{"id":51646,"date":"2020-08-10T16:32:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T16:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/?p=51646"},"modified":"2024-10-14T22:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T22:22:02","slug":"august-news-flash-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/august-news-flash-2\/","title":{"rendered":"August News Flash!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We want to give you a flash of some local news happening<em> right now<\/em> on climate action<\/strong> <strong>\u2014 and invite you to join other climate activists in helping<em> make<\/em> the news.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First, a big thanks to Connie Roser-Renouf<\/strong> for her presentation on communicating about climate change. More than 40 people attended the Zoom event on August 3 (if you missed it, check out the audio recording on <a href=\"https:\/\/world.350.org\/humboldt\/upcoming-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">350 Humboldt\u2019s website<\/a>). One key take-away from the talk is that relatively few people actually deny climate change<strong>.<\/strong> Another is that <strong>s<\/strong><strong>imply starting conversations about climate change (non-confrontationally, of course) can be a great way to motivate people<\/strong> to work on protecting the climate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Connie also talked about the importance of starting those conversations with decision makers, in a more formal way of course, by contacting them about climate issues<\/strong>. When they know people are paying attention to their decisions and care about the climate, they\u2019re more likely to act accordingly. So let\u2019s talk about some things we can do in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>You may know that <strong>driving is the biggest single source of CO2 emissions, locally and across the country.<\/strong>. California now requires counties to begin lowering those emissions by assessing how proposed developments will affect the number of miles people drive \u00a0<strong>They call it <\/strong><strong>VMT, for Vehicle Miles Traveled.<\/strong> Then planners decide whether the VMT number is big enough that mitigations need to be built into the project, or are even too excessive for the project to proceed.<strong> In the next few weeks Humboldt\u2019s Planning Commission will consider approving formulas to guide the county <\/strong>in accomplishing both those tasks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>An analysis by the <em>Coalition for Transportation Priorities<\/em>\u2019 Colin Fiske indicates that the proposal the Planning Commission is looking at is deficient in several ways<\/strong>. For example, their plan would predict that residents in new developments in Kneeland or Weitchpec would drive about the same amount as people living near Eureka or Arcata. Very unlikely!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to get lost in the details here. <strong>The main point is simple: we have to reduce Greenhouse emissions from cars and trucks, which means we have to carefully, and accurately, look at how future developments will affect those. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 300px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/data\/000\/435\/024\/original\/traffic.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" align=\"left\" \/><strong>You can make that point to the Planning Commission when they meet (scheduled for August 20 on Zoom) to discuss this \u2014 it will help them know that people who care about the climate are paying attention.<\/strong> We\u2019ll let you know the details in an Action Alert soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What we don&#8217;t live here for!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other interesting things are happening on the local Zoomscape:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/transportationpriorities.org\/policingtheopenroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">presentation on cars and policing<\/a><\/strong> <strong>on Thursday, August 13 at 5:30 PM<\/strong> with Columbia University professor Sarah Seo, presented by the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities and co-sponsored by 350 Humboldt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sponsored by Redwood Coast Energy Authority, HSU students <\/strong>present their<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/redwoodenergy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research on alternatives to burning biomass for electricity<\/a> on<\/strong><strong> Tuesday, August 11, 6 PM<\/strong>. Call (707) 269-1700 for details.<\/p>\n<p>Redwood Coast Energy Authority also presents a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/redwoodenergy.org\/get-involved\/repowerhour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one-hour webinar for prospective buyers of electric vehicles on August 26<\/a>.<\/strong> Two sessions, one at 10 AM and again, 5:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy your August!<\/p>\n<p>Pat Carr for 350 Humboldt<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 785px;\" src=\"https:\/\/can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/data\/000\/435\/037\/original\/350letterhead.jpeg\" width=\"785\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We want to give you a flash of some local news happening right now on climate action \u2014 and invite<span class=\"text-cutoff\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1252,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[587],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-flashes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>August News Flash! 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