What if you thought of itas the Jews consider the Sabbathโthe most sacred of times?Cease from travel.Cease from buying and selling.Give up, just for now,on trying to make the worlddifferent than it is.Sing. Pray. Touch only thoseto whom you commit your life.Center down. And when your body has become still,reach out with your heart.Know that …
Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team Issues Report
Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand โHere we present the results of epidemiological modelling which has informed policy-making in the UK and other countries in recent weeks.โ โ March 16 Download the PDF Document SummaryThe global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents is …
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An Imagined Letter from Covid-19 to Humans
Stop. Just stop. It is no longer a request. It is a mandate. We will help you. We will bring the supersonic, high speedย merry-go-round to a halt. We will stop the planes the trains the schools the malls the meetings the frenetic, furied rush of illusions and โobligationsโ that keep you from hearing our …
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Hot Off the Wire — Special Edition
Let's Stand with the Wet'suwet'en for the Salish SeaOn March 15 from 12-2 there will be a rally in Port Angeles at the Coho ferry terminal in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en fight.ย The rally is an opportunity for indigenous and non-indigenous folks on the Peninsula to share songs, prayer, and drumming and show the Wet'suwet'en that …
Make the 50th Earth Day the Biggest Yet
Premonitions of an environmental earthquake from original Earth Day national coordinator Denis Hayes By Denis Hayes | Mar 2 2020 | The national magazine of the Sierra Club On Wednesday, April 22, 1970, I rolled off my mattress in my shared basement hovel at 4 A.M. and walked a couple of miles down Connecticut Avenue …
Hot Off the Wire — 3/6/2020
What can I do about the spread of CoronaVirus? Solutions REI's Opt to Act Weekly Calendar / Checklist Week 15: Count the number of single-use plastic items you use this weekTake part: March 8โ14, 2020 Regional Actions We are standing for mother Earth and humanity, especially for the youth inheriting this future. Join us on …
About CoronaVirus
Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC) Letter from Dr. Robb at UC San Diego. For those concerned about the coronavirus: Subject: What I am doing for the upcoming COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic by James Robb, MD UC San Diego Dear Colleagues, as some of you may recall, when I was a professor of pathology at …
Help the 350.org WA — Civic Action Team
Hello Climate Action Team! 1615: Climate calls made to legislators!932: Climate comments left on bills!2570: Climate emails sent to legislators!5117: total legislator contacts made by the Civic Action Team in 2020! 9: Days left in the legislative session! Weโre now in the home stretch with a big cut-off looming on Friday at 5pm when bills …
Earth Day 2020 Theme: Climate Action
The enormous challenges โ but also the vast opportunities โ of acting on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary. Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.At the end of 2020, nations will be …
THE CHEHALIS AT A CROSSROADS
THE CHEHALIS AT A CROSSROADS: PLANS FOR A FLOOD CONTROL DAM THREATEN THE HEADWATERS If a dam is built, the populations of spring and fall Chinook that spawn above the dam site may go extinct Twin Harbors Waterkeeper Chehalis dam would not address all major storms,nor regular, shallow floodingState Environmental Review ProcessSEPA Draft Environmental Impact …
Hot Off the Wire — 2/28/2020
NEW -- Raven DebriefsRAVEN DeBriefs are conversations between Indigenous thinkers, legal experts, organizers and community leaders exploring the shifting legal landscape upon which moments of crisis โ and opportunity โ are builtEpisode One : The Power of Music to โup the Auntieโ in us all Solutions REI's Opt to Act Weekly Calendar / Checklist Week 14: …
OCA has Endorsed the National Fracking Ban Act
Now, here's what we can do about getting it passed . . . Hello everyone, thank you so much for endorsing the Fracking Ban Act introduced by Senator Sanders and Representative Ocasio-Cortez! My name is Thomas, Iโm the National Climate Organizing Manager at Food & Water Action and Iโll be sharing update on the bill …
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Hot Off the Wire — 2/23/2020
