LAST WEEK TO JOIN OHM-CONNECT, GET A FREE GIFT, AND EARN $50 FOR 350 HUMBOLDT
OHM-Connect is a fantastic way to get paid for helping deal with power shortages. Because it also equalizes the timing of power use, it allows us to increase the use of renewables like solar and wind. When you connect your utility account and becomes an active customer by the end of September, 350 Humboldt will earn $50 and you get a free smart thermostat or $25 + 2x smart plugs!
OHM-Connect says: Referral Palooza is coming to an end. Now through September 30, 350 Humboldt will earn $50 for every person who signs up and connects their utility to OhmConnect using your link: Sign Me Up! or https://ohm.co/dwchandl
Just click on the above link to get to the sign-up page.
WRITE LETTERS TO VOTERS
Write letters and sign petitions on your own or join the 350 Humboldt “chat and write” letter-writing group Sunday evenings at 7pm. Here is the zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86943045708?pwd=clVqWVJZNEFQSVl0QWd6VCtOZGtWZz09
Information on writing letters is at the bottom of this email. Please also sign the petitions and letters you think are important.
OTHER LETTERS/PETITIONS/CALLS
350 Humboldt
Katy Gurin writes: I was just phonebanking to folks in Sinemas district (she’s a swing vote in the senate), and it was great. You’re calling Sierra Club members and supporters of the Act, so they’re very friendly and informed. I got two people to call in under 30 minutes– they just needed a little bit of a nudge. Once you’re trained you can call whenever the dialer is open.
https://www.mobilize.us/sierraclubaction/event/411858/
HUMBOLDT TRAILS COUNCIL
Please join us in demanding our local, state, and national representatives use every possible means to stop the coal train. We need your support on an action to tell the Humboldt Bay Harbor District to protect Humboldt Bay by passing an ordinance to prohibit coal export facilities within their jurisdiction.
For the trails,
Karen Underwood
Sample Letter:
Dear Humboldt Bay Harbor Commissioners,
Coal interests are moving to seize the North Coast Railroad Authority’s rail line in a scheme to ship coal out of Humboldt Bay to Asia.
This is a threat to our community and our planet. Please act immediately to help prevent this nightmare from becoming a reality.
Jurisdictions across the West Coast have adopted ordinances that build upon local government authority to prohibit or impede similar projects. Please use your authority to bar the storage and handling of coal in Humboldt Bay.
Please also continue to support railbanking the NCRA’s rail line from Willits to Humboldt Bay for the Great Redwood Trail.
Sincerely,
[Name]
EVCHARGING ACCESS FOR ALL
Did you know that California ensures that every new single-family home built in our state is set up for EV charging? But less than 40% of parking spaces in new multi-family homes will be EV ready, if the new proposed CALGreen building code for 2023-2025 is adopted as is. If the draft code isn’t strengthened, apartment and condo residents will continue to lack access to the financial, health and climate benefits of driving electric vehicles.
If you agree that this is wrong, please take two minutes now to speak up for EV equity!
Send this sample email— which you’re welcome to personalize. Comments must be submitted by Sept. 27, 2021–the sooner the better. Remember to cc us at [email protected] so we can see how many emails we’re generating
COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES
Write a letter to help make Broadway safer:
https://transportationpriorities.org/broadway/?
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS
This opportunity comes as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) works to undo the Trump administration’s disastrous rollback—the rollback that the auto industry asked for in the first place, despite the fact that they initially supported the strong clean car standards that were put in place in 2012.
Unfortunately, this new proposal doesn’t go nearly far enough to put us back on the road to progress. Write a comment today urging the EPA to adopt stronger clean car standards.
SHIP IT ZERO
Your emails to Amazon executives were a game changer for our campaign. Thanks to your pressure, we are now in direct negotiation with Amazon Leadership. Now, help us bring the heat to IKEA!
While IKEA’s new advertising puts the burden of climate action on customers and families, IKEA continues to keep the oil industry afloat by shipping its products on dirty, fossil-fueled ships.
In 2019, IKEA’s U.S. maritime imports alone emitted over 410,000 metric tons of CO2, helping the company earn the seventh-most polluting spot in our landmark Shady Ships report.
Demand accountability from IKEA:
Click here to email top IKEA executives!
AMAZON WATCH
It’s Climate Week 2021, a week dedicated to showcase global actions taking place to address the current climate emergency. On Tuesday, Indigenous leaders, in partnership with Amazon Watch and Stand.earth, launched a new campaign to make ending Amazon crude a prominent climate solution.
