This Thursday evening is our local premier showing in Port Angeles. Take Action Regional Action An URGENT message from the OCA Executive Committee by Bob Vreeland: OCA members, there are some things you can do immediately to help reduce your carbon footprint. This gets more critical each day we delay. We don't have any time …
Hot Off the Wire — 6/29/2019
Opinion 74 Medical Groups declare a Health Emergency -- The Washington PostAs Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for their first 2020 primary debate this week, 74 medical and public health groups aligned on Monday to push for a series of consensus commitments to combat climate change, bluntly defined by the organizations as โa health emergency.โ Read …
Dammed to Extinction — July 11, 2019
This inspiring film reveals the obvious way to stop decades of ever increasing ecological devastation and financial misappropriation. RSVP Donations at Evenbright Sign the Petition to Breach the Dams View on Facebook Events About this Event As the salmon numbers plummet and orcas starve, weak political will remains the status quo. Four obsolete dams on …
Hot Off the Wire — 6/23/2019
Opinion No, climate action can't be separated from social justice -- Julian Brave NoiseCat Paying Farmers Fairly Could Curb Climate Change and Hunger -- Yes! MagazineParity is at the core of agricultureโs potential to address overproduction. Is the DNC Missing the Boat on Climate Change? -- Sierra ClubThe Democratic National Committee stumbles on the fate …
Hot Off the Wire — 6/11/2019
Opinion From The Faculty Chair Time to Up Our Game Susan S. Silbey This is my final column as Chair of the Faculty. It is uncharacteristically short in hopes of communicating an unambiguous and urgent message: we can no longer engage in business as usual at MIT. Time is running out. MIT, the United States, …
Hot Off the Wire — 6/7/2019
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 …
Hot Off the Wire — 5/31/2019
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 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 …
Hot Off the Wire — 5/24/2019
Satellite airmass image of the N Pacific for 16May2019. The image shows an unusual mid-May train of storms across the north Pacific ocean. "This isnโt your fatherโs atmosphere. The climate has changed. This is climate breakdown." -- Daily Kos Opinion Facing Down "Environmental Grief" -- Scientific American Take Action Regional Action Murray & Kilmer Reintroduce …
Rise for The Orca Tour
Dana Lyons June 8th - 7-9 p.m. at Sequim's Pioneer Park 387 East Washington Street Dana Lyons with an inspiring musical message of hopefor the Orca to help save the Southern Resident Killer Whales from extinction. Dana has invited the North Olympic Orca Pod to dance, and specifically the โStayinโ Aliveโ number, which Dana will …
Principles in Climate Justice
By Mike Mallory, Sierra Club Sno-Isle Group and Climate Reality Snohomish County Chapter From The Sierra Club, Washington State Chapter Journal - "The Crest" Volume 38, Issue 1 After Mike Mallory and his wife Marilyn retired, they knew they wanted to spend some of their time giving back to the world and they wanted to …
Tokitae in Miami Seaquarium
By Emi Okikawa, Digital Communications Fellow From The Sierra Club, Washington State Chapter Journal - "The Crest" Volume 38, Issue 1 The Story of Tokitae Three thousand miles away from Seattle,a lone Southern Resident orca swims in a tank. To visitors at Miami Seaquariumher name is โLolita,โ but to the Lummi Nation she is Tokitae. …
Hot Off the Wire – 5/16/2019
Opinion Arundhati Roy: Capitalism Is โa Form of Religionโ Stopping Solutions to Climate Change & Inequality - DemocracyNow! video Take Action Regional Action Salish Splash! - Celebrating Orca Recovery - June 13thJump into the Salish Sea to support Orca Recovery - Washington Environmental Council Call on networks and newsrooms to discuss climate change with the …
Hot Off the Wire – 5 /9/2019
Opinion The Great Filter - Are We Almost Past It?An essay by Robin Hanson - Sept. 15, 1998 Take Action Regional Action PSE Executive Listening Session May 22nd - Sierra Club WA National Action Final stop of the Road to a Green New Deal Tour Sign up to watch the Livestream with OAC - Sunrise …
Deep decarbonization: How? Who?