Opinion Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Our Common Enemy is Climate Change -- Bill Moyers LETTER: Past Republican officials on current affairs -- Peninsula Daily News Illustration by Matt Chinworth Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming BurnsWhat if the banking, asset-management, and insurance industries moved away from fossil fuels? By …
Hot Off the Wire — 02/15/2020
Derek Kilmer in Port Angeles meetings Twice TODAY! Saturday at 10 am at Clallam Democrat Headquarters, 124 Front St, and at 1 pm at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Center, 401 E 1st St Solutions REI's Opt to Act Weekly Calendar / Checklist Week 12: Go meatless one day this weekTake part: Feb. 16โ22, 2020 Regional …
Hot Off the Wire — 2/07/2020
Why Clouds Are the Key to New Troubling Projections on Warming By Fred Pearce | YaleEnvironment360 Recent climate models project that a doubling of atmospheric CO2 above pre-industrial levels could cause temperatures to soar far above previous estimates. A warming earth, researchers now say, will lead to a loss of clouds, allowing more solar energy to …
OCA announces climate platform for 2020
It's time for all good folks to come to the aid of their land, their water, their air, and all beings that call this rock home. At our Ground Hog Day 2020 meeting, OCA announced that we will not abide any more years of climate inaction and adopted this set of principles as our 2020 …
Hot Off the Wire — 1/31/2020
Kilmer to Hold Tribal Town Halls and Facebook Live Town HallPort Angeles event is TOMORROW, Friday at 5:30 p.m. Opinion The Time for Postponing Climate Action Is Over -- Yes MagazineDavid Korten: this is humanityโs make-or-break decade Solutions REI's Opt to Act Weekly Calendar / Checklist Week 10: Call your utility companies to ask about …
Climate-related Bills in the WA State Legislature
Climate- and energy-related bills in the WA State Legislature that the League of Women Voters supports: SHB 1110 / SB 5412 Reduces greenhouse gas emissions with transportation fuels. HB 1113 Aligns Washington State's greenhouse gas reduction goals with the 2015 Paris Agreement and current climate change science assessments. HB 1597 Integrates the natural gas upstream emissions rate and global warming …
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Hot Off the Wire — 01/24/2020
Opinion Even before Australia erupted in wildfire, the European Space Agency was asking, โIs the earth on fire?,โ as multiple fires burned across the globe. Read more about 2019 fires, and fire-tracking via satellite, here. Bill Joy has a plan to cut global carbon emissions in halfSolving the Climate Crisis Can't Be Gamified -- Kamp …
Interrupting the bad news with kindness
A Democrat and a Republican were on a plane It sounds like a set up to a political joke, doesnโt it? Itโs actually real. On a recent four hour-flight to Chicago, my seatmate and I enjoyed something that has become rare in these times: a civil exchange of ideas and a surprising consensus. He was …
Hot Off the Wire — 1/17/2020
Opinion League of Women Voters of Washington2020 Legislative Session Expectations Forests and RiversEnergyClimate Change Rewriting the Rules about the Environment, Energy, and Agriculture How the bills undermine protections for our environment-- The Center for Media and Democracy Solutions Your Guide to Talking With Kids of All Ages About Climate Change-- NRDC REI's Opt to Act …
Hot Off the Wire — 1/10/2020
Opinion LETTER: Endorses local contributions to climate knowledge -- Peninsula Daily News - Friday, January 3, 2020 My Journey to Radical EnvironmentalismItโs never too late to take action aimed at protecting our planet.By Charles M. Blow, Opinion Columnist, -- New York TimesIn agreement with a comment on the article:@A Reader in Hampstead I can't agree …
Grassroots Rising: A Call to Action on Climate, Farming, Food, and a Green New Deal
Grassroots Rising by Ronnie Cummins, founder and director of the Organic Consumers Association, will be available January 28. This is one of the most important books Chelsea Green has published, and we are offering activists and organizations the special discounts listed below. $17.95 paperback โ 208 pages โ ISBN 9781603589758 โ Available January 28, 2020 …
Learn to Defend Voting Rights and Environmental Justice
WEBINAR INVITATION The 2020 election is a key opportunity to push leaders to lay out a bold vision for how they plan to combat the relentless assault under way on science, truth, and justice that has weakened our democracy. And throughout the election year, we will need to fight back against attacks on voting rights …
