OCA comments on the proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF):

The Biden Administration is currently developing an initiative to address economic strategy in the Indo-Pacific region. Olympic Climate Action submitted a letter to the Office of the United States Trade Representative requesting the inclusion of a Climate Peace Clause, and permanently ending Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), as well as for the development process to be …

Save Washington’s legacy forests to save ourselves

Board members of the Center for Responsible Forestry (to whom OCA donated $5000 last month to continue their excellent work) just published this piece in the Seattle Times. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR), announced it is setting aside a small amount of older forests for carbon storage instead of timber harvest. At the same time, the …

Hot Off the Wire — 4/10/2022

by tierra del fuego Take Action Building electrification online field meeting – Climate SolutionsDate: Monday, April 11, 12:00 -2 pm Book Presentation: Indigenous Voices on the Changing Earth – by Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth for Earth MinistryDate: Sunday, Apr 24, 1:00 -3 PM Build the Climate Vote: Write letters to climate voters – Greenpeace …

Hot Off the Wire — 3/27/2022

by tierra del fuego Take Action Open house: The Groundwork Project – Economics for Peace InstituteDate: Wednesday, March 30 Climate on Tap – Co-sponsored by Local 20/20 Climate Action, Jefferson County Public Health, and Finnriver CideryDate: First Wednesday of the month from 7-8:30 We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea, photo exhibit …

Hot Off the Wire — 3/20/2022

by tierra del fuego Take Action Representative Derek Kilmer Virtual Town Hall – Washington Conservation VotersDate: March 21, 5:45 PMClick on the link to register for the meeting. Virtual Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference 2022 – Salish Sea Institute at Western Washington UniversityDates: April 26-28, 2022The conference includes a presentation by OCA’s John Cambalik on citizens’ …

Hot Off the Wire — 3/13/2022

by tierra del fuego Take Action econ4peace Openhouse • Wednesdays, March 30 - 4 to 6pm– Economics for Peace Institute, Chimacum Grange Presentation: salmon recovery and forestry – 350.orgDate: March 14th @ 6pm-7:30pm PT Two Year, Three-County Study to establish baseline indicators of community well-being and ecosystem stewardship– Economics for Peace InstituteWhen: Wednesdays at the …

Mitigation Ideas for Regional Climate Planning

The North Olympic Development Council (NODC) received a $170,000 grant to coordinate climate action planning with local governments, building on the 2015 Climate Change Preparedness Plan for the North Olympic Peninsula. OCA has representatives on the steering committee for this process. In preparation for the first regional planning workshop in February 2022, OCA compiled a …

Hot Off the Wire — 3/6/2022

by tierra del fuego Take Action Webinar: Youth Climate Activism: The Next Generation of Climate Stakeholders– Climate Xchange. Time: March 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Urge Your Representative To Make It Happen For Snake River Salmon! – WA Sierra CubThe science today is beyond dispute: protecting these fish from extinction requires restoring the …

Hot Off the Wire — 2/27/2022

by tierra del fuego Take Action Ideas and solutions to lower our transportation footprint! – hosted by Port Townsend High School’s Students for Sustainability, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, 7:00pm - 8:30pm Effective Local Organizing: When and How to Bring your Voice to Local Decision Making – by Loretta Seppanen with Thurston Climate Action TeamDo you …

Why All the Excitement about Evs?

OCA member Tony Billera makes the case With 80 Zoom attendees on January 27, Tony reviewed history of electric cars, the climate crisis, the need to reduce CO2 from transportation, battery technology and recycling, the ownership experience, cost savings comparison with internal-combustion engines, sharing networks, and purchase incentives. 1.         Tony Billera's Slides-Buckle Up! 2.         Article in the …

Hot Off the Wire — 1/15/2022

Solutions Keep climate in Build Back Better Let’s get loud Olympic Climate Report Episode 2 is available today!Your host rants.We hear from Ecotopia.A musical sendoff and An important reminder of the January, 27 special OCA program. Alternative Fuels and Vehicles Technical Advisory GroupWashington Department of CommerceWSU Green Transportation Program 2022 New Year AFV-TAG MeetingJan. 21 …

Hot Off the Wire — 1/1/2022

PBS Declares an Earth Emergency I'm sorry to be alarmist, but Arctic News is also projecting imminent climate consequences. Solutions Urgency & Opportunity: Our Year-end Review - and look ahead Click to enlarge -- Back to Return United in the Fight Against the Climate Crisis Music Climate Revolution is uniting the music community in the …

Climate on Tap — Wednesday, January 5th

Dear wonderful Climate on Tap participants, interested parties, and FinnRiver staff – Please find the following in this message: Upcoming Climate on Tap on January 5th focusing on reducing our transportation footprint in Jefferson County; many special guests!Summary of the Dec. 1st session, “What Happened in Glasgow?”, including slides and talking points from our wonderful presenters.Ideas …