LEGAL PATHWAYS TO DEEP DECARBONIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES: SUMMARY & KEY RECOMMENDATIONS Deep decarbonization pathways summary This is a summary of a larger report by the Environmental Law Institute, posing the question of what laws & policies could lead to an 80% reduction (or more) of net greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. There are short …
Two worthy events this weekend
Orca forum Friday 1-4 pm in Port Angeles Celebrate science & technology Saturday at PA City Pier
Can our Orcas be saved? – forum Friday
Orca Forum in Port Angeles Friday, May 10, 2019 The Marine Resources Committee (MRC) of Clallam County invites you to attend a free public forum about Southern Resident Orca Whales at the Lower Elwha Heritage Center, Port Angeles on May 10 from 1 to 4pm. Four members from the Governor's Orca Recovery Task Force will …
Celebrate Sci/Tech Saturday!
Celebration of Science & Technology (a.k.a. GeekOut!) Saturday, May 11, 2019 On May 11, 2019, the Port Angeles City Pier will again host the free, community-oriented celebration of science from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. People of all ages and interests are invited to engage with scientists at booths and presentations, and examine infographic posters that …
Hot Off the Wire – 4/27/2019
โDammed to Extinctionโ May 4,ย Port Townsend, WA Other Showings Opinion How Will Future Generations Remember Our Time? - Yes! Magazine A Market-Driven Green New Deal? Weโd Be Unstoppable - The New York Times Take action Regional Action Thank your legislators for their work this session on climate E-mail your Senator today! - Washington Conservation Voters …
Resources on the Green New Deal
Green New Deal resources from by David Barnhill, a local 350.org leader from Wisconsin: What's the Deal with the Green New Deal? - slide presentationย Facebook page: "Green New Deal in the News," key daily articles Annotated list of articles featuring quotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1665bf5GXeueoj1OovVPiSP6Ty5iJJ47rKiUGHmly90w/edit
The Three Causes of the Worldโs Four Big Problems
Deep Transformation, or What Londonโs Climate Change Protests Teach Us About the Future umair haqueApr 22 - from Medium.com It was a perfect spring day. I was trying to get home to Camden Lock from Oxford Circus, after meeting a few friends for coffee downtown. A sirenโs blare cut through the noisy crowds. Soon enough, police …
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Special Sneak Preview Showing
โDammed to Extinctionโ Port Townsend -- May 4th -- 3:45 p.m., doors open 3:30 p.m. The Wheeler Theater, Fort Worden Conference Center Four obsolete dams choke off access to thousands of miles of rivers. Removing these dams will save money, salmon and endangered orcas. I'd like to watch the movie trailer . . . $10 …
Celebration of Science and Technology
This community event recognizes contributions science and scientists make every day. Activities focus on education and how science informs and is applied by and through technology. Saturday, May 11, 2019 at 10:00 AM โ 4:00 PM PDT Feiro Marine Life Center - 315 N. Lincoln Street /P.O. Box 625, Port Angeles, Washington 98362 Admission is …
Glaciers and Arctic ice are vanishing. Time to get radical before it’s too late – Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben -- Wed 10 Apr 2019 06.00 EDT No one should be annoyed when schoolkids start leaving class en masse or surprised that Green New Deal advocates call for dramatic overhaul of American society. We should be grateful. @billmckibben 'The respectable have punted; so now itโs up to the scruffy, the young, the marginal, the …
Climate and America’s endangered rivers
Hot Off the Wire – 4/20/2019
Take action Regional Action Urge your Washington state legislators to stand up for clean energy, clean cars, and climate action. Here's what you need to know about these five critical bills: SB 5116 would set a target of moving Washington State to 100 percent clean energy by 2045HB 1110 would help reduce greenhouse gas emissions …
Global Earth Repair Conference
Port Townsend, WA, USA Fort Worden Conference Center, 200 Battery Way The Global Earth Repair Conference is for people who have devoted their lives to Earth repair or who wish to. Alan Watson Featherstone will join us as a presenter. Ceremony โ Keynotes โ Workshops โ Round-table discussions โ Panels โ Planning meetings โ Caucuses …
โFalterโ: In New Book, Bill McKibben Asks If the Human Game Has Begun to Play Itself Out
All three parts of the interview can be accessed from this page link. Thousands are taking to the streets in London today to demand radical action to combat the climate crisis. Protesters with the group Extinction Rebellion have set up encampments and roadblocks across Central London and say theyโll stay in the streets for at …
Join us in Port Townsend on April 20th
Things to remember: Please wear black and / or bring a black umbrellaPope Marine Park in Port Townsend. (across from City Hall) Schedule 12:30pm DamSense and Backbone set up ocra pattern layout. 1:00pm People assemble in the orca pattern layout. 1:15pm Mural assembled and speakers at the dorsal fin to speak. 1:15pm Drone flies over …
Port Townsend GND Town Hall Meeting
Learn about the Sunrise Movement, Green New Deal, and ways to get involved around local environmental & climate issues.
