Solutions
U.S. Senators and Representatives Joined Constituents Sharing Climate-fueled Extreme Weather Stories
A 21st-Century Transportation System That Drives Climate Action and Equitable Recovery
We must build the national transportation system of the future—and do it now, all while strengthening the responsible public oversight we all depend on to protect the environment and public health.
— NRDC
Regional Actions
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
ENDLESS SPENDING
Call Sen. Cantwell today and ask her to pull this proposal for $10 billion.
Join Take Action Network
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Join us for WCV’s annual
Gathering of Environmental Champions
Local/Regional News
White Pelicans on Whidbey Is.
— This is Whidbey
Ed Fallon looks for the great Eastern migration
— The Ed Fallon Report
We need to bring our whole selves to this work
As long as there’s still life and beauty in this world, we have to fight for it.
— 350 Seattle
National Actions
1. Contact the White House: Fill in your contact information and write a message in your own words here about why you want Biden to stop Line 3.
2. Share on Social Media: We need to spread the word and show President Biden that Americans across the country are watching.
Twitter — Facebook
3. Join one of the resistance camps: We know it’s a big ask. Please consider this offer by Indigenous leaders.
Climate Justice Means Protecting the Right to Organize
Tell your Senators: Fix our Infrastructure, Fight the Climate Crisis
— NRDC Action Fund
Urge Retailers to Abandon Dirty Ships
Sign the petition to Wall Street & President Biden: Defund Climate Chaos
The climate crisis has never been more urgent.
Not another dime of our taxpayer money. Not another minute of complicity. Send your message now.
— Greenpeace
More than One Million People will Take Climate Action This Summer with Over 500 Events Across the Country Calling on Congress to #ActonClimate
— Climate Power
IMO 2020: The Big Shipping Shake-Up
U.N. climate panel confronts implausibly hot forecasts of future warming
— Science Magazine
More Logging Won’t Stop Wildfires or Climate Change
Protect our federal forests — don’t log them more.
— CENTER for BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
National/International News
Shot with Rubber Bullets, Hospitalized, Jailed
— DemocracyNow! interview
Lawyer Who Sued Chevron over Amazon Oil Spills, Marks 2 Years Under House Arrest
Judge allows Chevron to prosecute lawyer after Federal Prosecutors decline.
— DemocracyNow! interview
An Indigenous firefighter explains how to better manage wildfires
First Nations bring generations of knowledge to the fight against climate-fueled blazes.
— VOX
FEMA and Climate Change
Climate Change, Slow-Onset Disasters, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency
— Congressional Research Service
National Newsletters
A daily newsletter by Grist
August 2 — A startup says it has built a cheap, long-duration battery.
August 3 — Scotland has deployed a giant tidal turbine.
August 4 — A major shipping company is adding electric planes to its fleet.
August 5 — Senate Democrats have a plan to make the fossil fuel industry pay for its contributions to climate change.
August 6 — The “Big Three” American carmakers have endorsed Biden’s electric vehicle push.
Opinion
The Big Money Behind the Big Lie
Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win at all costs.
What we lose when we lose our glaciers
Click to enlarge — Back to Return
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
7. Enhancing Biodiversity 2: Grazing
“. . . grazing in farmland and bush is, like chocolate and carbon dioxide, a good thing in moderation.”
Olympic Climate Action 