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Attend Environmental Lobby Day on January 30
More than 500 activists gathered on the Capitol steps for Environmental Lobby Day in January 2019 to call for bold action for the Southern Resident orcas, reduction in plastic pollution, 100% clean electricity, and oil spill prevention. For the upcoming 2020 legislative session, the Environmental Priorities Coalition will continue fighting for policies that will help …
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LSRD Breach Now! Rally — January 23rd
Facebook Event at Orca Oracle Bus Carpool -- https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/a3uj90 Join advocates for salmon, orcas, tribal rights and fiscal responsibility to rally on the Washington Capitol steps, Jan. 23, 2020 at 11 am in support of breaching the 4 Lower Snake River Dams (LSRDs) now. Gov Inslee is taking written comments on his โLSRD Stakeholder Studyโ …
Hot Off the Wire — 1/3/2020
Opinion The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic -- The New York Times A revealing forum discussing what we can all do together. Debatable -- The New York Times, January 3, 2020Lead with values, not factsOr is trying to convince climate change deniers a waste of time? 2018: The Wake-Up Call Podcast year in reviewDecember 20, …
Chicago Review of Books — Burning Worlds
The Man Who Coined โCli-Fiโ Has Some Reading Suggestions For You by Amy Brady -- February 8, 2017 โBurning Worldsโ is a new monthly column dedicated toย examining important trends in climate change fiction, or โcli-fi.โ It astonishes to think just how long humans have known that the Earth is getting warmer. The term โglobal warmingโ didnโt enter …
Hot Off the Wire — 12/27/2019
Opinion Deputy Sheriff Charles Blountslams the head of a Sonoma County citizen into his own window frame, killing him. Deputy Blount has faced multiple allegations of using excessive force in the past. Blount's comment afterword, "Oh well." Solutions REI's Opt to Act Weekly Calendar / Checklist Week 5: Make your New Yearโs resolution an environmentally …
Hot Off the Wire — 12/20/2019
We are standing for mother Earth and humanity, especially for the youth inheriting this future. Join us on #FridaysForFuture -- Free iPhone/iPad App - "Fridays For U" Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain Opinion Climate Youth Declare: โWe Are Unstoppable! Another World Is Possible!โ Solutions REI's Opt to Act Weekly Calendar / …
FridaysForFuture demonstrations in PA
Every Friday at noon at the downtown fountain #FridaysForFuture is a movement that began in August 2018, after 15-year-old Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every school day for three weeks, to protest the lack of action on the climate crisis. She posted what she was doing on Instagram and Twitter and …
Hot Off the Wire — 12/16/2019
Opinion Save the rare wild beauty of the Tongass National Forest from renewed logging -- The Seattle Times In the early โ90s, we saw the timber industry here in Southeast Alaska collapse due to a lack of profitability, despite half a century of heavy federal subsidies. The Big Picture -- opinions from Fridays for Future …
Nature is Speaking
Nature doesn't need people.People need Nature.Nature holds at least a third of the solution to climate change. What Force Of Nature Are You? Sky -- Joan ChenIce -- Liam NeesonMountain -- Lee PaceWater -- Penelope Cruz Flower -- Lupita Nyong'o The Soil -- Edward NortonForest -- Shailene WoodleyThe Ocean -- Harrison FordHome -- Reese WitherspoonCoral …
Hot Off the Wire — 12/13/2019
In the face of the growing climate emergency, governments seem determined to continue embracing fossil fuels, and even meeting their Paris Agreement pledges would see warming of 2.8หC by the end of this century. Opinion โListen to Mother Earthโ: Indigenous Youth Leaders at COP25 in Madrid Protest Fossil Fuel Extraction -- Climate Reality Project Why …
2019 State of the Sound Report
issues a Call to Action for Puget Sound Recovery NEWS RELEASE -- December 2, 2019MEDIA CONTACT: Jon Bridgman, 206.276.5309, jon.bridgman@psp.wa.govย The latest biennial State of the Sound Report, released this week, stresses that โโฆwe can still recover Puget Sound, but only if we act boldly now.โ This is the scientifically informed assessment of the Puget …
OCA Joins 450 Organizations Calling for Action
