News for the political party that doesn’t deny the climate crisis has been trending upward, especially for the Senate. But we have a lot of work to do in the House of Representatives. And there are important races in California for the Assembly. For too long the “moderate” democrats have been “oily” from fossil industry contributions. That’s why the Governor’s proposal to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030 instead of the current law requiring only 40% failed. So if you can help with tight California districts too it would be great.
Just in case you haven’t been paying close attention here are a few events of the last week or so: Late in August monsoon floods, made much worse by climate warming, devastated Pakistan. A million homes were lost and 1,400 persons died. In the same week we learned that the sea level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice sheet will double past predictions, and can no longer be stopped even if all emissions ceased today. And an August 15 climate study “predicts a 125-degree ‘extreme heat belt’ will stretch across a quarter of the country by 2053.” https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02092022/study-finds-that-mississippi-river-basin-could-be-in-an-extreme-heat-belt-in-30-years/
On the local front, we are continuing we our appeal of the Nordic permit. We will be asking for people to comment at the Board hearing on September 28. In the meantime, it cost us $562 for our share of the appeal fee. If you can afford to contribute please send to:
350 Humboldt, P.O. Box 231, Bayside, CA 95524
PETITION
SIERRA CLUB
It’s finally here! On July 27th, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released its draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the costly and environmentally destructive Delta tunnel project. The draft EIR examines the environmental impacts associated with the construction and operation of the Delta tunnel. DWR will be accepting public comments on its draft EIR until October 27.
WRITE LETTERS TO VOTERS
350 Humboldt has a group of devoted letter and postcard writers. Join us for tips and conversation while you write. 7 pm every Sunday evening on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86943045708?pwd=clVqWVJZNEFQSVl0QWd6VCtOZGtWZz09
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Postcards for Swing States
Please sign up now to help us rally Democrats to vote in 41 competitive House races from California to Maine this November! You can help hold the Democratic House majority by writing postcards to voters.
You’ll need to provide your own postcards and stamps for this program. We recommend progressivepostcards, an online store that sells postcards with several of our designs for less than most sellers. After you sign up, we’ll email you a list of voters and instructions, which will include an October mailing date and three message options.
350 Bay Area Action (new voter program)
You are needed in our launch of post-primary phone calling and postcardingas we build voter strength for the midterm elections this November.
ACTIVATE AMERICA
There are large numbers of pro-choice Democrats in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and California who often skip midterm elections. We believe the right message on this issue can help motivate these voters. We have worked with Planned Parenthood and other experts to develop these scripts, so you can be assured that you are sending a tested message that will resonate with these voters.
This postcard program focuses on the fact that Senate candidates John Fetterman (D-PA) and Cheri Beasley (D-NC), as well as our CA House candidates, will vote to protect reproductive rights, while Republicans are pushing a nationwide abortion ban.
We’re also sending pro-choice postcards in five House districts in California, with more coming soon.
Want to join us? Sign up through the Mobilize link HERE.
POSTCARDS FOR SWING STATES
Sign up to write postcards!
You can order postcards now! We’ll mail you free postcards—you provide the stamps and mail the postcards in October on the instructed date. We have four message options to choose from when you sign up. |
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Over 10,000 first-time volunteers are already helping us write over seven million postcards to voters across the key states of Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Volunteers have ordered over four million postcards in just the first 35 days! |
Vote Forward
In case you missed the news last week, Vote Forward volunteers like you have “adopted” more than 1 million voters who will receive ‘please vote’ letters ahead of the midterms this fall!
This is incredible progress, but in order to reach our 10 million letter goal, we need your help. Will you host a virtual or in-person Vote Forward letter writing party? Letter writing parties are an easy way to bring your friends and family together to build community and strengthen our democracy by writing a lot of letters encouraging more folks to participate in the electoral process.
Hosting a letter writing party is easy and fun, and we’ll provide you with everything you need to be a successful host! Check out this written guide with instructions on how to host, and then set up your event on Mobilize using this template to share with your network and collect RSVPs. You can also join our letter writing party host training on June 22 for more helpful tips on hosting events. If you have any questions, you can email [email protected] any time for personalized support from a member of our team.
Third Act – Bill McKibben’s new group is postcarding
Let’s join together as Third Act’s Democracy Force to write postcards and mobilize voters in Arizona and Pennsylvania to request their vote-by-mail ballot in time for Midterm Primary Elections. Learn more below about why postcards and mail voting are vital and effective at increasing turnout.
https://thirdact.org/third-act-postcards-to-voters/
POSTCARD WRITING TO VOTERS ORGANIZED BY HUMBOLDT ACTIVIST FREDERICA AALTO
Here is Frederica describes what they are doing:
I am administering a postcarding network in Humboldt County (presently over 300 writers) and we supply postcards and stamps to writers, which are available for cost at several convenient pickup locations. Have anyone interested in joining us contact me. We mostly postcard for ROV (Reclaim Our Vote), which is non-partisan, but have also postcarded for Activate America (which used to be called Flip the West), which is partisan.
She can be reached at: [email protected]