There are no get out the vote campaigns active now. For this week please write a hand-written letter to Governor Newsom and sign the petitions below.<\/p>\n
Ask Governor Newsome to restore the $6 billion in climate action cuts he proposed in January. Climate action now is all that will help us when temperatures rise to 1.5\u00b0C or higher. If a boat were sinking, you wouldn\u2019t throw out the life boats first! Governor Gavin Newsom JOIN THE 350 HUMBOLDT LETTER WRITING GROUP AT 7PM SUNDAY FEBRUARY 5 to chat while we write to elect a climate-affirming Wisconsin Supreme Court.<\/strong> Meeting ID: 869 4304 5708 VOTE FORWARD WILL BE SENDING LETTERS FOR THE WISCONSIN RUN OFF STARTING AFTER THE PRIMARY Move On<\/strong> Methane is a climate killer\u2014pound for pound, it warms the planet dozens of times faster than carbon dioxide. And it also contributes to things like asthma in the low-income communities that feel the brunt of the fossil fuel industry. Implementing the strongest possible methane regulations will have major impacts in our work to retain a livable planet and livable communities. We cannot afford to go halfway with this one.<\/p>\n Monday the 13th is the last day the Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comments about its methane move. Let’s demand a stronger rule to fight climate change before it’s too late. Sierra Club<\/strong><\/p>\n The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) just released a proposed decision as part of its biannual Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) — the grand plan that guides how the electricity powering 80% of our state is generated and sets limits on the amount of greenhouse gases are allowed to be emitted in the process.<\/p>\n This decision proposes to lower the limit on greenhouse gas emissions in the elector sector to 30 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030 — the equivalent of eliminating pollution from 6 million vehicles driven in a year. We have been asking for this lower target for over three years to set our state on the path to a clean energy future. But the PUC can still do better.<\/p>\n Today, the majority of California’s polluting gas plants are located in or near impacted communities, and they have been wreaking havoc on our climate and public health. Pollution from power plants can cause serious health issues ranging from asthma attacks to heart attacks. We need to make sure that the most polluted communities are the first to get relief from the toxic air spewed by power plants Environmental Action<\/strong> There’s no easy way out of the mountains of plastic trash humans have generated. We especially should not burn plastic as the solution.<\/p>\n If the plastics industry gets its way, this would perpetuate the cycle of waste in our country, allowing companies to keep producing more and more plastic that would eventually be dumped into an incinerator.<\/p>\n And it would create yet another source of hazardous air pollution that will fill the skies with the smell of burnt garbage. Burning plastic releases dioxins, a highly toxic type of air pollution that can lead to cancer, damage the immune system and cause reproductive issues.2,3 FOE<\/strong><\/p>\n Advertisements from companies like Tyson, Marfig, and Smithfield are intentionally misleading consumers by portraying happy animals on spacious farms, roaming freely among open green pastures. These corporations spend millions of dollars each year to keep you from realizing just how abusive factory farms actually are. Center for Biological Diversity<\/strong><\/p>\n Alaska contains 23 million acres of important habitat for iconic species like polar bears, caribou and birds who migrate to six continents \u2014 even, maybe, to your own backyard. Yet the Bureau of Land Management has just taken a dangerous step toward approving a massive oil development on this priceless public land.<\/p>\n This proposed development, called the Willow Master Development Plan, is the single largest oil and gas extraction project currently proposed on U.S. public lands. In addition to threatening the region\u2019s wildlife, it would cause oil spills and toxic air pollution, harming Indigenous communities on Alaska\u2019s North Slope. And in the midst of the ever-growing climate emergency \u2014 already hitting the Arctic hard \u2014 if the project is fully developed, it would release so much carbon pollution that it would jeopardize our chance of meeting national climate goals.<\/p>\n Tell the Biden administration: For our climate future and the people and wildlife of the Arctic, this disastrous project must be stopped once and for all.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Stop the Money Pipeline \u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) would endanger the largest lake in Africa while adding 34 million metric tons of carbon pollution to our atmosphere per year<\/p>\n \u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Marsh, one of the most powerful U.S. insurance brokers, is helping EACOP find the crucial insurance it needs to move forward<\/p>\n \u00b7 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But 11 Ugandan, Tanzanian and U.S. organizations just filed an official complaint against Marsh for violating international standards for ethical business conduct! <\/p>\n PIRG<\/strong> All this throwaway single-use “stuff” isn’t just a nuisance to dispose of or a headache to figure out how to recycle, not to mention just plain unnecessary. It’s also a huge contributor to a plastic waste problem that is utterly out of control.<\/p>\n Amazon can and must do better — in 2019 alone, the company’s plastic packaging waste neared half a billion pounds, according to one estimate.<\/p>\n
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\nBig news: President Biden is taking further action against climate change! The administration is proposing new rules to protect us and our planet from methane pollution. We need to make sure they impose the strongest policy possible. Our futures depend on it!<\/p>\n
\nWill you take three minutes to submit a public comment to ask the EPA to do everything possible to strengthen its regulations limiting methane pollution? Tell them to impose a regulation to limit the practice of methane “flaring,” which releases dangerous<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nSubmit a comment to the Public Utilities Commission today!
\nShow support for the PUC’s plan today and ask for a stronger commitment to retiring gas in communities seeking environmental justice.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe plastics industry and the American Chemistry Council are pushing legislation in Congress that would reclassify incineration as “advanced recycling.” Classifying plastic incinerators as “advanced recycling” would allow them to avoid Clean Air Act requirements, taking an insidious part of our waste disposal and sweeping it under the rug.<\/p>\n
\nUrge your U.S. House representative to say no to burning plastic.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nThe truth is that from the moment these animals are born, they are subjected to unimaginable cruelty. Calves are torn apart from their mothers and shoved into crates. Hens are crammed into tiny cages no bigger than a sheet of paper where they can\u2019t even spread their wings. Pregnant mother pigs are confined to metal pens that are too tight for them to turn around.
\nBig Ag wants to keep deceiving you about what\u2019s really going on so that they can continue to profit off of these abuses — at the cost of animal welfare, public health, and the environment.
\nSIGN THE PETITION TO HOLD THESE FARMS ACCOUNTABLE<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>We have some breaking news about the East African Crude Oil Pipeline \u2014 and we\u2019re closer than ever to stopping it once and for all:<\/p>\n
\nEmail Marsh\u2019s senior leadership and say: Drop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\nThat delivery you get from Amazon, or send to a loved one as a gift, is likely filled with an excessive amount of plastic packaging.<\/p>\n