Top 10 Climate Actions for the Next Presidentโs First 10 Days in Officeย ย How Presidential Action Must Address the Climate Emergency In a letter from Ben Goloff: About the Plan: The Plan unpacks the top 10 executive actionsโthat do not require action by Congressโthat the next President must take to tackle the climate emergency in her/his …
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Hot Off the Wire — 12/6/2019
Climate Strike with us Friday Our survival canโt wait. Opinion Clallam County Carbon Emissions data move on hold Commissioner Peach says collection company biased A Thanksgiving Call for Climate ActionBy Mark Dunlea, Green Education and Legal Fund Climate change deniers are increasingly angry and hostile -- MediumCognitive dissonance at being forced off of position after …
Here: Poems for the Planet
Here: Poems for the Planetย is a lovesong to a planet in crisis. Summoning a chorus of over 125 diverse poetic voicesโincluding Mary Oliver, Robert Hass, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ross Gay, W.S. Merwin, Natalie Diaz, Kimiko Hahn, and othersโthis anthology approaches the impending environmental crisis with a sense of urgency and hopefulness.
2020 Adventure Travel Series Announced
A Thanksgiving Call for Climate Action
By Mark Dunlea, Green Education and Legal Fund Accelerating climate change will likely cause the collapse of civilization. Sooner rather than later. Civilization is a complex web of social and economic interactions that takes centuries to reach its peak, but once it begins to unravel, collapse often occurs swiftly. Prior collapses of human societies have …
Walking Tours by North Olympic Land Trust
Visit North Olympic Land Trust'sย current conservation project, the 104 acre River's Edge along the lower Dungeness River. These tours will give you a more in-depth look at this propertyย and the impact it will have in our community. I know this time of year can get particularly busy so I've added a couple new dates for …
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OCA Supports the Sustainable Farms and Field Initiative
OCA has joined organizations around the state who are adding their names to the Sustainable Farm and Fields Support Sign-on Letter From: Noa KayI'm excited to add Olympic Climate Action to the letter of support. Thank you!ย We'll keep folks updated as the legislative session begins so you can track the bill's progress and take action …
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Stream Walks Offered Starting Dec. 2
Contact:Robbie Mantoothennis@olypen.com360-808-3139 Guided walks to Ennis Creek are being offered by appointment starting December 2. The free walks will focus on lower Ennis Creek, near Highway 101 and can include opportunities to see some areas where habitat has been improved as well as those still needing restoration.Friends of Ennis Creek is sponsoring the walks as …
Hot Off the Wire — 11/29/2019
Opinion Mapped: The 1.2 Billion People Without Electricity Where are people still living in the dark, and how are these energy challenges being addressed? Solutions REI's NEW! Opt to Act Plan 52 simple weekly challenges for a year of action This Black Friday, REI is kicking-off a year of action. Join us and Opt to …
Black Friday Climate Strike in Sequim
Friday, November 29, 2019 โข 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM Verizon Store โข 1241 West Washington Street, Sequim , WA 98264 Signs will be provided, but if you have the time and materials to make a big banner, we have some ideas! -- Host Contact Info: Meigs1@yahoo.com -- Dress warm! Click to RSVP for this …
Comment on Lower Snake River Dams
Stakeholder process throughGovernor Inslee's questionnaire Thanks to NOOP (North Olympic Orca Pod) for this info! LSRD Online Engagement Questionnaire Please respond to Governor Insleeโs โLSRD Stakeholder Surveyโ this week if possible. Lower Snake River Dams Stakeholder Process Background info, including the link to the survey are here Because Insleeโs consultants have made this process complicated, …
Hot Off the Wire — 11/22/2019
Introducing "Documenting the momentum toward a clean energy future, curating and compiling the full range of issues related to this transition to provide the clarity required to make the critical investment and policy decisions needed to accelerate this transformation." With articles like: How Fast? The era of carbon-intensive energy derived from the burning of fossil …
Hot Off the Wire — 11/15/2019
