Big week! On Thursday at 6pm the Planning Commission will hear the permit application by Nordic Aquafarms. We hope you will write a letter (due by noon Wednesday) and speak at the public hearing. Below is information on attending via zoom or phone. If writing a letter, send it by email to: [email protected] Include: “Pertaining to the Planning Commission hearing to be held July 28, 2022 for Nordic Aquafarms California, LLC, Record Number PLN-2020-16698.”
HOW TO LISTEN OR WATCH THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING: Listen or Watch the live stream of the Planning Commission Meeting in three ways:
1. https://zoom.us/j/83919694648 Password: 238970 To raise your hand click the Raise Hand icon on the bottom of the Zoom window. When you click the Raise Hand icon, a hand icon will appear next to your name that will notify the host your hand is raised.
2. Call in via telephone at 346-248-7799, enter meeting ID 839 1969 4648 Password: 238970. When the Planning Commissioner starts to discuss the item you wish to comment on, Press *9 to raise your hand. When you are called upon to speak, you will be prompted to unmute your mic, press *6 to unmute.
3. In Person: Any person may appear and present testimony in regard to this matter at the hearing located in the Board of Supervisors’ Chamber, Humboldt County Courthouse, 825 Fifth Street, Eureka, California. The Planning Commission needs 15 COPIES of any materials submitted at the meeting.
If you want to reinforce points that are in 350 Humboldt’s written comments you can access them at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/reny2a6qdnqfsnv/Nordic%20Aquafarm%20Issues%20remaining%20after%20the%20final%20EIR.docx?dl=0
Things you might comment on:
1. The massive electricity use (equal to Eureka and Fortuna together); we’re going to need it to electrify all our transportation and buildings
2. The role of salmon farming for the US in a world where 350 million people don’t have enough to eat
3. The 100,000 or more metric tons of greenhouse gases that will be emitted annually by the fish feed
4. The fact that Humboldt Bay already has local sustainable aquaculture in the form of our oyster farms
5. Risks: Tsunami, earthquake, fish escape
Ask that the final EIR not be certified and the permit denied.
PETITIONS TO SIGN:
STAND.ORG
Over three years ago we realized that pressuring Trans Mountain’s insurers to cut ties with this toxic project could be one of our best strategies for stopping it (and all expansion of the polluting tar sands) once and for all.
Eighteen insurers and counting have since caved to our collective pressure and dropped Trans Mountain, but there are still some companies (looking at you Liberty Mutual) providing the coverage the project needs to proceed.
Daniel, the remaining insurance companies must now decide again whether or not to renew their contracts with Trans Mountain on August 31st, which gives us just over a month to pressure them to back out.
Climate Hawks Vote
Recently the Biden administration took a key step toward allowing the massive Arctic drilling plan called the Willow project to proceed. But permitting this oil-industry boondoggle would violate Biden’s promises, and make it almost impossible to achieve his goals of cutting climate change emissions 50% by 2030.
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
350 Bay Area Action (new voter program)
Take action and take heart.
Weekly Phone Banks Restarted on 7-13.
Send Out Postcards Now!
You are needed in our launch of post-primary phone calling and postcarding as 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
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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! |
Buy postcard stamps before the price goes up!
The price of Postcard Stamps goes up from $0.40 to $0.44 on July 10. Postcard stamps hold their value forever, so stock up now before the price goes up! You can buy them at USPS.com or at your local post office. |
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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/
Environmental Voter Project
Our next post carding campaign will be to Colorado voters ahead of their June 28th state primary!
We’ll be sending postcards to environmental voters who voted in the 2020 General Election, but are unlikely to vote in midterm elections based on their previous voting history. We expect to begin mailing out packages of postcards to signed-up volunteers beginning in late March, and the required “mail-to-voters” date for this round of postcards is on Monday, June 6th.
This sign up form is only for trained EVP postcarding volunteers. New postcarding volunteers should sign up for an orientation below.
If you have not already attended an EVP postcard training, please sign up for one of the 45 minute trainings below. We use very specific designs and messaging that are optimized to increase turnout, so we require all our postcarding volunteers to receive an EVP training before sending postcards.
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]