This year, our demand that financial institutions exit Amazon oil and gaswas among the important new climate actions. Beyond Climate Week, we must continue to hold the CEO’s of these financial institutions accountable for their role in the destruction of the Amazon!
SIERRA CLUB
The Dept of Interior is currently reviewing the Trump administration’s plans for oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge. And we have just about one week left to comment!
350 SV
350 Silicon Valley and our partners at 350 Seattle and 350 Bay Area Action have put together a simple letter tool you can use to send notes to Speaker Pelosi, the House Rules Committee, and Majority Leader Schumer, urging them to do the right thing by the climate and letting them know they have our support in cutting the subsidies and tax breaks from the bill.
Click here to send letters to Washington, D.C.!
What else can we do?
We can join phone banks to constituents of Senators Manchin (W. Virginia) and Sinema (Arizona), reminding them to call and urge the holdouts to get with the program when the reconciliation bill comes up for a vote in the Senate.
- The Sierra Club (national) has two phone banks to swing states and waverers coming up next week on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 5 pm Pacific. Sign up here.
- Also on Tuesday, the 350 Bay Area Mobilizing Team is hosting a half-hour online Power Zap, making fast, fun, federal action calls from 5:30-6pm Pacific. Sign up here.
We can phone Congressional offices over the weekend, and leave messages.
- Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern: 202-225-6101. Leave your own message or use this script: “Thank you for your support of the End Polluter Welfare Act. As chair of the House Rules Committee, I’m counting on you to work to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies in the budget reconciliation plan. The nation needs you to lead on bold climate action!”
- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer: 202-224-6542. Let him know we’ve got his back eliminating fossil fuel subsidies.
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: 202-225-4965. Tell her we’re all behind the biggest, boldest Build Back Better bill.
RECRUIT VOTERS
NEW POSTCARD WRITING GROUP FOCUSES ON CITIES
We wanted to let you know that we just helped start a new postcard program focused on making sure progressive voters who care about climate change turnout in local elections this November in some key cities with relevant climate policy at stake. It’s www.PostcardsforClimate.com. It’s unrelated to Postcards to Swing States but has a similar setup. Would you be willing to write some of these postcards? The sign-up form is accessible from the website.Our goal is to write 400,000 postcards, and we will start shipping cards next week. The first mailing deadlines are in mid-October. We have an FAQ with more details: www.PostcardsforClimate.com/faq.
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]
VOTING – VOTE FORWARD https://votefwd.org/campaigns The founder of World Letter Writing Day says: Never underestimate the power of writing a letter to someone. We agree. Writing Vote Forward letters on September 1 is a great way to make a powerful connection with a fellow voter and one of the most effective ways to encourage that voter to turn out to vote in November. Virginia is winnable for Democrats this year, but recent polling shows the races are close. If Republicans win this fall, they will no doubt use a Virginia victory to propel them into the 2022 midterm elections.
please visit your dashboard to “adopt” Democratic-leaning Virginia voters.
VOTING – POSTCARDS TO SWING STATES IMPORTANT: The Postal Service is increasing postcard stamp prices on August 29th. The price will go up to $0.40 from the current $0.36. Here are a couple important things to know: You can use postcard stamps forever regardless of their current price, just like Forever Stamps. The easiest way to stock up on postcard stamps before the price increase is to buy them online from USPS here. You can also buy them from your local post office. Prices for Forever Stamps also go up on the 29th, from $0.55 to $0.58. Please SIGN UP to write postcards to make sure Democrats come out and vote. We’ll send you the postcards, addresses and instructions for free. You provide $0.36 stamps and mail the cards. A number of campaigns are available on the website. With the help of volunteers like you, we wrote 21 million postcards in 2020, and we saw incredible results! Voters who receive handwritten postcards are significantly more likely to vote. You can help us keep New Jersey and Virginia blue! Visit our website to learn more about Postcards to Swing States and get answers to our frequently asked questions.
SIERRA CLUB VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN Tomorrow, we are switching our focus to the next climate champion on our list ‒ Rodney Willett. A health and education advocate hailing from a family of teachers, Willett has been serving as the Delegate for Virginia’s 40th district since 2020. Since then, his pro-environment votes in the Virginia legislature and his work towards passing the historic Virginia Clean Economy Act have earned him an A rating from the Sierra
Claim your first batch of 10 letters for Delegate Willett, and get started now! With just a few days to go until our first send date of October 6th ‒ and polls in Virginia looking tight ‒ he will need your help to succeed.