October 2018 Newsletter
This is going to be a big month for Tacoma LNG, with comment trainings, teach-ins, and a public hearing that could kill the project. But before we get to all that, it’s our last chance to say:
This is going to be a big month for Tacoma LNG, with comment trainings, teach-ins, and a public hearing that could kill the project. But before we get to all that, it’s our last chance to say:
On August 30th the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal quashed the Trudeau government’s approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project in a major legal victory for the environment and indigenous rights. Construction on this project is now officially stopped!
VIGIL AT THE WATER’S EDGE
For the last ten days we’ve seen a heart-rending example of how personal ecological stress can be. Carrying her dead calf day after day, local orca Tahlequah forces us to reckon with her grief—not just the broad tragedy of climate change and its looming extinctions. It’s a grief we’ll see far too often—in humans and all others—unless the status quo changes quickly and significantly.
Welcome to July! First up, big props to all of you who helped make sure that…
I-1631 WILL BE ON THE BALLOT
Big thanks to everyone who got pied up at Octopie on Saturday night! This month we’re upending our usual order of business and shouting out:
We’ve got youth in Olympia, a big day for PSE actions and a whole lot more packed into the shortest month of the year! Check it out:
There’s a chill in the air, and here’s the cure: Come dance at our party! More on that below, but first…
GAS IS THE WRONG BRIDGE
Local wildfires, a monster hurricane season — the impacts of a warmer climate are obvious. So there’s your motivation. And here’s, oh, just a few ways to take action:
Has the B.C. wildfire haze been dogging your summer days? Ours too, and it breaks our hearts to see the world burning, which is why we’re glad for some… BIG NEWS FROM BC
We told you April was going to be busy: Marches and a summit, actions and comment periods, town halls and carbon taxes, valve turners on tour and fundraising for allies, we’ve got it all!