Our Common Enemy is Climate Change
— Bill Moyers
LETTER: Past Republican officials on current affairs — Peninsula Daily News

Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns
What if the banking, asset-management, and insurance industries moved away from fossil fuels?
By Bill McKibben September 17, 2019
Solutions
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Australia: Climate Emergency Summit
The summit brought together over 2,000 intellectuals, private sector leaders, government officials, and organizers to explore how to facilitate an emergency-speed climate transition in Australia and across the globe.
By the numbers:
- Total number of US declarations of Climate Emergency: 87, within 23 states.
- Current active Climate Emergency campaigns in the US: 113.
- Percent of Americans who believe that climate change is the most important issue facing society: 56%.
- Percent of Americans experiencing “eco-anxiety”: 68%.
- Number of young conservative American voters who say that climate change is an important issue: 77%.
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Making the internet more energy efficient
— Chalmers University of Technology

Simulations Identify Missing Link to Determine Carbon in Deep Earth Reservoirs
— University of Chicago
Regional Actions

Now this is demonstrating in style
With better weather comes a lower carbon footprint. No snow tires for bicycles.
Join us on #FridaysForFuture
Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain

Next Sunday February 23rd at NOON we will meet in Port Townsend at the triangle near Chase Bank to support the Wet’suwet’en Nation

FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE & ITS EFFECTS
Climate Change: *NEW UPDATES* Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enact measures to promote climate resiliency.
Energy: *NEW UPDATES* Advocate for clean and renewable sources.
Forests & Rivers: *NEW UPDATES* Protect our forests from wildfires and preserve as important carbon sinks. Protect our free-flowing rivers from dams, disturbance, and depletion.
Water: *NEW UPDATES* Protect the quality and quantity of our water supply

National Actions
Urge your legislators to support the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act TODAY — Greenpeace
Will you take 2 minutes to voice your support for SB 5947 by calling Rep. Chapman (360-786-7916) today?
The Sustainable Farms and Fields grant program is an effective way to address climate change – Carbon Washington
Tell JPMorgan Chase: It’s time to clean up your act, starting from the very top — Sierra Club

Local/Regional News

Carbon Footprint of Canada’s Oil Sands Is Larger Than Thought
— Inside Climate News
JPMorgan Chase’s PNW HQ in Seattle
is totally shut down by 100s of activists

National/International News

15 Years after the Kyoto Protocol Went into Force, the Climate Crisis is Worse Than Ever — Newsweek
Methane is a hard-hitting greenhouse gas. Now scientists say we’ve dramatically underestimated how much we’re emitting — The Washington Post
NASA flights detect millions of Arctic methane hotspots
— Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A group of 16 US Senators just wrote to 11 major banks asking them to ban funding for oil and gas drilling or exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — Sierra Club
What JPMorgan Chase might do on fossils in 2020 — Rainforest Action Network

The Republican Climate Agenda
Solve global warming
without sacrificing coal, gas or oil

Climate in Politics
Climate Change Rises as a Public Priority
But It’s More partisan Than Ever — NY Times
Trump aims for New York in latest Salvo against clean energy
— Crain’s New York Business
A 9-Minute Lesson in Environmental Literacy
Seven Tidbits To Put Things in Perspective — Medium

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Burning Worlds