How to make the world affordably carbon-free
April 12, 2019 Author Gero Rueter DW News - DW.COM This article onlineNew Study: Global Energy System based on 100% Renewable EnergyAbout Energy Watch Group (EWG) If the world is to quit coal and gas for renewable energy sources, they have to be reliable and affordable. Is that realistic? Researchers have crunched the numbers and …
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Green Drinks
Hot Off the Wire – 4/14/2019
Take action Regional Action Sign up to gather postcards for climate action! "We need to break through the noise of behind-the-scenes influences with a more personal touch."- The Washington Environmental Council 2019 Tribes and First Nations Climate Change Summit (link pending)July 30-31, 2019 -- Save the DateNorthern Quest CasinoAirway Heights, WA (near the Spokane Airport) …
Hot Off the Wire – 4/2/2019
Please take a moment to contact your Washington State Legislators in the table below with these important messages on legislation tomorrow and Thursday Take action Regional Action HB 1112 โ HFC Phase-out โ Due date: 4/4/2019 - Message: Please vote yes on HB 1112 in your Senate Ways and Means Committee. I support this bill, …
Hot Off the Wire – 3/23/2019
Commentary A Future Without Fossil Fuels? - Bill McKibben The New York Review of Books โRemember the Southโ: Devastating Cyclone Idai Another Example of Global South Paying for Polluters - DemocracyNow! interview Unpersuasive: Why arguing about climate change often doesn't work - Knowable MagazineCOMIC: In the US, where political parties have increasingly staked claims on …
Hot Off the Wire – 3/19/2019
1,000,000 Students act in School #ClimateStrike - 350.org Take action Regional Action Sierra Club Regional Initiatives Bipartisan Group of Legislators Backs Sustainable-Farm Bill - Carbon Washington Help Save Endangered Orcas and Wild Salmon in Washington! - NRDC Join a Sierra Forum: Protect the Arctic Refuge - Sierra Club Thursday Mar 28, 2019 11:00 AM Ask …
Students strike for climate on the Olympic Peninsula
Joining a round-the-world movement started by Greta Thunberg, students on the Olympic Peninsula walked out of classes to call attention to the greatest challenge to their future. http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-angeles-students-take-part-in-climate-protest/ http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/port-townsend-students-strike-for-change/ https://wqtcq1f34a8kduuv3sc0e76o-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/15987799_web1_190317-pdn-climate-protest-pa-dlogan-tsr-1200x800.jpg Students at Port Angeles High School https://wqtcq1f34a8kduuv3sc0e76o-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/15987724_web1_190317-pdn-climate-protest-pt-tsr-1200x800.jpg Students from Port Townsend High School
Hot Off the Wire – 3/10/2019
Take action City of P.A. needs an Electrical Engineering & Operations Manager to move ahead with the city's Solar Project. Regional Action Please Support the HEAL Act for Environmental Justice - Climate Solutions Demand Healthier buildings for a healthier climate - Climate Solutions YOUTH CLIMATE STRIKE - Friday, March 15 This year, the legislature must …
Sunrise OP update
From Mike Ferguson, Sunrise Olympic Peninsula Hub coordinator: Whew! February was a very busy month for Sunrise and the Green New Deal! Please take a moment to read our updates and commit to the simple actions we are asking of the community. Here is a summary of what has happened locally and across the country …
Petition: Breach the LSRDs in 2019
Let's get to 1 million signatures! Spread the word! tinyurl.com/timeisout
Rep. Kilmer: listen to science, our young people, and your heart
It was back-to-back activism yesterday at Rep. Derek Kilmer's office in Port Angeles. First, the North Olympic Orca Pod hosted a die-in and delivered a letter outlining 23 scientific articles supporting the immediate breaching of the lower Snake River dams. OCA members delivered our own letter to Kilmer and described the promise offered by the …
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Sunrise comes to Port Angeles 2/27
Update from Mike Ferguson of the Sunrise Movement Olympic Peninsula hub:2019-02-25 GND update
Hot Off the Wire -2/26/2019
Take Action Regional Action Students are walking out of school and going on#ClimateStrike Webinar to discuss initial reflections on the 1631 campaign via Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy Climate Solutions 11th Annual Breakfast Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 7:30am to 9:00am Please support Beaver Lake Creeโs historic tar sands trial. via Raven Trust Support …
Locals speak out about orcas & LSRDs
"Injustice to the natural world" Kilmer is backwards on science vs. politics & the LSRDs Snake River dam breaching would be a simple affair "Look to our souls" for the courage to do what's right
Breach the LSRDs now. Not next year. Now.
