“We Are Striking to Disrupt the System”:
An Hour with 16-Year-Old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg
September 11, 2019 — DemocracyNow!
Join Climate Strike Week on the Peninsula! Sept. 20-28
Youth leaders of the September 20 Climate Strikes have released their demands. It’s critical that parents, grandparents, and families stand with them in support of their bold vision.
Join the fight for our kids
and future generations!
Solutions
Penn State to hold the first international conference on Drawdown
Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown, on September 16-19, 2019
Watch Live Streaming — Conference Agenda — Project Drawdown
“Bhutan isn’t just carbon neutral — it’s carbon negative” — Tshering Tobgay
A TED Talk about climate and community.
“We in the Media Have Not Been Doing Our Job”:
250+ News Outlets Pledge to Focus on Climate Crisis — DemocracyNow!
Media coverage is exploding!
Plastic Industry’s Planned Expansion Threatens Our Ability to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change — Beyond Plastics
Carnival Corporation announced it’s planning to test the use of battery power systems on its AIDA brand ships! — Stand.earth
Regional Actions
Tell the Washington Department of Ecology
to properly protect our communities from tar sands. — Stand.earth
The bitumen case throws another legal hurdle in the path of the Trans Mountain pipeline
Help cover the filing costs today
On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Leaven Community Center in Portland, OR. Admission is free for this exciting evening.
Please SAVE THE Seattle DATE for For the People’s annual fundraiser Saturday, November 9 5-8pm in Seattle. Tickets are now available online.
To help us better plan food and logistics, be sure to get your FREE ticket now.
Come gather to celebrate grassroots organizing and meet the founders of For The People. Show up for Antonio Zamora, who relentlessly gives solidarity to many communities struggling against killer cops, climate change, and fascism.
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National Actions
Sign the petition to NOAA: — Daily Kos
Weather reports must be accurate and 100% free from political pressure.
Urge debate moderators to ask the candidates how they intend to protect science
Check out all our questions for the candidates — Union of Concerned Scientists
Tell GE to STOP Building Coal Plants and Join the Clean Energy Movement — NRDC
Oppose Dangerous Drilling NOW
Three major pro-environment bills are
coming up for a vote any day now:
You can be a reason they pass.
— NRDC Action Fund
National/International News
“We Are on the Frontline”: — DemocracyNow! video
Despite Tiny Carbon Footprint, Bahamas Is Ground Zero of Climate Crisis
“Biological Annihilation”: The Danger of Opening Alaska’s ANWR to Oil & Gas Drilling
— DemocracyNow!
Olympic Climate Action 