Local / Regional News
July deadlines for forest preservation – More info: Climate Forests and Center for Responsible Forestry
STATE ACTIONS- To ensure that the Commissioner of Public Lands, Hilary Franz, puts an end to logging the last remaining mature forests in western Washington, send a letter here.
Also, Tues, July 5, 9:25am: Register to attend the July BNR public meeting here, sign up for a public comment and indicate your support for a mature forest policy. More info about the July meeting here.
FEDERAL ACTIONS –By July 5: Make a comment here to the Bureau of Land Management about protecting mature forests.
By July 20: USDA invites public feedback on this question: How should the Forest Service adapt current policies to protect, conserve, and manage the national forests for climate resilience? Make a comment here.
Save our forests– social media graphics
Help spread the word about the crucial role our forests play in mitigating climate change by sharing these graphics on social media. And check out this letter to our federal government from scientists.
July 7-Sept. 3- “Terminus” ONP’s Glacier Memorial Project at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
On Friday, July 7, Olympic National Park’s art project to memorialize disappearing glaciers opens at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center with a reception from 5p.m. – 7p.m. at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Says the park: “The glaciers of the Olympic Mountains are vanishing due to climate change. We may only save these glaciers in the form of a song or painting, but we can still work together to care for the world and save what we have left.” Art will be available for viewing until September at the Fine Arts Center and is also posted online.
Canada bans cruiseship waste but…. new rules leave loopholes for toxics
2 new baby orcas celebrated
The Center for Whale Research confirms two new calves in the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population. These are the first calves born in L pod since 2021 and the first calves born in the L12 subgroup since 2018.
Inspiration
Indigenous people’s day resources
- Indigenous Climate Action: Indigenous Peoples’ rights and knowledge systems are critical to developing solutions to the climate crisis and achieving climate justice.
- Gidimt’en Checkpoint (Wet’suwet’en hereditary governance): The Wet’suwet’en people, are standing in the way of the largest fracking project in Canadian history, the Coastal GasLink pipeline (CGL).
- Generation Power (Indigenous Clean Energy): An Indigenous youth clean energy and career training program.
- Decolonizing environmentalism – from Yes magazine
National / International News and Actions
A climate win in Switzerland
Swiss voters have approved a new climate bill to cut fossil fuel use and reach net-zero emissions by 2050. This victory is especially encouraging because it indicates a turning point in Swiss public opinion on climate change.
Plastics harm our health– Send a letter to the EPA.
July 6 call: March to End Fossil Fuels organizing event– Fridays for the Future is gearing up for a September event. Join an organizing call here.
Pension funds are paying the price for fossil fuel investment. Truthout article is here.
Sign this petition to ask Congress to support regenerative agriculture in the next farm bill.
Solutions
Direct aid, relief work and climate resilience— Grist speaks to a U.S. aid worker about these connections.
The man who kept the Texas grid alive during a monster heat wave– Bill McKibben remembers John Goodenough
Olympic Climate Action 