EARTH ACTION IN THE NEWS - June 10, 2024
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Global Clean Energy Investment Will Nearly Double That of Fossil Fuels in 2024: IEA Report
https://www.ecowatch.com/global-clean-energy-investment-2024-iea.html
NOAA Designates 1,722-Square Mile National Marine Sanctuary in New York
https://www.ecowatch.com/noaa-marine-sanctuary-new-york-lake-ontario.html
1 of world’s rarest whales spotted off Point Reyes coast
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/north-pacific-right-whale-point-reyes/
Cool Petaluma Summer Potluck Picnic
https://community.coolpetaluma.org/view_only/event/11862
Wednesday Jun 19 5-8 PM
Transform Transportation - Cool Petaluma
CityBus Launches New Schedule
Arbor Day Foundation Names Santa Rosa a 2023 Tree City USA
North Bay getting $81 million for transportation work: Where is the money going?
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/caltrans-construction-mendocino-sonoma/
"Projects include updates and upgrades for bridges, roadways, public transit and improved facilities for people who walk and bike."
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/battery-fire-recycling-disposal/
"Batteries by law must be properly disposed of, or they can become damaged and spark fires, as happened three times in the past month."
California property owners paying more as state works to keep insurers from leaving
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/industrynews/california-insurance-rate-hikes-approvals/
"Property owners in the Golden State face more insurance rate hikes, some into the double digits, amid ongoing concerns over carriers leaving the state. Despite requests for increases, state officials aim to stabilize the market and prioritize insurance access."
California Gov. Newsom unveils plan that would hasten insurance-rate reviews — and increases
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/newsom-insurance-reviews/
"A proposal to fix California’s insurance crisis would require the insurance department to process requests from insurers more quickly."
State Farm zigzags on California home policy non-renewals
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/industrynews/california-state-farm-insurance-renewals/
“It’s ridiculous,” said State Farm customer Lisa Frazee, among tens of thousands of Californians who learned their policies wouldn’t be renewed. The insurer has told her and others that policies could be reupped — if they obtain separate fire coverage."
Sonoma Water installs inflatable dam to prepare for summer water demand
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sonoma-water-russian-river-inflatable-dam/
"The water agency is getting ready for peak water demands as summer temperatures begin to rise."
Reprieve for ailing valley oak on county-owned lot in Healdsburg may be only temporary
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/healdsburg-heritage-oak-sonoma/
"Sonoma County, Healdsburg weighing liability concerns against interest in preserving 130-year-old heritage valley oak."
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/pge-guerneville-power-outage-epss/
Ultra-processed US foods are ultra-bad for you. Here’s what to know
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/processed-foods-health-what-to-know
"A growing number of grocery-store foods, from fruit-flavored yogurts to packaged bread, are being tied to health concerns."
EXPOSED: How Coca-Cola Uses Greenwashing (video)
https://youtu.be/5a_QJoE1QmU?si=JALTuHQ3-1VlTYDK
The latest short video by the Story of Stuff Project featuring Annie Leonard.
Bottled water is full of microplastics. Is it still ‘natural’?
https://grist.org/accountability/bottled-water-microplastics-natural-evian-poland-spring-arrowhead-crystal-geyser-fiji-lawsuit/
"Recent lawsuits say Arrowhead, Evian, Poland Spring, and other water bottlers are deceiving customers."
Mexico’s avocado industry harms monarch butterflies, will U.S. officials act?
Why You Should Only Buy Organic & Fair Trade Avocados
https://organicconsumers.org/why-you-should-only-buy-organic-fair-trade-avocados/
World’s Oceans Face ‘Triple Threat’ of Oxygen Loss, Extreme Heat and Acidification, Study Finds
THINK TANK & STRATEGY
Overcoming despair and apathy to win democracy by George Lakey
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/05/overcoming-despair-apathy-win-democracy-otpor-serbia-ivan-marovic/
https://wagingnonviolence.org/ipra/2024/05/may-boeve-lessons-building-power-climate-action/
"After 15 years leading 350.org, outgoing executive director May Boeve reflects on what she has learned that can inform the next 15 years of the climate movement."
Climate: can young activists still sway the outcome of COP negotiations?
https://theconversation.com/climate-can-young-activists-still-sway-the-outcome-of-cop-negotiations-228817
Number of Sonoma County farms affected by proposed ‘factory farming’ ordinance is in dispute
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/chicken-farms-dairy-factory-animal-activists-farmers/
"The ballot measure, which would be the first of its kind in any American county, raises huge questions relating to financial cost, regulation and Sonoma County’s appetite for animal flesh."
A German Climate Activist Won’t End His Hunger Strike, Even With the Risk of Death Looming
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062024/germany-climate-crisis-hunger-strike/
"Nearly three months into his fast, Wolfgang Metzeler-Kick says he won’t eat until the German government acknowledges the severity of the climate crisis and the world’s failure to address it. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shows no inclination of doing that."
‘Our struggles are connected’: Atlanta protesters link Cop City to Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/13/cop-city-emory-atlanta-israel
"Campus protesters say issue of police training center and its connections to Israel has been on their minds for months."
The Criminalization of Solidarity: The Stop Cop City Prosecutions
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-criminalization-of-solidarity-the-stop-cop-city-prosecutions/
"Georgia’s sweeping and political application of conspiracy law echoes a tactic that shattered the left roughly a hundred years ago, when the U.S. government targeted socialist parties and militant unions with laws against criminal syndicalism, espionage, and sedition."
How an Aboriginal woman fought a coal company and won
https://grist.org/indigenous/how-an-aboriginal-woman-fought-a-coal-company-and-won/
Surfers Are Fighting to Save the Waves—and the Planet
https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/peru-surf-breaks-climate-change-protections/
"By the end of the century, the world could lose almost half of its sandy beaches. But a movement of surfers across Latin America is working to protect the coastal-marine environment."
Rowan Kilduff On The Poetry Of Coexistence (audio)
https://rewilding.org/episode-124-rowan-kilduff-on-the-poetry-of-coexistence/
Wildfire Ready: Ladder Fuels & Proper Removal
https://www.srcity.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2594
https://melissaknorris.com/podcast/10-unique-heirloom-vegetables-to-grow-in-your-home-garden/
Regenerative Agriculture Practices (On a Small Scale)
https://melissaknorris.com/podcast/regenerative-agriculture-practices-on-a-small-scale/
Five reasons to visit Jack London State Historic Park this month
Summer season begins at lakes and rivers around Sonoma County
https://www.sonomacountygazette.com/sonoma-county-news/sonoma-county-lakes-rivers-information/
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
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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?
https://OccupySonomaCounty.org
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmJoCP-ePUTPWNgHZwtBelg