Local / Regional News
Dec. 1 and 2: The Alaska Suite – a live musical reverie on the tenuous beauty of the Arctic. It’s a story of beauty, loss and hope with music, poetry and images.
Dec. 1, 7 pm: Port Townsend, Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Avenue. Tickets here
Dec. 2, 2 pm: Sequim, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. 5th Avenue. Tickets here
Dec. 2, 7 pm: Port Angeles, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E Lopez Avenue. Tickets here
Washington State Energy Rebates
The State of Washington is a step closer to being able to rebate low- and middle-income energy-saving investments. The Department of Commerce webpage is now up, and it includes a link to allow folks to subscribe for updates. Rebates are expected early next year. Here’s a calculator that shows the programs you might qualify for.
Nov. 22, 29, 2-5pm – Farm Gleaning –
Stop food waste: The WSU Clallam Farm Gleaning program distributes lots of unharvested produce to food banks. Email benji.astrachan@wsu.edu to join.
Nov. 30 webinar: Chehalis watershed in peril-A Tale of Floods, Droughts, Forest Practices, and Climate Change- 4:30pm. Register here.
Environmental advocacy days in Washington state – – For the upcoming 2024 Legislative Session, sign up to ask legislators to work on environmental priorities. It’s a short, 60-day session so Washington Conservation Action wants us to talk to legislators before the session even starts. Learn more.
Dabob Bay area expanded -The Dept. of Natural Resources has added 671 acres to the Dabob Bay Natural Area by moving lands into the state’s new carbon sequestration program. Read more from Peninsula Daily News.
Salmon are vanishing from the Yukon and so is a way of life -As waters warm, Alaska Native families confront a world without the fish that fed them for generations. Read more from Grist.
Inspiration
The naturalist and the jay — Canada jays thrive in the cold. The life’s work of one biologist gives us clues as to how they’ll fare in a hotter world, a report and audio from Hakai magazine.
Watch out DOE, here come the TikTokers – The campaign to convince the Department of Energy that it’s time to shut down the insane mushrooming expansion of Liquefied Natural Gas export facilities, is gathering all kinds of steam, says Bill McKibben.
National / International News and Actions
5th National Climate Assessment reports:
Video – PBS news overview of climate report
Good and bad news – says Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, one of the report’s authors.
LGBTQ+ issues included for the first time, says Grist.
All Americans facing more climate impacts says NOAA
Nov. 30, noon: Washington State’s Climate Risks and Actions zoom talk with Cascadia Consulting
Greenpeace petition about the Global Plastic Treaty – Learn more
Forests are key to the climate fight — Read more from Reuters.
Solutions
Solar power to the people– California program brings clean energy to Oakland
Eat plants and go electric– A Guardian report on eating well and saving the planet
Olympic Climate Action 