At the direction of our membership at our February 3 meeting, OCA sent letters to Governor Inslee, our District 24 State Representatives, and Rep. Derek Kilmer about both the necessity and feasibility of breaching the lower 4 Snake River Dams this year. Nothing would prevent this from happening if we recognized the true dire straits …
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“What matters is am I doing the right thing?”
โItโs so easy to look at the big picture and get completely disheartened. โฆ What we need to remember is what is my own personal moral obligation. When I wake up each day thinking about what I might do from that perspective โฆ when I come at it from a deep sense of moral obligation, …
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GND local update
From: Mike Ferguson <petitions4bernie@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 8:15 PM Below are local actions to take and UPDATED INFO for events on the Olympic Peninsula to ensure the Green New Deal gets the support it needs. The plan to pass the Green New Deal starts now! From today until Sunday, February 10, we need …
Green New Deal petition
Tell Congress: Support Sen Markey & Rep Ocasio-Cortezโs resolution for a Green New Deal This week, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Senator Ed Markey have introduced twin resolutions to bring the Green New Deal to Congress. These resolutions are the first that tackle climate change in line with what science and justice demand, and if …
Green New Deal
Join livestream kickoff watch parties for a Green New Deal, Tuesday, February 5, from 7-8:30 pm at the Clallam County Courthouse (use the after-hours entrance west of the flagpoles) or in Port Townsend at Rosewind Commons. The most recent scientific consensus, including the federal governmentโs own National Climate Assessment, indicates a very short window for …
Hot Off the Wire – 2/2/2019
Take action Regional Action Meeting for Informal Science EducatorsPasco, WA 3/12/19 - Seattle, WA 3/26/19 - Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge 4/30/19 Endorse Earth Law for the Southern Resident Orcas and Salish Sea Demand Real Climate Leadership from our New Congress - The Action Network Sign Up For Climate Month! Encourage your Legislators. National Action What …
Green New Deal reality check
From: Post Carbon Institute <newsletter@postcarbon.org> COULD A GREEN DEAL SAVE CIVILIZATION?by Richard HeinbergIs there a set of policies that could actually avert climate catastrophe while saving civilization? Yes, at least in principle.ย READ MORE
Trump energy policies save billions for industry at a cost of human lives
...not to mention the other critters out there...this per the Trump administration's own figures: https://www.nola.com/environment/2019/01/trump-rollbacks-on-fossil-fuels-will-save-industry-money-but-cost-lives.html
Voice from time immemorial
This "letter from an orca" was published in today's Seattle Times, with a thought-provoking twist at the end: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/orcas-and-a-way-of-life/
Greta Thunberg’s full speech
Hot Off the Wire – 1/22/2019
Take action Regional Action Evening Talk at ONRC - January 25th in ForksWestern Washington Forest Health Free The Snake Advocacy Day in Olympia, February 4th Occupy Olympia, 17 Days & Nights for the Southern Resident Orcas, February 4th Ask your legislators to support environmental priorities - via Washington Conservation Voters Join the Sierra Club WA …
Western Washington Forest Health
Olympic Natural Resources Center Evening Talks The next Evening Talk is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 25th. We are fortunate to have Dr. Daniel Omdal, Forest Pathologist for Washington State Department of Natural Resources Wildfire Division. Join us at 7:00 pm in the ONRCโs Hemlock Forest Room for another great Evening Talk. Title: Western Washington Forest …
2007 Logos
by Scott T. Starbuck When I complain to the old manย about rising gas prices, he says โI want $10 a gallon.โ โWhy?โ is the obvious question. โBecause I love birds,โ he says. At the time, I thought him insane but now I think most everyone else is.
