Opinion

Rewriting the Rules about the Environment, Energy, and Agriculture
How the bills undermine protections for our environment
— The Center for Media and Democracy

Solutions

Week 8: Celebrate
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
by getting out and serving others

Regional Actions

Help the 350 WA Civic Action Team lobby for Climate Action — 350.org

Join us on #FridaysForFuture
Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain

National Actions

Please make your voice heard on Capitol Hill now
Help save the Tongass National Forest before it’s too late — NRDC Action Fund

Greenpeace All-Volunteer Webinar Party recording is now available.

Don’t let Trump silence the American people and embolden polluters
— NRDC Action Fund

Add your name now to make Exxon pay for Australia — Greenpeace

Local/Regional News

National/International News

Fossils Brace for Scrutiny as Carney Warns Half of World Oil Reserves Could Become Worthless as Stranded Assets — The Energy Mix

Climate in Politics

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, doesn’t it?
It’s actually real.

Inspiration

Carbon dioxide: nature’s tiny solar panels
more to come

Let’s go back to the basics of the science behind climate change.

Nan Bray is an oceanographer and climate scientist who has farmed superfine merinos near Oatlands since 2000

Opinion

LETTER: Endorses local contributions to climate knowledge
— Peninsula Daily News – Friday, January 3, 2020

My Journey to Radical Environmentalism
It’s never too late to take action aimed at
protecting our planet.
By Charles M. Blow, Opinion Columnist,
— New York Times

In agreement with a comment on the article:
@A Reader in Hampstead I can’t agree more with this writer, Charles.
There’s nothing more important right now than pushing our political leaders to take massive action, now–or to get rid of them and elect new ones. No amount of individual lifestyle change is going to accomplish the scale of change we need, at the speed we need.
See Al Gore’s commentary in your own paper:
The Climate Crisis Is the Battle of Our Time, and We Can Win
Ed Chadd | Port Angeles, WA

Solutions

Week 7: Recycle snack wrappers in a Subaru Loves the Earth TerraCycle bin at your local REI
Take part: Jan. 12–18, 2020

Regional Actions

Join us on #FridaysForFuture
Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain

Sign the petition: I support Greta Thunberg, and other youth climate activists — Daily Kos

National Actions

I can volunteer to work on the scorecard

I can’t volunteer now, but please let me know about additional volunteer opportunities later on this year

Join the movement to get rid of the Electoral College — Climate Hawks Vote

Tell Automakers to End the Attack on Clean Car Standards! — Sierra Club

Local/Regional News

Energy leaders discuss challenges and opportunities as the Northwest transitions to a clean energy system

National/International News

Investment Bankers Are Now Waging the War on Coal
As UN climate negotiations faltered, bankers on Wall Street brought good news for the climate. What’s even happening? — The Atlantic

Climate in Politics

Bernie Sanders’s Latest Endorsement: Sunrise Movement — New York Times

Ed Fallon endorses Tom Steyer for President — The Fallon Forum
” Steyer’s record on climate is second to none”

Trump Rule Would Exclude Climate Change in Infrastructure Planning
— New York Times

Inspiration

Carbon dioxide:
Nature’s tiny solar panels

Note to her readers: This is the first in a series I’ve written on climate change for our local monthly newspaper. I wanted to go back to the basics of the science behind climate change.
I’ll post them in coming Yarns.
Cheers, Nan

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Opinion

The Conversion of a Climate-Change Skeptic — The New York Times

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Debatable — The New York Times, January 3, 2020
Lead with values, not facts
Or is trying to convince climate change deniers a waste of time?

Solutions

Week 6: Get familiar with your local recycling and composting options and guidelines.
Take part: Jan. 5–11, 2020

Why I’m resisting Trump
and the oil industry today

Where’s Your 2020 Candidate on Climate?

