Solutions
Solar Energy costs keep
blowing away official forecasts
Recycling plastic has been an uphill challenge.
Could chemical recycling change that?
— PBS News Hour
A startup deploys black soldier flies
in the Philippines’ war on waste
— Mongabay
Electricity from Renewables vs. Coal in G20 Nations
Regional Actions
Stand with Native Youth:
Support Removal of the Snake River Dams
— Change.org
Local/Regional News
During a decade when Cascadia’s governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists fighting fossil fuel exports exceeded their wildest expectations
— Investigate West
Lawsuit names the state, Gov. Jay Inslee, and several state agencies as defendants
Tribes, Civil Rights and Environmental Organizations Ask Washington Supreme Court to Take Up Youth Constitutional Climate Change Case — YubaNet
Update on the responses, and non-responses, to our recent letter.
Klamath River tribes have been preparing the river basin for the biggest dam-removal project in the history of the United States.
— Earth Island Journal
How Returning Lands to Native Tribes Is Helping Protect Nature
— Yale Environment 360
What is a heat dome?
Pacific Northwest swelters in record temperatures.
U.S. temps keep on rising
— ScienceNews
How Weird Is the Heat in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver?
— The New York Times
Implications of Global Warming
for Washington State
No Time To Waste and
Shifting Snowlines and Shorelines
Now in Spanish
Sin Tiempo Que Perder and
Cambiando las Líneas de Nieve y las Líneas de Costa
— Climate Impacts Group – Univ. of Washington
Local and Regional Newsletters
National Actions
No Climate, No Deal Episode 2 —— DEADLINE: July 5 — 7:00am
Please call or email your elected representatives
Sen. Maria Cantwell
Sen. Patty Murray
350.org reaches-out to Groups
using languages other than English.
Language access program registration 2021
August 3 and 17
Tell Biden:
Pass meaningful climate legislation now
Seal the deal on Arctic Refuge protections!
President Biden: Stop dumping plastic on the Global South
— Greenpeace
Call on Climate Envoy John Kerry and the Biden Administration to speak out for Indigenous rights in the Amazon
— Amazon Watch
We’re keeping the heat on Biden and Congress for a Civilian Climate Corps and a Green New Deal
— Sunrise Movement
Tell the Senate: Fix Fossil Fuel Finance
— Climate Hawks Vote
Let’s Secure a Clean Energy Economy
Call Liberty Mutual & Demand it
Drop the Trans Mountain Pipeline
— Rainforest Action Network
Dear President Biden: Please stop the Line 3 Tars Sands Pipeline
— Move On
Biden: Support Water Protectors #StopLine3
— Greenpeace
Tell Social Media Companies to Drop Fossil Fuel Ads!
— Greenpeace
Emperor Penguins Need Your Voice
— CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Urge Pres. Biden: Stand Strong and Pass the American Jobs Plan Without Delay!
“Your Money, Your Values:
Client Investors Unite to Protect the Amazon“
National/International News
Incursions Into Indigenous Lands Not Only Threaten Tribal Food Systems, But the Planet’s Well-Being
Nearly half a billion Indigenous people live off, and help preserve, the land. But a UN report concludes they are besieged as protectors of biodiversity.
A leaked draft report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change paints the starkest picture yet of the real and accelerating danger caused by humans’ use of coal, oil, and gas.
— PBS News Hour
National Extension Climate Initiative
The National Extension Climate Initiative serves to link climate change-related education and research across Extension program areas and associations.
Protecting Senegal’s Coast from Offshore Oil
Building on Killian’s Legacy
Killian Bryan O. Doherty
1983 – 2021
Climate change responsible for 37% of global heat deaths, new study says
— Associated Press
Biden considers protections for climate refugees
— Associated Press
Cities confront climate challenge:
How to move from gas to electricity?
— Yale Environment 360
Exxon Lobbyist Caught On Video Talking About Undermining Biden’s Climate Push
Exxon Mobil has apologized after one of its lobbyists talked about undermining climate action in an undercover video.
— NPR
Tell your reps to take the #NeverExxon Pledge
We’re calling on every member of Congress to pledge to reject any meetings with Exxon lobbyists and to support an immediate investigation into Exxon’s climate crimes. — 350.org
Show your stripes today!
On social media and Zoom or
Explore warming stripes for your community
— Climate Hawks Vote
“Defending the Sacred”:
Indigenous Water Protectors Continue Resistance to Line 3 Pipeline in Minnesota
— DemocracyNow! video
Lethal Force Against
Pipeline Protests?
Documents Reveal Shocking South Dakota Plans for National Guard
— DemocracyNow! video
Human Rights and Land Rights Defenders Under Threat in Ecuador
“We are not terrorists. We are Ecuadorians. But we don’t have peace of mind because we are threatened.”
— Amazon Watch
Maladaptive pathways revealed in Climate Adaptation Funding
— Institute for Study and Development Worldwide
National Newsletters
A daily newsletter by Grist
July 1 — Best of the best
June 28 — Oregon legislators have passed a pathbreaking climate bill.
June 29 — Biden’s EPA has a big new fund for environmental justice.
June 30 — Somehow the Senate passed a timid climate bill.
July 1 — Native American tribe in Montana is getting its land back.
July 2 — The U.K. is accelerating its deadline for quitting coal.
Opinion
Decolonize climate adaptation research
— Science Magazine
Illustrating Trump’s toxic legacy —
and Biden’s daunting task ahead
— Grist
A note to my Yarns from the Farm Readers—I’ve started another series for our local newspaper on biodiversity…”
Cheers, Nan
View the Biodiversity Series
View A Climate Basics Series
6. Enhancing Biodiversity: An Ounce of Prevention —
Taming the Virus
I got so excited about getting my vaccination, I decided to write this article for our local newspaper, rather than the one I was planning for this issue. Getting my jab makes it possible for me to do a long-planned hike in the Northern Territory, and under the new rules.”
Image is copyright from David Houlder, used by permission.
Olympic Climate Action 