Opinion Think About It: Let nature take itsby Bertha Cooper -- Sequim Gazette Washington fisheriesโ grim future One very stable genius vs. more than 11,000 climate scientists Cartoons from the Seattle Times -- By David Horsey Regional Actions Let the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency know you support a strong Clean Fuel Standard -- Act …
Open Letter Delivered at Meeting of Equator Banks
Press Release -- 13 November 2019By: BankTrack & Partners As banks head for Singapore to decide on new Equator Principles, 300+ civil society groups call for ambition and courage Campaigners urge banks to stop financing climate disasters and respect Indigenousโ Peoples Rights 312 Civil society organizations from 58 countries have today called upon the financial …
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World Scientistsโ Warning of a Climate Emergency
Humanity is on a collision course with Nature. A damaged Nature will survive. We may not. We must change course to avert an ecological disaster. We must take action if we are to survive. This is the warning that our scientists have been trying to deliver since 1992. It's short and to the point:World Scientistsโ …
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Hot Off the Wire — 11/07/2019
Rising Seas will erase more cities by 2050 New study finds errors in rising sea level predictions: It's much, much worse than anyone imagined -- Daily KosRising Seas Are Going to Drown Way More Cities Than Weโd Thought: Study -- IntellingencerThe Study - New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and …
Scientists endorse mass civil disobedience to force climate action
Reuters -- Environment October 12, 2019 -- Matthew Green LONDON (Reuters) - Almost 400 scientists have endorsed a civil disobedience campaign aimed at forcing governments to take rapid action to tackle climate change, warning that failure could inflict โincalculable human suffering.โ . . . โWe believe that the continued governmental inaction over the climate and …
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Climate Resolution for the City of Port Angeles is up for a vote
NOVEMBER 6, 2019 -- City of Port Angeles Council Meeting Agenda In the meeting packet .PDF linked above:Resiliency Plan: Recommendations Addressing Climate Change -- p. 78-103Appendix A: Climate Resolution for the City of Port Angeles -- p. 104Appendix B: Actions for Reducing PT City Government Emissions -- p. 106-107 Appendix A: Climate Resolution for the …
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Hot Off the Wire — 11/1/2019
Opinion Join the podcast as we uncover the mechanics of the longest-running and most elaborate propaganda campaign of the centuryโthe creation and spread of climate change denialโand why it's been so effective Getting Mad about Climate Change with Emily Atkin Mark Blythโs State of the Union transcript -- Radio Open Source Deep analysis of inequality, …
Hot Off the Wire — 10/25/2019
Opinion Yakama, Lummi tribal leaders call for removal of three lower Columbia River dams The Seattle Times -- October 14, 2019 Can Climate โTest Casesโ Move Forward? Itโs Up to Supreme Court Can local governments use public nuisance law against energy companiesfor their role in Climate Disruption? -- Bloomberg Environment Why the Bus Got So …
“Time for a Green New Deal”
Come learn the latest about the fight for climate justice with Bobby Righi of Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action (PSARA). Co-Sponsored by 24th LD Democrats, Indivisible Port Townsend, Local 20/20 Jefferson County, Olympic Climate Action, and Sierra Club North Olympic Group. -- Thursday, October 24, 6 pm, Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler Street, …
Artifishal
Patagonia's founder, Yvon Chouinard, has followed his 2014 documentary DamNation with a new film: Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmonโs slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss …
Sing to Improve your Hearing
Effects of short-term choir participation on auditory perception in older adults. -- Canadian Acoustical Association
DNR: Adopt a forest carbon policy
By consensus at our Oct. 6 meeting, OCA has sent the following letter to the State Board of Natural Resources and Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gShz1QaPB3YwDD97ElLv5L9Yk48SeQa4/view?usp=sharing Excerpt: The Washington State Public Lands Commissioner has a legal obligation to investigate and consider all reasonable, foreseeable mitigation and adaptation measures related to climate change. The DNR …
Changing climate matters in Montana
