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Can Civilization Survive What’s Coming? — Rolling Stone
To Survive Climate Catastrophe, Look to Queer and Disabled Folks
— Yes! Magazine
Biodiversity—in nature, and in our
culture and resistance organizing—may be our best defense to the threats
of climate change.
‘Everyone Should Mobilize’:
Climate Leaders Urge Massive Turnout for Global Climate Strikes
“Our house is on fire—
let’s act like it,” says a call-to-action for
September 20th and 27th strikes.
— Common Dreams
Regional Actions
The Department of Ecology needs us to re-submit our comments to make sure they get counted. — Sierra Club
Clallam MRC is looking for volunteers to help out with the annual forage fish survey which will take place between August 12 and August 15, 2019
Climate Adaptation Toolkit for Marine and Coastal Protected Areas
— Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)
EcoAdapt State of Adaptation Program
Surging Seas: Ocean at the Door
— Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)
Port Angeles’s water quality, wildlife habitat, and community assets. Come tell us what you would like to see!
Our orca are starving!
Three Southern Resident Killer Whales were declared dead!
Tell the Northwest Power Council–
don’t abandon our salmon!
National Actions
Seeking:
Green New Deal – Policy Proposals
— The People’s GND Working Group
This is not a drill: it’s a Climate Emergency — The Climate Mobilization
Climate Strike Training Webinars — 350.org
Our blue planet
is under threat
— Greenpeace
Add Your Name to Support the Global Ocean Treaty!
We Need a Hearing on the Proposed DAPL Expansion
— Lakota People’s Law Project
Let’s call out BP and hold the oil giant accountable by flooding its Twitter feed
— Stand,earth
Let’s pile on enough pressure to make Trans Mountain uninsurable
— Stand,earth
The Arctic is BURNING, with fires so big you can see them from space!
Avaaz works to ensure that the views and values of the world’s people inform global decision-making.
Eradicate a plastic disaster from its root
A notorious petrochemical giant plans to build a new plastic plant, which is to become one of the biggest of its kind in the world. They are applying for permits to pollute in Louisiana.
The Forest Service wants to fast-track mining, logging and construction projects by cutting the public out of their decisions — Sierra Club
Trump is pushing for his NAFTA 2.0 — Sierra Club
Local/Regional News
UBC-Led Study Shows Biodiversity Highest
on Indigenous-Managed Lands
— the Columbia Basin Bulletin
2019 Tribes and First Nations Climate Change Summit
Northwest Tribes Convene Climate Summit In Spokane
Tribal Leaders Hear International Climate Change News
At Spokane Conference
— Spokane Public Radio
Congressional hearing on campus highlights CU Boulder climate change leadership
— CU Boulder Today
National/International News
What Conservation Efforts Can Learn from Indigenous Communities
— Scientific American
Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months
Do you remember the good old days when we had “12 years to save the planet”?
— BBC News
In Europe, a historic heat wave is shattering records with astonishing ease, may hasten Arctic melt
— The Washington Post
Temperature departures from average on Thursday, showing the scorching heat across Western Europe. (Weatherbell.com)
Medical Schools Are Pushed to Train Doctors for Climate Change
— The Wall Street Journal
Days before recess, Daily Kos delivers 130k signatures to Senate
urging no vote on Trump’s NOAA pick — Daily Kos
“I Feel Anxious”: Explosion at Texas Oil Refinery
“Our Economic System Is Crashing with Reality” says Jason Box
Supersizing Climate Change: U.N. Says Meat Production Destroys Land & Diminishes Key Water Sources
— DemocracyNow! videos
Environmentalists Risk Their Lives to Save the Planet
–DemocracyNow! Column By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
August Meditation for Climate Emergency – Sun, Aug 11, 2019 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PDT
— The Climate Mobilization
Watch These Young Spoken-Word Poets Take On Climate Change
The Climate Museum’s poetry slam at Harlem’s Apollo Theater was equal parts grief, anger, and hope.
Thank You for Being Late
An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving
in the Age of Accelerations
A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated
observers.
Thomas Friedman shows that we have
entered an age of dizzying acceleration–
and explains how to live in it.
Olympic Climate Action 