How Supermarkets Ranked on Plastics

Our Favorite Greenpeace Videos of 2019

Regional Actions

Join us on #FridaysForFuture
Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain

National Actions

Sign the petition: Demand Congress investigate Bernhardt for misusing public office — Climate Hawks Vote

Local/Regional News

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National/International News

“This Country Is a Tinderbox”: Australia Braces for More Devastation as Gov’t Denies Climate Crisis — Democracy Now video

One thing you can do:
Make your New Year’s resolution count

Climate in Politics

Inspiration

Cartoon: Ignoring the warnings
— Daily Kos

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Opinion

Solutions

Week 5: Make your New Year’s
resolution an environmentally
sustainable one…for example, keep
following this plan
Take part: Dec. 29, 2019–Jan. 4, 2020

Reversing global warming is possible

Regional Actions

Join us on #FridaysForFuture
Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain

Jane Fonda continues a new round of protests on her 82nd birthday – Fire Drill Fridays
We Are in a Climate Emergency. I Have No Choice But to Put My Body on the Line.
— DemocarcyNow! interview

Support a Clean Fuels Standard with the State Legislature & the PSCAA
We have two great opportunities to pass a Clean Fuels Standard, cutting our climate pollution from transportation, cleaning our air, and moving beyond oil. This was the biggest piece of the puzzle not solved in the 2019 State Legislature.

1. Contact the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency!
Please take a moment to let the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (PSCAA) know you are with them
2. Contact the State Legislature!  
Please call the Hotline and tell your legislators you want them to lead on climate and ensure we pass a strong Clean Fuel Standard this session:
HOTLINE: (800) 562-6000

National Actions

Local/Regional News

Climate on Tap
New Year’s Resolutions: How Will You Reduce your Carbon Footprint in 2020?
Monday January 6 at 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Finnriver Farm and Cidery; 124 Center Road, Chimacum

National/International News

Breaking the Ice:
Mapping a Changing Arctic

In this digest I have asked you to decry oil drilling in the Arctic. This infographic tells us what’s going-on up there.

Santa’s New Home:
The North Pole is Moving to Russia

The magnetic north pole is now moving so fast, that the World Magnetic Model (WMM) had to be updated urgently in 2019.
Is someone stealing Christmas?
— Visual Capitalist

Climate in Politics

Buttigieg: We Need A Real Climate Leader
Tell Mayor Buttigieg: We don’t have time for middle-of-the-pack climate plans

Climate Reporting in 2019: A Year of Warnings. And Also Hope.
— The New York Times

Inspiration

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Join us on #FridaysForFuture — Free iPhone/iPad App – “Fridays For U”
Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain

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Opinion

Solutions

Week 5: Make your New Year’s resolution an environmentally sustainable one…for example, keep following this plan.
Take part: Dec. 29, 2019–Jan. 4, 2020

Regional Actions

We need volunteer advocates and activists from across the state to educate and inform our neighbors, lobby our elected officials and rally for environmental justice!
— Washington Environmental Council and Washington Conservation Voters

National Actions

The first Racial Justice & Equity Community of Practice call in 2020
will be on Wednesday, January 22nd from Noon-1:30 pm PST — 350.org
Read more about the Community of Practice here
Application to Participate here
350’s Organizing Principles

Local/Regional News

National/International News

The Space Patrol finds massive methane release visible from space – and it’s not from cow farts — Daily Kos

The Energy 202: Goldman Sachs rules out financing for Arctic drilling.
Will other U.S. banks follow? — The Washington Post

Inspiration

Opinion

The Big Picture — opinions from Fridays for Future web site
The Big Picture — The Big Picture – Level 2 —
The Big Picture – Level 3 — The Big Picture – Level 4

Solutions

Week 4: Forgo traditional wrapping paper to cut down on waste
this holiday season
Take part: Dec. 22–28, 2019

Regional Actions

We are standing with those around the globe for FridaysforFuture
as a constant presence, not allowing folks to forget that climate change
is the most critical issue to face us all!
We are standing for mother Earth and humanity,
especially for the youth inheriting this future.
Noon to 1:00 at the Port Angeles downtown fountain.
Bring signs if possible

The House impeachment vote is scheduled for next week
The Nobody Is Above the Law network has activated
Will you join us in the streets on Tuesday evening?
Over 450+ events planned nationwide! — Sierra Club
Protect our democracy — and our planet

WHEN: Tuesday, December 17 at 3 p.m.
WHERE: Four Corners of Sequim Ave and Washington Streets, Sequim WA Signups: 197 attendees

We need you to submit a public comment to protect San Francisco Bay from becoming the supertanker highway of the Pacific and prevent increased refining in the Bay — Stand.earth

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“Dammed to Extinction” filmmakers need
your support to pursue upcoming opportunities
to tell our story

You can support research directly via
Center for Whale Research

National Actions

Sign the petition: I support Greta Thunberg, and other youth climate activists
— Daily Kos

350.org Wants to Know What You Think
Take a moment to fill out this survey and help shape the direction of our movement

Local/Regional News

National/International News

The 2100 Project: An Atlas for the Green New Deal — The McHarg Center

Greta Thunberg Slams COP25,
Says Response to Climate Crisis Is”Clever Accounting and Creative PR”
— DemocracyNow!

