May 2020 Newsletter
May 24, 2020
Keeping your distance out there in the sun? Glad to hear it! Here are some things to do in the shade:
Keeping your distance out there in the sun? Glad to hear it! Here are some things to do in the shade:
I see “Planet of the Humans” as undermining our main chance, really our only chance, to turn the ship around in time. It does this by undermining public support for renewables, which, along with reductions in energy use through efficiency investments, are vitally necessary to reach that IPCC goal of 50% carbon pollution reductions by 2030
On Thursday, Puyallup Water Warriors, Protectors of the Salish Sea, and over forty kayaktivists held a twilight prayer vigil on South Lake Union, urging Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) CEO Mary Kipp to halt the rush to operationalize the controversial Tacoma LNG facility.
The language of “flatten the curve,” coined during the coronavirus pandemic, holds valuable lessons about the climate crisis.
At its annual investor conference today, JPMorgan Chase released a new fossil fuel policy. It should be met with indignation, not praise.
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.
2020 may be the most consequential year ever, in a historical moment when our years are all strikingly consequential. We’re excited about the possibilities it presents locally and nationally, and gearing up to fulfill them as best we can. But meanwhile, there’s more good learning and good work in this one, and a little time for reflection too.
Without consideration of our climate, public health, or environmental justice, PSRC has positioned the Aviation Baseline Study as setting the stage for unconstrained aviation expansion.
As climate activists, we seek a different future where communities come together to make the changes we need to survive climate change. To do this, our state and local governments need to set a different course.
7 million marched worldwide for climate. Will it make a difference? With your help, it will.
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