Opinion

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Dear Governor Inslee – Diana Somerville — Daily Kos

Climate Change Isn’t Your Fault. It’s Capitalism’s.
The Myth That Individual Change is a Substitute for Systemic Transformation
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Take Action

Regional Action

Let’s not stand by and watch as Indigenous Rights are trampled by the fracking industry. Please dig deep and support the Unist’ot’ten. — RavenTrust

National Action

Host a Presidential Debate Watch Party! — Sunrise Movement

Tell your senators: We can’t wait for global climate action! — NRDC Action Fund

Tell the Democratic National Committee: Hold a climate debate — Sunrise Movement

Refusing to hold a debate on climate change
is unacceptable — Daily Kos

Amazon: Stop using paper and bubble wrap
envelopes that can’t be recycled — MoveOn

Climate News

Local/Regional News

LOUD — A music video about noise in the Beautiful Salish Sea — EcoSong.band

Cuomo: Ban All New Fossil Fuel Projects — 350.org

National/International News

Inslee Says He May Defy the DNC on a Climate Change Debate — Mother Jones

Rocky Mountain Institute — Solutions Journal, Spring 2019

In laying out a path forward that reflects both the urgency of the crisis as well as a profound understanding of social change, she has offered us an antidote to the despair that so often characterizes our responses to the climate emergency. Margaret’s vision will inspire thoughtful, powerful action in our communities- our best hope in restoring a safe climate and averting a dark future.
This is one of the most hopeful documents I’ve read in recent years.
–Jamila Raqib, Director of the Albert Einstein Institute and Strategic Non Violence Expert

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Opinion

The ‘Great Dying’ Nearly Erased Life On Earth. Scientists See Similarities To Today — NPR

“We Are the Meteor” — WNYC New York Public Radio Audio

Take Action

Regional Action

Clallam County Work Session to review the County’s Shoreline Master Program update
on June 10, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.

Please answer this Sequim Gazette opinion position if you disagree:
Guest opinion: Removing Snake River dams is unwise
by Don C. Brunell — Tuesday May 28, 2019

Tell the Canadian government TODAY that Washingtonians stand in opposition to the Trans Mountain Pipeline — Stand.Earth — Send Five Dollars

National Action

Sign here to tell the Senate to reject Barry Myers
Trump’s corrupt, unqualified and sleazy NOAA nominee. — Action Network

Demand Grocery Stores Phase Out Single-use Plastic Checkout Bags — Sierra Club

Look at what we’ve built — We Promise to Protect wrap-up video

Tell New York Governor Cuomo to stop the Williams pipeline — 350.org

Help guide the next phase of our work together by taking this quick supporter survey!
— Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy

Weather News Updates

Increased variability of tornado occurrence in the United States — Science Magazine

After One More Day of Tornadoes, Hope for a Respite — The New York Times

Climate News

Local/Regional News

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National/International News

Here’s how The Sierra Club made a difference this past week

Where’s Your 2020 Candidate on Climate? — Greenpeace
Greenpeace asked the 2020 candidates how they’ll act on the climate crisis if they become president. Here’s what they said… or didn’t say.

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Inspiration

June Meditation for Climate Emergency — The Climate Mobilization
Sun, Jun 9, 2019 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PDT

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Greta Thunberg and 46 youth activists

NEED ADULTS to join them in the Global Climate Strike.
“Together, on 20 September, we can unleash mass resistance.” — The Guardian

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Opinion

Noam Chomsky: The Green New Deal Is Exactly the Right Idea — DemocracyNow! video

Opinion | The Difference Between Happiness and Joy — David Brooks

Take Action

Regional Action

CLIMATE RESISTANCE HANDBOOK — 350.org
Announcing the release of a new 350 resource for youth strikers, climate activists, and anyone wanting to learn more about social change!

Tell the Department of Ecology: No Permit for LNG! — Sierra Club Washington

National Action

Sign Up: Global Climate Strike on September 20th
Millions of school strikers have shown us they’re serious about climate action.
Adults, will you join our youth?