Hot Off the Wire — 12/25/2021

Solutions https://youtu.be/xMzCp00nrE0 A pleasant night ride through Amsterdam with a resident, discussing the excellent bike infrastructure available. People’s Declaration for the Sustainable Future of Planet Earth Round-Up of 2021 Decarbonization Podcasts Watch at YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJTSmDqH9xk Can a Major City Go Car-Free? Berlin Might Know Soon Enough Click to enlarge -- Back to Return Talking (or Not) …

Hot Off the Wire — 12/18/2021

Solutions Why Many Americans Underestimate Who Is Most Concerned About The Environment -- FiveThirtyEight FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order Catalyzing America’s Clean Energy Economy Through Federal Sustainability United States will leverage its scale and procurement power to lead by example.-- The White House New York City is banning natural gas hookups for new …

Save Our wild Salmon

Greetings, As we head toward the holidays and the end of another year (gulp!), we wanted to share with you three recent stories/news that our team at SOS found inspiring. ONE: The first installment in a new two-part series from Lewiston Morning Tribune’s award-winning reporter Eric Barker. This series is exploring the circumstances today around …

350 Seattle Newsletter

TACOMA LNG RESISTANCE We’re not going to sugarcoat it, November was a rough month for communities in Tacoma and allies along the Salish Sea working to protect their health, safety, and children’s futures from local fossil fuel expansion. The state Pollution Control Hearings Board ruled to uphold the controversial final project permit for Puget Sound …

Transportation Package – 350WA CAT weekly news

Hi friends! Hope you had a lovely holiday! We’re back with your transportation package update, including briefings on the transportation package process from our campaign from coalition partner Front & Centered, as well as simple actions you can take today. Two Upcoming Events: Introduction to a Just Transition for Transportation in Washington Attend this training …

The Earth Bill Update

GREETINGS ALL - Next Up:  Final Push for the BBBA!Manchin is the main focus.See all the actions below.Then it's time for THE EARTH BILL!ENJOY OUR WORK TOGETHER?Please Support CCP 2022. $10 monthly is a big help!MEETING NOTE: No December Meetings.BBBA MOVEMENT DEC. PUSH & ACTION a. SENATORS RALLY for BBBA (starts @5:20 mins).LCV &  Climate Action Nowb. SENATE WEEK OF ACTION Climate Action …

Local Cross-Governmental/Organizational Stewardship Group Sets Priorities for the 2022 Washington State Legislative Session

Thanks partially to OCA leadership, climate is a high priority for the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network The second priority addressed (Items 3-4) focuses on climate change. OCA applauds the Strait ERN for taking seriously its role to steward the magnificent natural resources of the North Olympic Peninsula. https://olyclimate.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/straitern_2022wastatelegislativepriorities_final_2021nov19-.pdf

Hot Off the Wire — 11/27/2021

Solutions State Climate Policy Dashboard (The Dashboard) This information hub tracks 51 policies across seven different topic areas, across all 50 states.-- Climate XChange Climate Governance and EquityAdaptation and ResilienceElectricityBuildings and EfficiencyTransportationAgricultureIndustry, Materials, and Waste Management A new poll from Yale University, finds that by a 55%-35% margin, voters in the U.S. support requiring all …

USDA Forest Service Alaska Roadless Rule Repeal Update

Sincere apologies for the typo in the email address and in the link to the preferred method for providing comments. The preferred method for submitting comments is: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FS-2021-0007-0006. The errors are corrected below. ----------------------------------------The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced it is taking steps to repeal the 2020 Alaska Roadless Rule and restore protections …

350 on COP26

Dear Climate Activists, I have been attending COPs since 2005 in Montreal, so at this point I feel like I have seen it all. Perhaps that is why people keep asking me - do I believe that COP26 was a failure? That is the big question, and I believe it takes some context in order …

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation Your foundation for strength and resilience Author of Drawdown, and his new book Regeneration Regeneration with Paul Hawken (Free 5-Day Pass) Commusings: with Paul Hawken In this course, you’ll discover + learn about: Global warming myths and mistakesWhat regeneration means and why it’s key to ending the …

Hot Off the Wire — 11/12/2021

Solutions Electric Car Companies: Visualizing the Race for EV Dominance -- Visual Capitalist Our Tesla Model 3 Hasn't Delivered Big Savings in Maintenance Costs We've also spent serious money on windshield, roof, and tire replacement.-- Car and Driver Visualizing Copper Demand for Renewables -- Visual Capitalist David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission, and …

Resources from Forest Practices Board: Briefing

Hi all, Thank you for signing up for the FPB Briefing and Comment Workshop last night. Resources, including a comment writing worksheet and more are included in this email. Thanks for your interest and activism in this work, Kat   --------- Worksheet and talking points: https://bit.ly/FPBworkshop Good templates for public comment letters and testimony from …