How We Stopped Corporate Psychopaths from Cooking Planet Earth
For Mary DeMocker By Scott T. Starbuck We planted trees everywhere at once.Facebook posted only the words โGo outside.โ โDestroy Your Television Dayโ grew more popular than Xmas and the 4th of July. Children of execs saw themselves as global citizensand despite every temptation and distraction disowned their wayward parents.ExxonMobil became BlueOrbSolar. Each country committed to …
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Thoughts at the End of Empire
by Scott T. Starbuck Itโs possible future generations will destroyour art, literature, music, film, and corporations, in bitternessfor allowing ecosystem collapse, and mistrust for how many leaderswere distracted, apathetic, selfishignorant, or insane with money and power. Itโs possible future generations will redefinefamily, community, work, value, happiness,life, dirt, success. Itโs possible education will change from locking …
Wind Spirit
by Scott T. Starbuck Wind Spirit said to the man, โI will ask a question, and each day you give the wrong answer, I will take a finger. The question is hard, requiring much reflection, and self-purification. I donโt know how many fingers you will lose. That is up to you. How will you save …
Science of a Meaningful Life: Top 10 Insights of 2018
These are the most provocative and influential findings published during this past year.
Best Books of 2018 for a Meaningful Life
The yearโs must-reads help to weather hard times and make a difference in the lives of those around us.
2019 Monthly Call Series with 350.org
Hello all, I hope 2019 is off to a good start for you. Our first monthly call of the year is coming up on Wednesday, Jan. 9 (5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET): Engaging Youth and Families in Climate Action. You can register for the 2019 monthly call series here--please note that everyone will …
Hot Off the Wire – 1/6/2018
Take action Regional Action Join the next 350 Local Group 100% Renewables call on Tuesday, January 8th, 5 pm PST National Action Tell Congress: We Demand New Action On Climate! With environmental champions now a majority in the House of Representatives, a new, greener Congress is now in session - via NRDC 2019 Greenpeace Action …
Native Skywatchers
Bringing Together Cultural and Scientific Knowledge of the Stars This workshop builds on combined decades of experience in what we come to call โduallearningโ โ the weaving together of cultural and scientific knowledge, stories, and hands-on activities in an environment where neither is dominant over the other and resonance between the two is easily found. …
โThe 12 Steps to a Compassionate Lifeโ
By Karen Armstrong The Compassion Campaign of Clallam County is co-sponsoring this 2019 Compassion Winter Read As a scholar of world religions, Armstrong extends an invitation to explore the particular place of compassion in religious and ethical teachings. She specifically focuses on the Golden Rule as expressed in each one, which served as common ground …
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Conservation International Presents
Nature is Speaking Featuring short films personifying Nature, narrated by folks we know well. JOAN CHEN is SkyPENELOPE CRUZ is WaterHARRISON FORD is OceanLIAM NEESON is IceEDWARD NORTON is SoilLUPITA NYONGยดO is FlowerLEE PACE is MountainROBERT REDFORD is RedwoodJULIA ROBERTS is Mother NatureIAN SOMERHALDER is Coral ReefREESE WITHERSPOON is HomeSHAILENE WOODLEY is Forest
Moving the Country Towards Emergency Climate Mobilization, Together
Dear Olympic Climate Action, ย thank you so much for supporting The Climate Mobilization! We are a small but fierce organization that advocates the strongest, fastest, sanest approach to the climate crisis. Because of your support, we are moving the country toward mobilization. A few highlights: April 16, 2016 Bernie Sanders calls for WWII scale climate …
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Hot Off the Wire – December 29, 2018
Take action Regional Action Join the webinar of the Governor's Southern Resident Orca Task Force โ via Puget Sound Partnership Time for BPA to act on LSR dams: Opinion โ via The Spokesman-Review, Spokane Say to REI: Break Up with US Bank! โ via Fossil Free California Washington deserves to know the real risks of …
Investigate Ryan Zinke
Thanks for taking action on our petition: Tell House Democrats: Investigate Ryan Zinke. Here are some ways you can spread the word: Email your friends or forward the message below. If you are on Facebook, click here to post the petition to your Timeline. If you have a Twitter account, click here to automatically tweet: …
Jan. 10 webinar to provide update on Governor’s proposed budget and policy for Orca Task Force recommendations
From the co-chairs of the Governor's Southern Resident Orca Task Force: Please join us on Thursday, January 10, from 10 to 11 a.m., for a Governorโs Office budget and policy update webinar to address questions from members of the Governor's Southern Resident Orca Task Force. The following panelists will participate in the discussion: Jim Cahill, …
BREACH THE SNAKE RIVER DAMS THIS YEAR!