โThe speed of change calls us to action for the sake of our kids and grandkids. Believe the science and support changes to address our changing Montana climate.โ THE EDITORIAL BOARD of the Billings Gazette โ Sep 22, 2019 For the first time in three years, Glacier National Park's Going to the Sun Road wasn't …
Hot Off the Wire — 10/18/2019
Opinion Gazette opinion: Changing climate matters in Montana THE EDITORIAL BOARD of the Billings Gazette -- Sep 22, 2019"The speed of change calls us to action for the sake of our kids and grandkids. Believe the science and support changes to address our changing Montana climate." On the Northwestโs Snake River, the Case for Dam …
Hot Off the Wire — 10/10/2019
Opinion โNo Winners on a Dead Earthโ: Why We Need a Climate Leader in 2020 -- Yes! Magazine David Korten posted Oct 01, 2019The climate crisis is our common cause, and weโll need to elect a president that is willing to take it on. The Three Most Important Graphs in Climate Change -- Jonathan Foley …
Trump an โembarrassmentโ
Letter to the Peninsula Daily News
Hot Off the Wire — Unknown
'It's spectacular': Climate activists paint stunning mural on two blocks of Montgomery St.-- SFGate Fight severe felony charges against Greenpeace activists! Greenpeace USA climbers form a blockade on the Fred Hartman Bridge in Baytown, Texas shutting down the largest fossil fuel thoroughfare in the United States ahead of the third Democratic primary debate in nearby …
“The Road And The Sky”
While listening to Jackson Brown's album "Late for the Sky" for the ump-teenth time, the words of "The Road and the Sky" suddenly registered with my new climate activism. In 1974, he was singing about climate change and I hadn't noticed. Listening with "new ears", I realized he was telling the story of our time. …
Climate on Tap at FinnRiver Farm & Cidery
Climate on Tap - Monday, October 7th, 6-7:30 p.m. FinnRiver Farm & Cidery, 124 Center Road, Chimacum, WA 98325 Join us for monthly solutions-oriented sessions on issues related to climate change at FinnRiver Farm and Cidery in Chimacum. Co-sponsored by Local 20/20 Climate Action and Jefferson County Public Health, this is not a lecture series, but a book club and …
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“How dare you?”
Right here, right now is where we draw the line, The world is waking, and change is coming whether you like it or not.Greta Thunberg, speaking before the United Nations, 9/23/2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9KxE4Kv9A8
The terrible truth, in one graph
2050 is a generation too late. That would be unforgivable, and very likely utterly catastrophic. Extinction Rebellion: "The Emergency" If you let this graph sink in, you'll understand why so many are turning out in the streets to demand a halt to business as usual and the most massive turnaround of the world's economy we've …
Kierkegaard’s parable
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world is going to end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke. Sรธrenย Kierkegaard, Either/Or, …
“Chopping down our fence for fuel”
In 1931, the year he died, Thomas Edison told Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, his retirement neighbors in Florida: "We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using nature's inexhaustible sources of energy โ sun, wind,ย and tide. Iโd put my money on the sun and …
PDN article on Global Climate Strike OP
Kudos to Port Angeles High School
They've made Climate Change their theme for the year. Here's their memo to students and parents: School-wide theme:ย Educating for Climate Change: Teachers are reporting creative ways that they are incorporating the theme of Educating for Climate Change into their classrooms this year. For example: Ms. Christiansonโs French III/IV students found French words/phrases associated with climate change, then …
Plastic Industryโs Planned Expansion Threatens Our Ability to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change
โWe cannot solve the climate crisis without also addressing the rapidly-growing plastic pollution crisis,โ said Judith Enck, Former EPA Regional Administrator and founder of Beyond Plastics CONTACT 518.605.1770, Judith Enck, BeyondPlastics@Bennington.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 15, 2019 BENNINGTON, VERMONTย โ As students around the world prepare for a series of climate strikes, the petrochemical industry is …
Hot Off the Wire — 09/16/2019
