March to End Fossil Fuels and Update on HB600

Howdy!

There is SOOO MUCH PEOPLE POWER coming together now through next week across the globe as the Global Fight to End Fossil Fuels actions kick off tomorrow!

September 17, March to End Fossil Fuels!

With the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres hosting a Climate Ambition Summit next week to demand that nations stop the fossil fuel expansion that is driving the climate emergency, thousands will be marching in New York City to demand President Biden take bold action to End Fossil Fuels. More info here. There are over 400 actions taking place across the globe this weekend, including two in NC.

September 17, North Carolina in Solidarity with March to End Fossil Fuels!

2:30-5 pm

Join us ONLINE in solidarity with the March to End Fossil Fuels. Co-hosted by Third Act NC and 350 Triangle, we’ll join each other across North Carolina to watch the livestream of the NYC march and rally and celebrate it by taking action together, writing letters to President Biden and more. Register on this page AND at this Zoom link!

September 17, Rally to End the Merciless, Relentless, Senseless War on Nature

1-2:30 pm, Pack Square, downtown Asheville

There will also be many more programs and events taking place next week in New York City, some in person and others will be hybrid and available to watch online. Join Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network for the WECAN Climate Justice Forum here. Join Indigenous Environmental Network and others for a couple Peoples’ Climate Week events here. There will be direct actions taking place this week and next week, also. A link to an article about a powerful action that took place this morning outside Citi’s headquarters in NYC here.

Update on HB600

HB600 is still being redrafted in the House and Senate Conference Committees. Please help drive calls and emails to members of the committees using this link that includes the script and contact info here.

It’s also a great time to start reaching out to your own legislators, sharing your concerns about Section 7.1 of HB600 and asking them to vote no. Find their contact info here. The timeline for a floor vote on HB600 is unknown, and dependent on progress with the budget, which has been held up for months. Some anticipate movement will occur late next week, but no one can say with certainty.

There will be a Stop HB600 Action Session on September 21 from 12-12:45 pm. Registerhere.

Mountain Valley Pipeline and MVP Southgate

The great toolkit again that is updated regularly for calls and actions around the pipelines and events here.

Stay engaged on MVP Southgate at stopmvpsouthgate.com

Jane Kleeb’s excellent keynote speech and Q&A at the Stop MVP Southgate Impacted Communities Conference in Reidsville last Saturday here.

Carolyn Elefant’s How to work FERC video here.

Article on Monday’s beautiful Interfaith Totem Pole Prayer for the Water here.

Stop the Dakota Access pipeline! The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now taking public comments on DAPL’s fatally flawed Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). Demand that the Corps shut the pipeline down and conduct a proper environmental review, not one prepared by the fossil fuel industry. Take action to End DAPL here.

Save-the-date — October 20-21, NC Environmental Justice Netork 2023 Annual Summit: False Solutions, Honest Repair

Franklinton Center, Whitaker, NC

Thanks for reading for taking action!

Peace and love for our beautiful Earth, Karen

Graphic by Jan Martijn Burger from Paperhand Puppets