BREAKTHROUGH!
Australia aims to become renewable energy export superpower
This Cobalt-Free Battery Is Good for the Planet—and It Actually Works
"Cobalt is a scarce, toxic, and lustrous mineral that is found in the negatively charged electrode—or cathode—of almost all lithium-ion batteries used today. It’s expensive, heavy, and linked to unethical mining practices, wild price swings, and a tenuous global supply chain."
LOCAL REPORTS
Waiting to be fired, CPUC director describes agency as a 'watchdog with no teeth'
No, California's shift to green power isn't to blame for rolling blackouts
Smoke From Flaring at Chevron's Richmond Refinery Seen From Across the Bay
"Regulators have allowed this refinery to foul our air again and
again and again, and regulatory slaps on the wrist aren’t enough to
protect the lungs of nearby residents. It’s time for the governor to end
refinery pollution by shutting this dangerous place down and leading a
just transition away from dirty fossil fuels."
BAYER/MONSANTO
Appeals court denies Monsanto bid for Roundup case rehearing
Monsanto's Assault on Motherhood Must Stop!
"A new campaign to Women of Authority, our elected female officials in Congress and the Senate, from Moms Across America."
GMOs, GLYPHOSATE & TOXINS
Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate
The Insect Apocalypse Moves Up the Food Chain: American Bird Populations in Rapid Decline Due to Pesticide Use
Organic Farming Protects Communities from Toxic Chemicals
FOSSIL FUELS
BP’s ‘green’ promises are anything but – their latest investments are a slap in the face for humanity and nature
Seven top oil firms downgrade assets by $87bn in nine months
How Montana Is Cleaning Up Abandoned Oil Wells
PIPELINES
The Bakken Boom Goes Bust With No Money to Clean up the Mess
Gov. Tim Walz's appeal of Enbridge pipeline decision doesn't sit well with construction unions
PLASTIC & POLLUTION
Air pollution is much worse than we thought
A Plastics Spill on the Mississippi River But No Accountability in Sight
The Recycling Dilemma: Good Plastic, Bad plastic?
Microplastics Found in Human Organs for First Time
"Previous research has shown that people could be eating a credit card's worth of plastic a day; a study published in 2019 suggests humans eat, drink and breathe almost 74,000 microplastic particles a year."
'Plastic Rain' Is Pouring Down in National Parks
Seafood Study Finds Plastic in 100% of Samples
GREEN NEW DEAL
The Green New Deal Just Won a Major Union Endorsement. What's Stopping the AFL-CIO?
"Union support for the Green New Deal is growing. It’s time for America’s largest labor federation to get on board."
WAKE UP CALL
Climate scientists feel your pain, Dr. Fauci
Seawalls being shored up to protect World's Fair houses in Beverly Shores
Tourism collapse puts wildlife conservation in peril
Death Valley just recorded the hottest temperature on Earth
Greta Thunberg: After two years of school strikes, the world is still in a state of climate crisis denial
Greenland’s Ice Sheet Has Reached ‘Point of No Return’
Animals and Plants Are Relocating Because of Climate Change. Should They Be Considered Invasive?
“We are living through the greatest
redistribution of life on Earth for … potentially hundreds of
thousands of years, so we definitely need to think about how we want
to manage that.”
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
ARIES and RAIL Promise To Advance Renewable Energy Innovation and Integration
"Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette introduced two new acronyms to the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) lexicon on Aug. 12: RAIL and ARIES. RAIL stands for Research
and Innovation Laboratory, while ARIES is short for Advanced Research on Integrated
Energy Systems."
Restoring degraded tropical forests generates big carbon gains
The U.S. Could Get to 90 Percent Clean Power by 2035
Clean Energy Needs Women and People of Color to Drive Social Change
DIRECT ACTIONS
Cumbria: protests build before coal mine decision
"Campaigners opposing plans for a new coal mine in Cumbria held
demonstrations across the county this week ahead of the County Council’s
decision on whether to approve the opening of a new development set to
extract coking coal near the town of Whitehaven."
The return of Extinction Rebellion – podcast
After a big win against coal, NY climate activists are closer than ever to ending all fossil fuel investments
"A recent surge in youth-led climate activism has revived a near
decade-long effort to divest New York from the companies most
responsible for causing the climate crisis."
SUSTAINABLE LIVING
How Carbon-Smart Farming Can Feed Us and Fight Climate Change at the Same Time
"Farmers are the stewards of our planet's precious soil, one of the least understood and untapped defenses against climate change. Because of its massive potential to store carbon and foundational role in growing our food supply, soil makes farming a solution for both climate change and food security."
ENDING ON A POSITIVE
Nearly half of Germany's electricity has come from wind and solar this year
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
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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.