“We Want People Power Solutions”:
Activists Ousted from COP25 for Protesting Corporations — DemocracyNow!

COP25: Developing Countries Charge Ahead with Bold Climate Plans as Rich Countries Drag Their Feet — DemocracyNow!

Inspiration

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 2.8˚C by the end of this century.

Opinion

“Listen to Mother Earth”:
Indigenous Youth Leaders at COP25 in Madrid
Protest Fossil Fuel Extraction

Why Are Some of Spain’s Biggest Polluters
Sponsoring the 25th U.N. Climate Summit?
The Spanish government begged the 35 biggest listed companies
on the Spanish stock exchange for two million euros each
in return for a 90% tax break. — DemocracyNow! interview

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Climate emergency demands an ecosocialist solution
— Freedom Socialist Party

Solutions

Week 3: Opt out of junk mail
Take part: Dec. 15–21, 2019 — REI

About America’s Pledge — Rocky Mt. Institute

Press Release:
America’s Pledge Reveals U.S. Pathways Towards Paris Goals, With And Without Federal Policies In Third Report

Nio Builds Battery Swap Stations In China For Its Electric Vehicles — CleanTechnica

Regional Actions

Comment on Lower Snake River Dams

Take part in the Stakeholder process through
Governor Inslee’s questionnaire

Act now to tell Gov. Inslee to declare Climate Emergency
— The Climate Mobilization

2020 Legislative climate briefing webinar, Tues. Dec. 3 — Climate Solutions
Here is the recording

Attend a Public Hearing
for Clean Transportation
Thursday, December 19, 2019 at
11:00 AM – 8:00 PM PST

Washington State Convention Center
705 Pike Street, Seattle, Washington 98101

Tell the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency board to stand up for climate action
and support a Clean Fuel Standard
— Washington Environmental Council

National Actions

Tell Joe Biden: Be A Real Climate Leader — 350.org

Sign now to call for a Green New Deal Revolution across the planet — Avaaz

Tell your government:
Stop giving public money to the fossil fuel industry — 350.org
G20 Coal Subsidies of at least USD $63.9 billion per year in government support to the production and consumption of coal alone — Oil Change International

Can you rush a special year-end donation to the
NRDC Action Fund’s Environmental Victory Drive by 12/31?

Millions of families around the world are struggling
to overcome hunger, poverty, and injustice.
DONATE NOW. CHANGE A LIFE. — Oxfam America

Local/Regional News

Visitors To A Shrinking Alaskan Glacier Get A Lesson On Climate Change — NPR

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National/International News

Indigenous Protectors Are Defending the Amazon and “Paying With Their Lives”
— DemocracyNow! interview

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The U.S. Has Almost No Official Presence at COP25 But Is Still “Obstructing Any Progress” — DemocracyNow! interview
“The U.S. is in all streams of discussions that are happening, be it finance, be it loss and damage,” Singh says. “They’re everywhere. And everywhere they are obstructing and not allowing any progress to happen.”

Gas stations will disappear sooner than you think — The Hill

From the Union of Concerned Scientists:
– Killer Heat in the United States – Climate Choices and the Future of Dangerously Hot Days
– Heat Waves and Climate Change – What the Science Tells Us about Extreme Heat Events
– Abandoned Science, Broken Promises – Neglect of Science Is Leaving Marginalized Communities Further Behind
– How “Evidence-Based” Became a Dirty Word – The consequences of the Trump administration’s attacks on science
– The Trump Administration’s Latest: A Plan to Foul the Alaska Arctic
– Climate Change and Agriculture – A Perfect Storm in Farm Country

Inspiration