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The Madhouse Effect
Publisher's Book Description The award winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have fought at the frontlines of climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect …
Hereโs a way to fight climate change: Empower women
This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. โGender and climate are inextricably linked,โ said environmentalist and author Katharine Wilkinson on stage at TEDWomen last week, a gathering of women thought leaders and activists in Palm Desert, California. Women, she says, are disproportionately affected by climate change. …
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Books We Love Best in 2018
Sightline staff shares their most memorable reads of the year, including fiction, sci-fi, poetry, and more. Author: Anne Christnovich (@anne_c_1234) on December 14, 2018 at 5:37 am If you or someone you know is the kind of person who calls winter โreading season,โ this list is for you. If you or someone you know is …
Hot Off the Wire – December 18, 2018
COP24, the speech of 15-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg โ via Lifegate Take action Regional Action Ask for your free, limited edition bumper sticker: Make America Green Again โ via Sierra Club Take action for a healthier environment for all Washingtonians: Legislative Session Activist Sign up โ via WA Environmental Council & Washington Conservation Voters …
Gov. Inslee calls for Climate Plan
Story in CrosscutState Democrats are confident they'll pass the $268 million clean energy plan.He suggested more efficient hydroelectric dams and grids, a lot more electric cars, and four electric-hybrid ferries. A decade or more from now, he said, there should be a high-speed rail line from Vancouver, B.C., to Seattle to Portland. There was more, …
OCA members have their say
Now that most of the dust has cleared on the 2018 election, OCA members should be acknowledged for having their say about climate in the public sphere. In these fractured times, there's a need for citizens to state plain truths out loud, and OCA members are to be congratulated for stepping up to the democratic …
Majority favors action on climate, both here and nationally
The people of the Olympic Peninsula, likeย the people of Washington State and the United States, want to address climate change. $32 million of Big Oil money does not deny that fact! From Yale Climate Opinion Maps 2018: Sample survey question: "Congress should do more to address global warming." 6th Congressional District (Olympic & Kitsap Peninsulas): …
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One more chance for WA’s “Green Wave”
...with inaction at the federal level, maybe a single state paving the way is our best hope for catalyzing broader action. Someone needs to lead. With lessons learned from this most recent failure, and more Democratic seats picked up in theย state legislature โ offering a firmer legislative route to passing a carbon tax โ Inslee …
Just an environmental issue? Not!
Where will we find the political will to do what we know needs to be done in the time we have? Here's an essay in the Sequim Gazette by OCA board member Ann Soule, who also serves as Resource Manager for the City of Sequim: In our small corner of the globe, the biggest threats …
1631 opponents: Make good on your word
"Opponents argued a better proposal was needed. They must now stand by their word in calling for a better proposal." Note from the chart below that Jefferson and Clallam Counties generated some of the highest percentages of Yes votes on 1631! Kudos to all who helped spread the word about the need for substantive, immediate …
Their future is in our hands
Please pay attention...please get involved in this most important decision-time for this nation...please get everyone you know to do the same. A plea from our kids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89Jhj3MX1WU And a plea from our brothers and sisters under the sea: http://forthewild.world/listen/kurt-russo-on-the-people-under-the-sea91 https://omtimes.com/2018/08/tahlequah-grief-animal-kingdom/
R.I.P. Oil, Coal and Gas
The Midterms Have the Power to Usher in an Era of Climate Action Trump and the fossil fuel lobby can stall for time. But change is coming faster than you think. ALEX STEFFEN
Gather for orcas in Olympia Nov. 16
An important rally for the orcas is scheduled at the Capitol complex in Olympia on Nov. 16, 2-5 pm. There will be representations of all 74 living wild Southern Resident Killer Whales, plus Tokitae, aka "Lolita," held in captivity at Miami Seaquarium. Nov 16 is when the Orca Task Force final recommendations go to Governor …
I-1631 could save billions in health costs
Washingtonians could save billions in health costs just by cleaning the air Kristin Eberhard,ย Laura Skeltonย andย Sarah Cornettย of the Sightline Institute
Negative emissions technologies overview from NAS
From the National Academies of Science: Negative emissions technologies, which remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and sequester it, will be an important part of the portfolio of climate responses. To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, โnegative emissions technologiesโ (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play …
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Who is the “we” in “We are causing climate change”?
