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1) A manual for a new era of direct action
https://wagingnonviolence.org/feature/manual-new-era-direct-action/
2) Internal EPA Documents Show Scramble
For Data On Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/5988dd73e4b030f0e267c6cd
3) A farm shouldn’t be a factory
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/15/a-farm-shouldnt-be-a-factory/
4) World's Biggest Brands Are Pushing
Indonesia's Endangered Elephants to Extinction
https://www.ecowatch.com/palm-oil-elephant-extinction-2471399481.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=96757db8bc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-96757db8bc-86095421
Look for palm oil in your
ingredients. Orangutans are also in serious trouble due to palm
oil. Pepsi, McDonald's, Nestle, Unilever, Kellogg's, Mars, Procter &
Gamble and many more, are connected to deforestation through these palm oil
traders. Palm oil can be grown sustainably.
5) GM Moths Shown to Fail Ahead of New York State Release
http://sustainablepulse.com/2017/08/15/gm-moths-shown-to-fail-ahead-of-new-york-state-release/#.WZLePzHLdlR
6) Big Oil Forecast: Entering the Age of
Stranded Assets
https://www.ecowatch.com/stranded-assets-2461464857.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=6d76ed8b5b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-6d76ed8b5b-86095421
7) 8 Ways to Sequester Carbon to Avoid
Climate Catastrophe
https://www.ecowatch.com/carbon-sequestration-2461971411.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=3184d3cc0e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-3184d3cc0e-86095421
8) Melting Greenland Could Raise Sea
Levels by 20 Feet
https://www.ecowatch.com/greenland-ice-sheet-2465348674.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=48fd4f46be-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-48fd4f46be-86095421
9) Massive Wind Farm in Oklahoma Set to
Become Nation's Largest, Second Biggest in the World
https://www.ecowatch.com/oklahoma-wind-farm-2466156733.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=48fd4f46be-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-48fd4f46be-86095421
10) Rome Faces Water Rationing After
Second-Hottest Spring in 200 Years
https://www.ecowatch.com/rome-drought-2466574719.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=1a67e0fdfb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-1a67e0fdfb-86095421
Italy is having a serious drought.
11) Renewable Energy Booming After a
Decade of Progress
https://www.ecowatch.com/clean-energy-revolution-2465855554.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=61825c2c92-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-61825c2c92-86095421
12) Santa Barbara Becomes First
California City to Pass Resolution Against Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
https://www.ecowatch.com/santa-barbara-offshore-drilling-2465777011.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=b776f60065-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-b776f60065-86095421
13) South Carolina Utility Scraps $14
Billion Nuclear Project
https://www.ecowatch.com/summer-nuclear-station-canceled-2467656474.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=3274d15035-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-3274d15035-86095421
14) Costa Rica Wants to Become World's
First Country to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics
https://www.ecowatch.com/costa-rica-ban-single-use-plastics-2470233949.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c60e0c5ac8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c60e0c5ac8-86095421
15) Keystone XL Belongs in the 'Trash
Can of History'
https://www.ecowatch.com/keystone-xl-nebraska-hearings-2470551269.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=c60e0c5ac8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-c60e0c5ac8-86095421
and
150+ Tribes Opposing Keystone XL Promise to Stop It in Its Tracks
https://www.ecowatch.com/tribes-oppose-keystone-xl-pipeline-2470671950.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=4f2b289792-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-4f2b289792-86095421
and
"We're Ready to Stop It Again": KXL Opponents Flood Nebraska's
Capitol
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/08/07/were-ready-stop-it-again-kxl-opponents-flood-nebraskas-capitol?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
16) Orlando Becomes 40th City to Commit
to 100% Renewable Energy
https://www.ecowatch.com/orlando-renewable-energy-2470947578.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=4f2b289792-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-4f2b289792-86095421
17) Native Tribes Continue Fight Against
Pipelines
https://www.ecowatch.com/native-tribes-pipelines-2471359840.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=99f658551b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-99f658551b-86095421
and in Pennsylvania:
Sunoco Ordered to Temporarily Suspend Drilling on Pipeline Project (video)
https://www.ecowatch.com/mariner-east-2-pipeline-2465757686.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=48fd4f46be-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-48fd4f46be-86095421
18) Interactive Map Shows Every Wind
Farm in America
https://www.ecowatch.com/wind-power-map-awea-2471370389.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=95af6fc922-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-95af6fc922-86095421
19) How Absurd! Inconvenient Sequel
Doesn't Talk About Animal Agriculture
https://www.ecowatch.com/al-gore-methane-2471033730.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=4b9046d4fd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-4b9046d4fd-86095421
20) Penalties Against Polluters Drop 60%
Under Trump
https://www.ecowatch.com/epa-civil-penalties-2471446469.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=95af6fc922-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-95af6fc922-86095421
21) It's Official: Nuclear Power Can’t
Compete With Renewables
https://www.ecowatch.com/westinghouse-nuclear-2469123144.html?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=0878167ce7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-0878167ce7-86095421
Take Action - Get Involved - Join Us Today!
Plastic Free July
Occupy Sonoma County made a fun video called Card Game at the Plastic Free
Saloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VEHgHwJiJM
Sonoma County Climate Change Activists
Next meeting: Monday, October 30th at 7 PM, Peace & Justice Center to
discuss follow up action plans.
- Don't miss Debora Hammond's interview on
Women's Spaces Radio about the Climate Change Activists Summit on July
31st. Her interview runs from the 19 minutes and 20 seconds mark to the
34 minute mark (about 15 minutes).
http://www.womensspaces.com/ArchiveWSKBBF/WSA170807.html
- Watch for articles about the July 31 summit coming soon in the Sonoma County Gazette, Russian River Times and the Peace Press.
Attend our next Earth Action Campaign meeting:
Monday, September 18, 7-9 PM (OSC is on Summer Break for the month of August)
467 Sebastopol Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Training For Climate Action by the Center For Climate Protection
Be sure to sign up for a free training on August 17, 24, or 31.
Go here for more
information and to register: https://climateprotection.org/basic-training-climate-action/.
Metta
Center Nonviolence Training: Foundations and Principles
Participants will explore key principles of nonviolence, how it works, and how to apply it in our day to day lives as well as our activism.
Saturday, August 19, 9-11:30 am at the Metta Center for Nonviolence, 205 Keller St. Suite 202D, Petaluma.
Cost: $20. RSVP: Step...@mettacenter.org
http://mettacenter.org/upcoming_events/workshop-foundations-principles-nonviolence/Volunteer Opportunities:
We are looking for help with video editing
Please let us know if you or someone you know can help with that.
Even once for an hour or two would help.
We are updating our press list during the Summer Break
One or two volunteers will make this easier and go faster.
No special skills needed - just some of your time.
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