Draft 2021 Northwest Power Plan 

This September, the Draft 2021 Northwest Power Plan was released. The 2021 Northwest Power Plan, once finalized, will help determine how much clean energy and energy efficiency the Northwest will use by providing a blueprint for power system decisions throughout the region. It comes at a critical time, when the Northwest needs to replace the energy and capacity services …

Hot Off the Wire — 10/30/2021

Solutions In Juliana v. U.S., 21 young Americans assert that their government knowingly endangers their lives by permitting, subsidizing, and otherwise orchestrating the continued promotion and use of fossil fuels. Through these actions, the federal government has recklessly and deliberately allowed atmospheric CO2 concentrations to reach levels unprecedented in human history We need to establish a …

Grave concerns from scientists about Infrastructure Bills

A letter is circulating the Hill from well over 100 scientists urging them not to pass the BBB or BIF legislative packages unless the climate-harming logging provisions are removed from both. These two bills are the ones climate activists have been counting on to help promote climate solutions; the Reconciliation Bill (Biden's Build Back Better 3.5 Trillion) andthe Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill …

Puget Sound Partnership 2022-26 Strategic Plan

The Puget Sound Partnership, a state-sponsored regional collaboration of governments, organizations, businesses, and individuals to protect and restore Puget Sound, is working on their 2022-26 Strategic Plan, and they have already adopted 31 strategies for Puget Sound recovery, 3 of which (#18-20) deal with climate change. Now they're at the point of adopting High-Level Actions and Key …

The Build Back Better Act

This is our opportunity to create millions of new jobs, invest billions in a clean energy economy, and take concrete steps to break down systemic inequalities and address the threats that the environmental justice movement has been fighting for years — but only if we keep making noise. ACT NOW: Text "CLIMATEBILL" to 877-777 to …

Hot Off the Wire — 10/2/ 2021

Big News The fight to ensure that anti-climate provisions are stripped from Infrastructure & Reconciliation before they are passed is NOT OVER! Already Democrats are looking to negotiate a significantly smaller investment in our progressive priorities while pushing unabated the mostly business as usual Infrastructure bill.  We must push back now to continue moving forward on justice …

The Increase in CO2/Heat is getting steeper

The link between co2 emissions and warming is indisputable. Scientists have understood this for almost 200 years.  Scientists have scientifically known for nearly 200 years that a trace gas like atmospheric carbon dioxide absorbs heat: Joseph Fourier 1824 - Remarques Générales Sur Les Températures Du Globe Terrestre Et Des Espaces Planétaires (General remarks on the temperatures …

Please comment on Clallam County’s proposed new Greenhouse Gas ordinance

Dear OCA members with an interest in Clallam County climate planning: See Item 7 of this past Monday's County Commissioners' Work Session, starting on p. 155 of the work session packet, which concerns a new draft ordinance on GHG reduction policy: http://websrv7.clallam.net/forms/uploads/bocc_worksession_packet.pdf. Please consider commenting on this draft policy as individuals. There probably is inadequate time …

Conservation Northwest trying to Undo Established Precedent for Forest Management Benefits

Link to the Amicus Brief Lawyers for DNR and Hilary Franz have submitted an Amicus brief in the case brought by Conservation Northwest to change the beneficiaries of forest lands management in Washington State. The intent, or purpose, of the Conservation Northwest suit is not clearly disclosed in the Amicus brief, but the invalid arguments …

Letter to the PDN

              Several excellent columns and letters in this paper have tried to explain to angry demonstrators how we’re all in this COVID fight together, and how “freedom” only exists in balance with “security” and “responsibility.”               This letter is for the rest of us, the less-vociferous majority, those Dr. Tom Locke describes as “responsible and …

OCA Endorses a Washington Transportation Bill of Rights

The OCA Executive Committee signed this Transportation Bill of Rights. It describes an equitable approach to advancing transportation access, and an opportunity to shape Washington’s transportation system to decrease our climate pollution (45% of our emissions come from transportation) and increase mobility for all by 2037. The 16-Year Transportation Package debated in the legislature last …

Hot Off the Wire — 9/11/2021

UPCOMING MEETINGS OCA General Meeting Tomorrow (Join the Zoom meeting)September 12, 20217:00 pm-9:00 pm Where we determine our activities and campaigns.To get on our mailing list, Contact Us. Port Townsend Indivisible Big Huddle Meeting China and Its progress on Climate Change Tuesday, September 14 | 5:00 -- 6:30 pmZoom meeting:  Sponsored by the Foreign Policy Team.  …

Postal Service EIS

Greetings All, Please check out the Postal Service EIS for their planned purchase of up to 165,000 vehicles over 10 years. Up to 90% of these vehicles could be ICE powered. There are 35 days left in the comment period. On Feb 23, 2021 Oshkosh Defense was awarded the contract for replacing the aging Grumman LLV trucks. …

