Jan 23, 2020 | City, Keep it in the Ground/No new Infrastructure, Legislation, Social/Discussion, State
by Nick Etheridge Our local fossil fuel-hooked utility is planning on spending $1 million in 2020 telling us that fracked gas is good for the climate. Don’t buy their lies. “Power concedes nothing without a demand.” I think of this Frederick Douglass quote regularly....
Dec 8, 2019 | Direct Action, Indigenous Solidarity
Screening of Invasion this Tuesday, December 10, 6:30-8 PM at Washington Hall 153 14th Ave Seattle WA 98122 AND on Tuesday December 17, 6:30pm-8pm at the Muckleshoot Culture Building, 39009 SE 172nd Ave. Auburn, Wa 98092 This Tuesday there will be a film screening on...
Apr 18, 2019 | Solutions, State
Cap & trade has failed communities in California ― why would it be any different here? In 2013, California adopted the country’s largest cap and trade scheme. Since then, the state’s overall greenhouse gas pollution have dropped from the 2001 peak…but...
Mar 25, 2019 | Direct Action, Divestment, Keep it in the Ground/No new Infrastructure
Taking on the Nation’s Largest Bank: JPMorgan Chase by Alec Connon For two years now, we’ve been campaigning to force JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, to stop funding climate disaster. Here’s the story behind the campaign ― an overview of the problem we’re...
Dec 20, 2018 | Direct Action, Voices of 350
by Rachel McDonald I was recently elected to 350 Seattle’s board of directors. Those of you who know me well know I’m a librarian by trade, and reading is one of the ways in which I make sense of the world. For years, I read about climate change, but I became involved...