(Hint: If you're reading this, probably not you!) Byย Genevieve Guentherย in Gristย Oct 13, 2018
First American PAC promotes I-1631
First ad features Quinault Tribe executive director The first commercial produced by the First American Project PAC, a coalition of Washington's Tribes and allies, stands in support of I-1631. This unedited, long-form commercial features President Fawn Sharp of the Quinault Tribe. Multiple other leaders will be featured in the next two weeks in ads. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMqqAyli6A8&feature=youtu.be …
White House response to IPCC climate report: “Lalalalala”
"This disaster is going to be as badโas very, very badโas we make it." From Elizabeth Kolbert at the New Yorker: What Is Donald Trumpโs Response to the U.N.โs Dire Climate Report? The U.N.โs scientific advisory board sounds a piercing alarm on climate change, but the President doesnโt seem to hear it. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/what-is-donald-trumps-response-to-the-uns-dire-climate-report More New …
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How you can help 1631 NOW
From 350.org: Sign up for a shift to knock doors or make phone calls near you with other Yes on 1631 volunteers โย find the next event here. (If you can sign up for a volunteer shift, this is where the campaign needs you most!) Sign up here to call voters from the comfort of your …
Poll: 1631 has Big Oil on the ropes!
This Elway poll has some good news for making carbon polluters accountable: https://crosscut.com/2018/10/poll-nations-first-carbon-fee-leading-among-voters This poll shows that: ย 1) I-1631 is leading among voters, and it's clear that Washingtonians donโt trust big oil despite their $21 million in fancy advertising. ย 2) This election is going to be close, but we CAN win and defeat …
Save our orcas, climate, and dollars: free the Snake!
At our August 5 general meeting, OCA members by consensus adopted a resolution calling for the immediate removal of the four lower Snake River Dams and their replacement by clean power.ย Removing the lower 4 Snake River Dams will benefit the Pacific Northwest in several ways: Freeing the Snake River ensures restoration of fish populations and …
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Clallam PUD’s opposition to I-1631: What part of “Utility” don’t you understand?
Clallam PUD Sides with Petroleum Industry in Opposition to Carbon Initiative byย Andy Cochrane, President, Power Trip Energyย |ย Oct 3, 2018 The Clallam PUD board of commissioners has taken the step of publicly opposing Initiative 1631, citing increased operating costs and higher gasoline prices as reasons for opposition.ย Clallam County PUD officials say the carbon fee initiative …
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Ask about climate at candidate forums
Coming soon is the time to exercise your democratic right to vote. Inform yourself (and others) about the candidatesโ views on climate change and what to do about it. As has been noted elsewhere on this site, individual acts of conscience will simply not be sufficient to avert a catastrophic climate crisis in the coming …
The laws of thermodynamics…beyond the power of the veto
One might say the melting is like weeping, glacial tears upon the cheek of the sea. Our lament is an embarrassment; no excuse can set us free. Memories of ancient times slipping through our grasp; what once we thought forever has now become the past. --OCA member Brian Grad
Salish Sea Day of Action coverage
Welcome to nษxสทsฦฬรกyฬษm Territory – Peninsula College – Thursday, Sept. 27
Studium Generale will open its fall season with a presentation that has become an annual event but with an important change to the title. Instead of the English language, the Klallam/SโKlallam language will take precedence. โWelcome to nษxสทsฦฬรกyฬษm Territoryโ will begin at 12:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, in Peninsula Collegeโs Little Theater in Port Angeles, …
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The Lorax – speaking for the trees – Sunday Sept. 30 at OUUF
The โOlympicsโ join to present the film The Lorax. Olympic Climate Action will join Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30. More information here:ย https://olympicuuf.com/lorax-movie/
The story of a Tar-Sands tanker
Follow this story of a Tar-Sands supertanker as it takes on its cargo in Burnaby and heads out through the Salish Sea to the Pacific. The City of Vancouver estimates a very real chance of a major spill during the expected lifetime of the project...if the project comes to fruition. The results could be devastating …
Save our orcas, climate, and dollars – Free the Snake!
At our August 5 general meeting, OCA members by consensus adopted a resolution calling for the immediate removal of the four lower Snake River Dams and their replacement by clean power.ย Removing the lower 4 Snake River Dams will benefit the Pacific Northwest in several ways: Freeing the Snake River ensures restoration of fish populations and …
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Olympic Climate Action 