Hot Off the Wire — 9/4/2021

Thursday, Sept. 9 | 12:00 pm PT Local/Regional News Forest Defense is Climate Defense A network of organizations and activists working at the intersection of forest defense and climate justice Guiding Principles Forest Defense is Community DefenseForest Defense is Climate DefenseLeadership from Frontline and Indigenous CommunitiesTransformation, not ReformationEmbrace Real SolutionsEnd Corporate ExploitationAdvance a Just Transition …

Hot Off the Wire — 8/28/2021

Solutions Big climate vote this weekContact your U.S. Senators $3.5 trillion budget Climate Action Prioritiesdeveloped from the cities that have actually reduced GHG emissions-- People for Climate Action Building Electrification: A panel discussion on policy, equity, technology and sustainability Sept. 2 | 7:30 -- 10:30 am PT Regional Actions Tell Rep. Kilmer to Move the …

Hot Off the Wire — 8/14/2021

Solutions -- Clean Energy Transition Institute alsoPresentation on Decarbonization for Rural Communities Presentation slides from a briefing for members of the Mason County, WA League of Women Voters Climate Change Committee, by Eileen Quigley of the Clean Energy Transition Institute. Two projects of CETI -- Northwest Clean Energy Atlas and Decarbonizing Buildings with Equity Focus …

Hot Off the Wire — 8/7/2021

Solutions How a Small California Farm and Tribal Nation are Working Together to Become Part of the Solution to Climate Change-- Food Tank U.S. Senators and Representatives Joined Constituents Sharing Climate-fueled Extreme Weather Stories -- League of Conservation Voters A 21st-Century Transportation System That Drives Climate Action and Equitable Recovery We must build the national …

Ed Fallon Report — Here come the migrants

Dear Friends, Click here for this week's podcast (details below) ... including my conversation with Des Moines City Council candidate, Marcus Coenen (click here). The highlight of my week occurs every Thursday at 8:00 a.m. Sadly, it's not a good highlight. That's when the National Drought Mitigation Center releases its update about conditions across the US. Sure, I …

Contact Sen. Cantwell & Rep. Kilmer on LSRDs

2 bad congressional maneuvers relating to the LSRDs need immediate constituent action to oppose them. Rep. McMorris-Rodgers has proposed amendments to appropriations bills that would prevent further federal funds from being spent to study LSRD breaching.  Derek Kilmer is on the key committee considering them.  Action needed:  Contact Kilmer’s Natural Resources staffer, Katie Allen, katie.allen@mail.house.gov.  …

WA State Alert on Systemic Risk of Climate Change

State of Washington DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS P.O. Box 41200  l  Olympia, Washington 98504-1200Telephone (360) 902-8700 l  TDD (360) 664-8126  l  FAX (360) 586-5068  l  http://www.dfi.wa.gov July 7, 2021 TO:  Washington State Regulated Financial Institutions RE:  DFI Alert on Systemic Risk of Climate Change and Related Financial Risks Message from DFI Director Charlie …

Congressional District Three and Six Redistricting Meeting

Put Yourself on the Map July 26, 2021, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. The once-a-decade redistricting process is underway in Washington State.  Every 10 years, after the federal census, we redraw the boundaries of our congressional and legislative electoral districts to ensure that each district represents an equal number of residents. To ensure that our …

9 Years to ZERO newsletter

Accelerating Climate Impacts This past month has brought hellish reminders of the gravity of the climate emergency and the very real danger it brings. We’ve seen destructive heat waves in the Northwest, which cooked shellfish on the shore and is estimated to have killed more than a billion marine animals. Hundreds of people, including unhoused individuals, …

We need to talk about cruise ships

These massive ships are toxic, and so are their business practices--from the smokestacks harming our health; to the massive fossil fuel footprint; to garbage, human waste, and engine oil dumped straight into waterways; to noise pollution disrupting our underwater relatives; to onboard workers often underpaid and exploited; to tax avoidance while stressing local infrastructure; to bully tactics used on destination communities that push back against …

Fossil Banks No Thanks

Dear all, Thank you very much for your support for the Global Call on Banks and Fossil Banks No Thanks! We’re really excited to have you on board.  Now that the Fossil Banks No Thanks (FBNT) website is up and running, we would like to highlight some platform-related activities and news. We intend to update …

Hot Off the Wire — 6/26/2021

Newsletter For Future Edition 3 Local and Regional Newsletters Weekly Announcements Restoration, Protection and Recovery Information for the Puget Sound Region National/International News Draft UN Report: Crushing climate impacts to hit sooner than fearedAn exclusive review of the report to be released February 2022. UN draft climate report: Impacts on nature Click to enlarge Protein-Filled, …