The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) at the University of Washington is hiring an
entry-level Research Scientist.
You can learn more about the position here . . .


Why kids should be in the classroom this fall
— and how to keep them safe there
How should schools reopen?
Pediatricians offer these guidelines
To save American jobs, we must bring virus to ‘screeching halt’
How doctors are innovating to treat COVID-19
What doctors know about lingering symptoms from coronavirus
Scuba gear, coffee makers inspire inventors in design challenge for a cheaper ventilator
How to Stop the Next Pandemic: U.N. Report
— DemocracyNow!
Opinion
Letter — Supports Jim Waddell’s position on lower Snake River dams
— Peninsula Daily News

Anti-Racist Tools for your consideration
Diversify the all-white Port Angeles
Public Safety Advisory Board
Take the next step! Sign the Petition
The Port Angeles Racial Justice Collective on Facebook
Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness;
A Short List of People in America Who Were Not Freed in 1776
By Arleen Jenson
Racism Is Killing the Planet
The ideology of white supremacy leads the way toward disposable people
and a disposable natural world
By Hop Hopkins | Jun 8 2020 — Sierra Club Magazine
White people own 98% of rural land. Young Black farmers want to reclaim their share. — Grist
Across America, Activists Work at the Confluence of LGBTQ Rights and Climate Justice — Inside Climate News
Making Sure ‘Normal’ Is Never the Same Again
By Claire Elise Thompson | June 30, 2020 — Moyers on Democracy
5 environmental justice leaders from across the country share their thoughts on how to address racial injustice, climate change and COVID-19
8 Must-Reads by Women Who Take on White Supremacy and Patriarchal Power
These authors pull no punches in tackling head-on the topics of race, gender, and justice — Yes Magazine
Oprah Winfrey leads a conversation
speaking directly about systematic racism

Solutions
Week 33: Repair an item instead of purchasing a new one
Take part: July 12–18, 2020

- Clean and Safe Buildings through Electrification on Aug 13, 2020 @ 10 AM PDT Register here
- The Big Issue: Transforming Transportation on Sept 10, 2020 @ 10 AM PDT Register here
How do you deal with 9 million tons of suffocating seaweed? — The Guardian

Regional Actions

You are invited to the
Washington
Clean Air & Climate Caucus!
— Climate Solutions
Language access program registration for your group — 350.org
National Actions

Thursday, July 16, 2020 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT

Youth4Climate Summer Camp (Virtual)
Session II: July 27 – August 21, 2020

We’re a Nerdy Movement Study Group – 12-week online program
Local/Regional News
National/International News
Learn about the Citizen’s Assembly in detail in upcoming webinars
Learn about the CITIZEN’s ASSEMBLY ON CLIMATE – what Washington can accomplish through deliberative democracy
MONDAY, JULY 13th – 10-11 AM | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89272139818

Press Release from Reclaim Finance
BNP Paribas commits to no longer finance companies with no strategy to exit the coal power sector
— BankTrack


Another Reason to Cut Down on Plastics
Also this week:
Face masks for the environmentally conscious
How Wildfires Make Covid More Dangerous
The fracked gas Atlantic Coast Pipeline project is dead — Sierra Club
Supreme Court Won’t Block Ruling to Halt Work on Keystone XL Pipeline
— The New York Times
Standing Rock Elder Hails Order to Shut Down DAPL
— DemocracyNow! interview
Supreme Court reinstates fast-track pipeline permitting except for Keystone XL — The Hill
Some new climate models are projecting extreme warming.
Are they correct?
— Yale Climate Connections
Why Is the South Pole Warming So Quickly? It’s Complicated
Much of the warming is linked to natural climate cycles happening thousands of miles away in the tropics — E&E News
How COVID-19 Creates Food Waste Mountains That Threaten the Environment — EcoWatch
Pipelines are becoming a pipe dream — Grist

Climate in Politics
League of Women Voters
Clallam PUD District 2 Candidate Forum – July 16 at 6:00pm
Zoom link to Forum
2020 Election Strategy Survey — 350 Action Team

Category:
Burning Worlds

who has farmed superfine merinos near Oatlands since 2000
- Carbon dioxide:
Nature’s tiny solar panels - Take a deep breath
- Galileo Fixes Everything
- A Silver Lining
- If You Don’t Like the Heat,
Get Out of the Kitchen - Rainfall, Evaporation and Desertification
This is a series I’m writing on climate change for our local monthly newspaper. I wanted to go back to the basics of the science behind climate change.