โWe Are Striking to Disrupt the Systemโ: An Hour with 16-Year-Old Climate Activist Greta ThunbergSeptember 11, 2019 -- DemocracyNow! Join Climate Strike Week on the Peninsula! Sept.ย 20-28 Youth leaders of the September 20 Climate Strikes have released their demands. It's critical that parents, grandparents, and families stand with them in support of their bold vision. …
Join Climate Strike Week on the Peninsula! Sept. 20-28
Greta Thunberg explains why we must halt business as usual Beginning September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will mobilize for a week across the world to demand transformative action to address the climate crisis. Millions will take to the streets to demand a right to a …
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Tickets are now available for Antonio Zamoraโs launch event
On Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Leaven Community Center in Portland, OR. Admission is free for this exciting evening. Please SAVE THE Seattle DATE for For the Peopleโs annual fundraiser Saturday, November 9 5-8pm in Seattle. Tickets are now available online. To help us better plan food and logistics,ย be sure to …
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Film/Discussion: “The Reluctant Radical” Sept. 21
Port Angeles Public Library, 2210 S Peabody St. Saturday, Sept. 21 -- 7-9 pm -- FREE Ken Ward: "Our only hope is to step outside polite conversation and put ourselves in the way." If a crime is committed in order to prevent a greater crime, is it forgivable? Is it, in fact, necessary? Olympic Climate …
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Orca Recovery Day
Volunteers Needed to Help Plant Conifer Seedlings WHEN: October 19, 2019 (Saturday) from 9:00 to noon WHERE: Lake Aldwell Road (follow it to the end for parking), Port Angeles REGISTRATION: Volunteers must pre-register to ensure we have enough tools and parking. Click on the button or call 360-775-3747, ext. 5. The removal of the lower …
Hot Off the Wire — 9/9/2019
Opinion โIt canโt just be young people. It needs to be all of us.โ -- Yes! Climate Colonialism: The Picture of Dorianโs Graves -- September 05, 2019 Solutions National Drive Electric Week is a great coast-to-coast celebration -- Sierra ClubYou can RSVP now to an event happening near you from Sept. 14-22 Be a Youth Ally …
Hot Off the Wire — 8/30/2019
From Kevin JonesNW Climate and Clean Energy Coalition co-lead Background: The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) has provided preliminary approval for the Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Tacoma Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) facility. A public disclosure request has revealed that NW Pierce county, portions of SW King county and most of Vashon Island is in …
Are You in the Blast-Zone?
From Kevin JonesNW Climate and Clean Energy Coalition co-lead Background:ย The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) has provided preliminary approval for the Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Tacoma Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) facility.ย A public disclosure request has revealed that NW Pierce county, portions of SW King county and most of Vashon Island is in …
Hot Off the Wire — 8/25/2019
Opinion You Canโt Put Capitalism Over Sustainabilityโand Other Lessons From China -- Yes! Magazine Humanityโs existential crisis can be resolved only when we the people stand united behind a vision of the world we truly want. For a Greener New Deal and Cooler Climate, Focus on Food and Agriculture -- Yes! H'20 Howie Hawkins -- …
Hot Off the Wire — 8/16/2019
Icelandic memorial warns future: โOnly you know if we saved glaciersโ Plaque marking Okjรถkull, the first glacier lost to the climate crisis, to be unveiled in August Regional Actions Join Fridays for Future in SeattleFridays at Seattle City Hall from 1:00 to 2:00 PMSee the arrest of a young teen for a misunderstanding Clallam PUD …
Bill McKibben
Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out. Bill McKibbenโs groundbreaking book The End of Nature -- issued in dozens of languages …
Thomas Friedman
"Thank You for Being Late" An Optimistโs Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations A field guide to the twenty-first century, written by one of its most celebrated observers.Thomas Friedman shows that we have entered an age of dizzying accelerationโand explains how to live in it.
The Climate Museumโs poetry slam
Watch These Young Spoken-Word Poets Take On Climate Change The Climate Museumโs poetry slam at Harlemโs Apollo Theater was equal parts grief, anger, and hope.
