-change

Built by Oil’s Riches, Houston Goes 100% Green Years Earlier
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-22/built-by-oil-s-riches-houston-goes-100-green-five-years-early

'Car-Free Zones' Launching in London
https://www.ecowatch.com/car-free-zones-london-2646014436.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

LOCAL REPORTS
PG&E Bankruptcy Deal Nears Crucial Deadline
https://www.bohemian.com/northbay/pgande-bankruptcy-deal-nears-crucial-deadline/Content?oid=10134038

COVID-19 Sparks a Rebirth of the Local Farm Movement
https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2020/05/21/coronavirus-food-local-farm-movement/?fbclid=IwAR3LIcwIN2-ziJvOIP59pmK4Y8YK4VcwfIlpLo_6mEuMr930QwXPGmdUBaw

FOSSIL FUELS
Help us protect the headwaters of the Amazon from oil companies, elders say

Organisation seeks environmental audit of Nigeria’s coal mining sites
https://www.von.gov.ng/organization-seeks-environmental-audit-of-nigerias-coal-mining-sites/

BlackRock Faces Criticism for Role in Climate Crisis, Amazon Deforestation
https://www.ecowatch.com/blackrock-amazon-deforestation-climate-2645370467.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1

PLASTIC & POLLUTION
A clean transportation system is the prescription my patients need
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/05/25/opinion/clean-transportation-system-is-prescription-my-patients-need/

GREEN NEW DEAL
EU green recovery package sets a marker for the world
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/28/eu-green-recovery-package-sets-a-marker-for-the-world

'I don't want to be seen as a zealot': what MPs really think about the climate crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/21/i-dont-want-to-be-seen-as-a-zealot-what-mps-really-think-about-the-climate-crisis

LEAKED: Europe’s draft ‘green recovery’ plan
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/leaked-europes-draft-green-recovery-plan/

No Harm Here is Still Harm There: The Green New Deal and the Global South
https://www.jamhoor.org/read/2020/5/21/no-harm-here-is-still-harm-there-the-green-new-deal-from-the-global-south-ii
"A GND which fails to challenge the hegemony of growth-led development perpetuates the exploitation of the Global South and will be unable to prevent global ecological social collapse."

In political U-turn, Czechs back EU’s green recovery plan
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/in-political-u-turn-czechs-back-eus-green-recovery-plan/

Greta Thunberg: EU's New Climate Law Is ‘Surrender’
https://www.ecowatch.com/greta-thunberg-eu-climate-law-2645391457.html?rebelltitem=2#rebelltitem2

WAKE UP CALL
Scientists fear car surge will see CO2 rebound
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52724821

Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green, say scientists

In Michigan, Dams Plus Climate Change Equals a Disastrous Mix
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052020/michigan-dams-flooding-climate-change-storms-extreme-weather

THINK TANK & STRATEGY
Third of people could ditch cars in favour of cycling or walking post Covid-19 crisis, finds Cycling UK
https://cyclingindustry.news/third-of-people-could-ditch-cars-in-favour-of-cycling-or-walking-post-covid-19-crisis-finds-cycling-uk/

How renewable energy could power Britain's economic recovery
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/19/how-renewable-energy-could-power-britains-economic-recovery

64% of Americans Have Experienced Transformative ‘Eco Wake-Up Calls’ During COVID Crisis
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/americans-have-been-transformed-by-eco-wake-up-calls-during-covid/

6 Ways to Make City Streets Safer for Pedestrians
https://thecityfix.com/blog/6-ways-make-city-streets-safer-pedestrians-nikita-luke/

DIRECT ACTIONS
The protesters running a campaign from home
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52472426

The Extinction Rebellion Guide to the Impossible
https://rebellion.earth/the-xr-guide-to-the-impossible/

‘No going back’: How Extinction Rebellion is redefining its image in lockdown

5 Women Environmental Leaders You Should Know
https://www.ecowatch.com/women-environmental-leaders-2645405942.html?rebelltitem=4#rebelltitem4

Greenpeace Activists Urge Barclays to 'Stop Funding the Climate Emergency,' Shut Down Branches Across UK
https://www.ecowatch.com/greenpeace-barclays-climate-protest-2645368252.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c0052bc11c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c0052bc11c-86095421

SUSTAINABLE LIVING
6 Actions to Combat Climate Change and Help Wildlife in Your Garden
https://blog.nwf.org/2020/03/6-actions-to-combat-climate-change-and-help-wildlife-in-your-garden/

Everything You Need to Know About Traveling Green
https://greatist.com/health/travel-green-holidays?amp=1#4

How major cities are trying to keep people walking and cycling after the lockdown
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/05/cities-support-people-walking-and-cycling-work/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%20Weekly%20Roundup:%20Smart%20Cities%20Dive:%20Daily%20Dive%2005-16-2020&utm_term=Smart%20Cities%20Dive%20Weekender

CATCHING UP
Louisiana Residents Are Mobilizing to Push for Air Monitoring After Exxon Fire
https://truthout.org/articles/louisiana-residents-are-mobilizing-to-push-for-air-monitoring-after-exxon-fire/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=aad5019f-a94e-4fc0-bbe3-5b63a61832e8

Law Students Are Refusing Job Offers From Elite Firm Until It Drops ExxonMobil
https://truthout.org/articles/law-students-are-refusing-job-offers-from-elite-firm-until-it-drops-exxonmobil/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=8733d24d-4af0-4eab-952e-5bee1e8cde10

The Fate of the Planet Rests on Dethroning the IMF and World Bank
http://inthesetimes.com/article/22323/imf-world-bank-climate-change-global-green-new-deal?link_id=3&can_id=4ac90aceb77dd266e204a905365379d8&source=email-unions-were-crucial-in-bernies-new-hampshire-win-why-a-military-response-to-climate-change-is-a-terrible-idea&email_referrer=email_730993&email_subject=inside-bernies-unorthodox-plan-to-beat-trump-the-fate-of-the-planet-rests-on-dethroning-the-imf-and-world-bank

The Next Economic Recession Will Likely Come From Climate Crisis
https://truthout.org/articles/the-next-economic-recession-will-likely-come-from-climate-crisis/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b21e1d35-25b4-4a10-af64-15d30ac4caf9

ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Four decades of no-till study proves nature knows best

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.

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