Write to President Biden
The Biden administration is set to make a crucial decision on ConocoPhillips’s Willow project in Alaska’s North Slope, which includes hundreds of miles of roads and pipelines in the middle of the nation’s largest block of public land, as the federal government balances more drilling with environmental concerns amid an ongoing energy crisis, The Washington Post’s Joshua Partlow reports.
Last year, a federal judge blocked construction permits for Willow that were approved during the Trump administration, ruling that the government failed to assess how burning the oil pulled from the ground would warm the planet. But now, the Interior Department‘s Bureau of Land Management will soon complete an environmental review of the project. The decision will come after a gas leak at another ConocoPhillips plant forced residents in a nearby village to evacuate their homes.
Environmentalists warn that Willow’s climate impact could be catastrophic, as it could unlock 3 billion barrels of oil, potentially derailing President Biden’s goal to cut the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions at least in half by 2030.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/
Point to make: US is historically the biggest polluter and on per capita basis is still second in the world in greenhouse gas emissions. We have to contribute as much emissions reductions as we can. Ask Biden to stick to his campaign promises to end drilling on public lands.
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 SWING STATES
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Activate America’s new campaign in CA
In our line of work, it’s important to be nimble and to seize opportunities when they’re presented.
In California’s newly created 41st Congressional District, which includes the Deep Blue hotbed of Palm Springs, the two Democratic candidates for Congress secured an impressive 46% of the vote in the primary. That puts the top Democratic vote getter, Will Rollins, within striking distance of an upset come November, IF we put in the work. You can help by signing up to phone bank or postcard to introduce voters to Rollins.
It won’t be easy. Ken Calvert is an entrenched incumbent, MAGA before MAGA was ever coined. He’s developed a long voting record of being hostile to immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community, and we’re hopeful that doesn’t fly in this district with huge Latino and LGBTQ+ populations.
We’re immediately launching a postcard campaign and a phone bank into the 41st District to help boost Rollins’ name ID. It focuses on his storied professional career, including his cracking down on white collar criminals who tried to defraud vulnerable seniors.
Want to join us? Sign up here to postcard or phone bank.
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
Is only doing phone banks now. https://www.environmentalvoter.org/
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]