Juliana v. United States, will be heard Next Tuesday.
SIGN UP TO WATCH THE LIVESTREAM on June 4th – 2:00 PDT

In 2018, only 3.5% of national television news segments that mentioned climate change referred to it as a crisis or emergency. — The Action Network
We need television news to call the climate crisis exactly what it is: a climate crisis.

Sierra Club’s Climate Parents is launching a new campaign to move school districts across the country to 100% clean, renewable energy. Are you in?

Join a People’s GND Working Group
Contribute to understand what specific policies constitute a GND that eliminates GHGs and gets the new clean economy built in time to avert disaster. If you’d like to join a sub-team, contact Todd Fernandez, 350NYC, Todd350NYC@gmail.com, 646-351-6498.
See the Sub-teams in the Drawdown Solutions by Sector . . .

Climate News

Local/Regional News

This legislative session has been one of the most significant for the environment in decades! — Washington Conservation Voters

National/International News

This 16-year Old Is Taking the School Climate Strike to the U.S. Capitol — Yes!

Inslee Calls for Climate Change-Only Democratic Debate; Gillibrand Endorses
— The Daily Beast

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is “running amuck”; AGAIN! — Sierra Club

Inspiration

Workshops in Seattle with Dr. Doug McKenzie-Mohr — November 2019
Introductory and advanced community-based social marketing (CBSM)
Use coupon code (9103d91e) to obtain the $50 reduction in the next 60 days.

Opinion

Arundhati Roy: Capitalism Is “a Form of Religion” Stopping Solutions to Climate Change & Inequality – DemocracyNow! video

Take Action

Regional Action

Salish Splash! – Celebrating Orca Recovery – June 13th
Jump into the Salish Sea to support Orca Recovery
– Washington Environmental Council

Call on networks and newsrooms to discuss climate change with the urgency this crisis merits – 350.org

Take an EcoChallenge – Northwest Earth Institute

Dammed to extinction, Southern Resident Orcas are starving. Time is running out! – Change.org

Help build a “Free The Snake” Canoe
When you donate, your name will be carved into the inside edge of the canoe. – Coalition to Restore the Columbia and Snake River

Thank Gov. Inslee for speaking out against fracked gas! – Sierra Club

Add Your Name to Support Jay’s 100% Clean Energy for America Plan – Jay Inslee Campaign
You can read the plan online anytime right here

National Action

We all need to work at the grass roots level to talk about climate change. Our work is to explain the climate problem to as many people as possible using the Climate Stick.

We need television news to call the climate crisis exactly what it is: a climate crisis – 350.org

Join us in Detroit on July 30th to help change history
– Sunrise Movement

Sign the petition telling Biden to move the whole Democratic field towards real climate action. – Greenpeace

Uber and Lyft can do better. But they won’t without a little nudge – Sierra Club

Climate News

Local/Regional News

Oregon denied the Clean Water Act certification for the Pacific Connector Pipeline and Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas export project – Sierra Club

OSU Research Confirms that Big Timber is Oregon’s Leading Source of GHG Emissions – Sierra Club

National/International News

Shocking UN Report Warns up to a Million Species are at Risk of Extinction Due to Human Activity – DemocracyNow! video

The Road to the Green New Deal visits Paradise, CA
– Sunrise Movement

Groundbreaking Report Shows the United States Can Lead the Way Toward Climate Recovery Without Economic Hardship
– Our Children’s Trust

North Dakota, Washington state at odds over oil train rules
– Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidates zero in on climate
– Chron.com

• Inslee’s climate plan
• Beto’s climate plan
• Inslee’s & Beto’s plans compared

Find out how climate chaos already threatens corporate
America’s bottom line – Sierra Club

Our 2019 Electric Vehicle Guide is Here – Sierra Club

Inspiration

Why your brain doesn’t register the words ‘climate change’ – Grist

A Gentlemen’s Guide To Rape Culture – Medium.com

100% Clean electricity is just the beginning – Climate Solutions