REMINDER OF A GREAT TALK ON ZOOM MONDAY AT 7PM:

Subject: The North Coast’s plan for zero-emission transportation—what it is, what it will mean to the county, and how it paves the way for a clean, green transit and transportation future.

Speaker: Peter Lehman is the founding director of the Schatz Energy Research Center. He served as the lead faculty researcher for the Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid at the airport. In 2021 he was inducted into the California Energy Commission’s Clean Energy Hall of Fame. He recently helped the Humboldt Transit Authority apply for and win a $38.7 million grant to fund a fleet of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric buses.

Date Monday August 15

Time 7-8pm

Where: Zoom (see link below)

Sponsored by 350 Humboldt and the Environmental Protection Information Center, Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities, Humboldt Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Climate Action Committee, the Northcoast Environmental Center, 11th Hour, Sierra Club North Group, and Temple Beth El.

Register HERE

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PETITIONS

 


CLIMATE REALITY PROJECT

Thousands of advocates like you joined states and organizations across the country to say, “No way. Not with our tax dollars.” USPS listened and announced at least 40% of this new fleet would be the electric vehicles we demanded from the start.

Here’s the not-so-good news: 40% is good, but not good enough.

TAKE ACTION →

Union of Concerned Scientists

One solution to diesel pollution is truck electrification—a primary goal of the Advanced Clean Truck rule adopted by six states. However, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may not allow these rules to be enforced due to pressure from the trucking industry. That’s why we need you to speak up.

Tell the EPA to give states the green light to implement cleaner truck standards.

EVERGREEN ACTION

Since the passage of the Clean Air Act, California has been allowed to set more aggressive tailpipe emissions standards than the national standard. Now, the trucking industry is suing the EPA to pressure the Biden administration to deny California’s authority, threatening to set back years of progress toward reducing tailpipe pollution.

Submit a public comment to urge the EPA to approve California’s full vehicle emissions waiver authority today!


 

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

Postcards for Climate

You helped us write postcards in 2021, so we wanted you to be the first to hear that Postcards for Climate is back!

Sign up now to write postcards to make sure people who care about climate vote in the Tuesday November 8th elections. Choose from state and local races where progress on climate is possible, but only if climate voters show up!

We’ll send you free postcards, voter lists, and instructions with the message to write—you’ll be responsible for the postcard stamps. You’ll have until mid- to late October to finish the cards.

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)

Take action and take heart.

Weekly Phone Banks Restart on 7-13.

Send Out Postcards Now!

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.

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.

HERE IN HUMBOLDT

Please join our letter-writing group Sunday evenings at 7pm. It is a time to write letters and postcards, chat, and get information about the latest letter writing campaigns.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86943045708?pwd=clVqWVJZNEFQSVl0QWd6VCtOZGtWZz09

 

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 describing 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]