Even before Australia erupted in wildfire, the European Space Agency was asking,
“Is the earth on fire?,” as multiple fires burned across the globe.
Read more about 2019 fires, and fire-tracking via satellite, here.
Bill Joy has a plan to cut global carbon emissions in half
Solving the Climate Crisis Can’t Be Gamified — Kamp Solutions
Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns
New York Times | Bill McKibben
Illustration by Matt Chinworth
What if the banking, asset-management, and insurance industries
moved away from fossil fuels?
Solutions
Week 9: Try to go paperless for one day this week.
Take part: Jan. 26–Feb. 1, 2020
Olympic Peninsula Natural Climate Solutions Information Session
— Dungeness River Audubon Center – Monday, February 3rd
Solar panels capture solar energy from the sun even during short winter days — Tesla
Regional Actions
‘You have not seen anything
from us yet,’
“. . . so far during this decade,
we have seen no signs whatsoever
that real climate action is coming,
and that has to change.“
Join us on #FridaysForFuture
Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain
#StrikeWithUs | StrikeWithUs.org
There is a new force on the earth composed of a diverse coalition of youth-led and adult-led organizations.
89 days until Earth Day
Join the SAFE Cities movement
Check out our FAQ page here
Learn how local residents in the refinery community of Whatcom County, Washington are making their home SAFE.
If you live in the U.S. and pay state sales or income taxes, then you are almost certainly funding fossil fuel companies
Yes, I will defend the Amazon
How can you be involved in the state legislative session?
- Climate at the Legislature — Continually updated during session
- Environmental Priorities Coalition email sign up — WA Environmental Council
- Sign up to be a Legislative Session Activist — WA Environmental Council
- Connect with Climate Solutions — Updates and action alerts!
- 350 WA Civic Action Team — Weekly e-mail about climate bills in process
Tell your Legislator to support a Clean Fuels Standard!
— Washington Environmental Council
Sign up to join a textbanking party near you — Greenpeace | #Climate2020
Join the 350 WA – Civic Action Team
We know that legislators don’t hear enough from their constituents about the climate crisis – together, we are changing that
Here’s what you can do TODAY!
National Actions
About Marine Turtles
Ocean-Dwelling Species Are Disappearing –
Twice as Quickly as Land Animals
In Hot Water:
The Climate Crisis and the Urgent Need for Ocean Protection
2020 Climate Reality
Leadership Corps Trainings
- Las Vegas, Nevada: March 8 -10
- San Antonio, Texas: April 14 – 16
- Raleigh, North Carolina: June 29 – July 1
- Detroit, Michigan – August 11- 13
- Orlando, Florida – September 3 – 4
Sign here if you agree and tell Trump and Carson to stop illegally blocking aid for Puerto Rico
Of $18 billion that Congress appropriated in September for Puerto Rico for disaster relief, only $8 billion has been released — Daily Kos
The Trump Administration’s Attacks on Clean Water Safeguards Continue — Help Fight Back!
Protect Clean Water from Toxic Power Plant Coal Ash
— NRDC
Help NRDC jumpstart a new decade of climate action
Make a tax-deductible donation today
Tell Amazon: respect your workers, respect the planet — Greenpeace
Stand with youth climate activists — Stand.earth
Sign the petition: Demand Trump’s BLM Acting Director William Pendley resign — Climate Hawks Vote
It’s time to stop supporting climate chaos with taxpayer money — 350.org
JP Morgan:
Green your Trillions!
Remember this name: Jamie Dimon
He’s the King of Carbon
Local/Regional News
Dead Birds Washing Up by the Thousands Send a Warning About Climate Change
Researchers estimate an unprecedented 1 million common murres died along the Pacific Coast during the 2014-2016 ocean heat wave. Credit: Dave Walsh/VW Pics/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
National/International News
Harvard Law Students Protest Law Firm Paul Weiss for Representing ExxonMobil — DemocracyNow! video
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Denies Standing to youth plaintiffs’ case in Juliana v. US
Dutch appeals court upholds
landmark climate change ruling
Netherlands ordered to increase emissions cuts in historic ruling that puts ‘all world governments on notice’ — The Guardian
Things We Can Do:
The Big Picture
Climate in Politics
Conservative States Seek Billions to Brace for Disaster
(Just Don’t Call It Climate Change.) — The New York Times
Climate Grief Workshop in May — Seattle Southside Commons
The time has come sweet ones to honor our pain for this world
together as a community
who has farmed superfine merinos near Oatlands since 2000
Carbon dioxide:
Nature’s tiny solar panels
Note to her readers:This is the first in a series I’ve written on climate change for our local monthly newspaper. I wanted to go back to the basics of the science behind climate change.
I’ll post them in coming Yarns.
Cheers, Nan
Olympic Climate Action 