August Meditation for Climate Emergency
August Meditation for Climate Emergency โ Sun, Aug 11, 2019 2:30 PM โ 3:30 PM PDT โ The Climate Mobilization Join our webinar for this hour of meditation and conversation about the personal side of the climate crisis. We'll be debriefing our experience asking the question "how do you feel about the climate emergency?" and …
Hot Off the Wire — 8/9/2019
Do you need a green way to spend your money? Debit card with cash back on every dollar spentFree access to every ATM in the worldUp to 2.00% APY on savingsYour deposits will never go towards funding fossil fuel projects, firearms, or political campaigns (This is not a paid ad, it's just an idea.) Opinion …
“Most sadly three more Blackfish just starved to death.”
Says Paul Chiyokten Wagner: โI believe the sacred words of our ancestors. Duwamish prophecy: "If the Blackfish were ever to be absent from the Salish Sea, so would the humans be absent from the land". Most sadly three more Blackfish just starved to death.We can do this together my family, rise up, make yourself strong …
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Climate Strike Training Webinars
350.org To help prepare for this major mobilization and to share skills, provide key tools and resources and the support of peer learning, weโve put together a great training series of five webinars. All of the webinars will be on Wednesdays at 5 pm PT/ 8 pm ET. In order to build in enough time …
We need a green new deal
At our general meeting of 8/4/2019, OCA members in attendance adopted by consensus this statement in support of the concept of a green new deal. We have little time to waste and urge immediate action at all levels, but most particularly at the federal level, which will ultimately be necessary if we're to avoid unimaginable …
Learn the Basics of WordPress
Learn how to create and publish web contentwith and for Olympic Climate Action. Do you want to learn more about publishing a blog or managing a website? Hi, I'm Michael Clemens and I assemble Hot Off the Wire for the OCA website.In the past few months I've learned how to use WordPress and I'd like …
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U.S. Oil Refinery, Tacoma Water Quality Permit Renewal
Tell Ecology: No oil terminal expansion in Tacoma! Fact Sheet for this Permit Renewal Frequently Asked Questions about Effective public commenting Comment Online Use the online comment form Comment by mail Greg Gould Industrial Section P.O. Box 47600 Tacoma, WA 98504 Attend a related event Aug. 7, 2019, 6:30 p.m. - U.S. Oil Refinery, Tacoma …
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Climate Strikes in September 2019
On May 24 the message from young people on #climatestrike in 133 countries got both louder and clearer: โThe planet's still burning. We're not going anywhere. Who's actually with us?โ Join in this September 20 - 27 Pledge to join the climate strikes this September
Hot Off the Wire — 8/1/2019
Take Action Regional Action Start a Climate ConversationDownload our conversation card with tips for starting your own climate conversations. *NEW PRICING* $50 Community ScreeningsFree Tacoma Screening Aug. 2 National Action Why are you striking for the climate? -- 350.org Pledge to join the climate strikes this September -- Global Climate Strike Day One Pledge -- 350 ActionWe need …
Bonneville, the Northwestโs biggest clean-power supplier, faces promise and perils in changing energy markets
July 21, 2019 at 6:00 am By Hal Bernton Seattle Times staff reporter GRAND COULEE DAM โ When workers started pulling apart the three largest hydroelectric units in North America โ capable of supplying more than enough power for all of Seattle โ they found the damage far worse than expected. They encountered large cracks, worn-out bearings …
Hot Off the Wire — 7/27/2019
Take Action Regional Action RSVP now if you plan to come to any of the workshops. Sunrise Washington Training Saturday, August 10th and Sunday, August 11th Commit now to giving a presentation on November 20 or 21 for24 Hours of Reality: Truth in Action -- Climate Reality National Action Your gift will be DOUBLED for …
Hot Off the Wire — 07/19/2019
Call Cheryl LaFleur at 202-502-8961 TODAY! to tell her that we need all our elected leaders, and especially Democrats on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, to oppose new fossil fuel projects. It's her last meeting and she needs to know. -- 198 Methods Opinion Global Warming shown by Factories Polluting Environment by Smoke and Carbon …
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