Hope you had a little time to rest and take a break for yourself as we get ready for another year of actions. One action and event is tonight in Mebane! With the climate crisis we’re already in, do we need a HUGE gas station with 120 gas pumps in Mebane, NC off I-40? NO!!!
STOP Buc-ee’s!
The Texas-owned company filed preliminary site plans and a rezoning request with the City of Mebane for a 32.5-acre site on undeveloped land for a 75,000-square-foot store with over 600 parking spots and up to 120 gas pumps (UNACCEPTABLE!!) at the corner of Trollingwood-Hawfields Road. The city’s planning board voted 6-3 to recommend that the City Council deny the project. TONIGHT the Mebane City Council has the final say and will vote on the project:
Jan 8 – Mebane City Council Meeting
6 pm, Council Chambers of the Glendel Stephenson Municipal Building – 106 E. Washington Street, Mebane
Over 1,000 people (and counting!) have signed the “No Buc-ee’s in Mebane” petition to stop Buc-ee’s from:
• Destroying Native American sacred sites
• Damaging creeks that feed into the Haw River
• Increasing traffic congestion for locals
Sign the petition, sign up to make comments, and find more information and talking points from 7 Directions of Service here. Join us to pack the room! Some press here and here. If you’re not able to attend the meeting in person, looks like you can watch online at either this linkor this one.
January 10, Divest from Militarism, Invest in Life! A conversation about war and climate change
12 pm, online
Militarism is deeply intertwined with the climate crisis. From the direct emissions of sprawling militaries like the US’s massive network of bases, to the detrimental impacts war has on international cooperation and the resources it takes away from climate finance, militarism is antithetical to building a just and collective transition away from fossil fuels. Join 350.org for a critical conversation moderated by climate journalist Dharna Noor featuring Dr. Neta Crawford (Costs of War Project), Ramón Mejia (About Face & Grassroots Global Justice Alliance), Ashley LaMont (Honor the Earth), and Zaki Mamdoo (350.org). Register here.
January 16, The National Day of Racial Healing
6 pm, online
The National Day of Racial Healing is a time to contemplate our shared values and create the blueprint together for #HowWeHeal from the effects of racism.
Launched in 2017, it is an opportunity to unite ALL people in their common humanity and inspire collective action to create a more just and equitable world. 7 Directions of Service will be hosting this event. Register here.
January 20, Mountain Valley Watch Appreciation Day
1-5 pm, Bent Mountain, VA
Hosted by POWHR, bring your favorite dish for a potluck, unleash your artistic side at our painting station, sway to the rhythm of live music with “Nobody’s Business”, and square dance with Hannah Johnson. More info here.
January 23, Asset Managers: Vanguard and the Mountain Valley Pipeline
7 pm, online
Asset managers like Vanguard are fueling climate chaos. Learn how Vanguard, the world’s #1 investor in fossil fuels, is linked to the Mountain Valley Pipeline. On the call Vanguard S.O.S. campaign, POWHR (Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights), and EQAT (Earth Quaker Action Team). Register here.
January 23, Broadening our Ideas of Climate Justice – Militarism and Climate Justice
7-8:30 pm, online
Hosted by Stop the Money Pipeline. This workshop will be a series of educational presentations diving into the links between militarism and colonialism – particularly that of the US – climate change, and climate justice, with an eye towards Palestine and Indigenous land and water protectors. Register here.
February 6-8, #StopLNG Sit-in at Department of Energy in Washington, DC
Hosted by Third Act and Fossil Free Media, join frontline leaders and national allies in three days of nonviolent civil disobedience at the Department of Energy to push Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy to stop approving new Liquified Natural Gas terminals, including the CP2 project in Southwest Louisiana. More info and registration here.
Mountain Valley Pipeline and MVP Southgate updates
There was a surprise SEC filing on the last Friday of 2023 during the holidays from Equitrans where they described updates to MVP Southgate. Lisa Sorg wrote this excellent article with more information here. Lots of concerns and questions from the shortened route and changes!
The 303-Mile Long Active Crime Scene. Deborah Kushner’s excellent, but heartbreaking article featuring WV organic farmer Maury Johnson here.
Update on Red Terry’s land — 65-Year-Old Tree Sitter Red Terry is Facing Apocalyptic Wetland Destructionhere.
Save the Dates
March 2, Mass Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ State House Assembly & Moral March on Raleigh and to the Polls!
Gather at 10 am, march begins at 11 am in downtown Raleigh. More details next month!
March 5, NC Primary
March 22, World Water Day
ACTIONS!
Call on Biden and Congress to Support a Ceasefire!
From 350.org — As a climate movement, we have a responsibility to stand up to help end cycles of violence wherever we see them. Colonization is inherently violent, and it’s one of the same systemic forces that has contributed to the climate injustices facing our world. Climate justice can only be achieved if all people’s human rights are upheld. Call on President Biden to demand a ceasefire here.
Tell Congress: No more weapons for Israel, Ceasefire Nowhere.
To learn more about the connections between the climate crisis and militarism, join 350.org and Stop the Money Pipeline’s webinars on January 10 and 23 listed above.
Under President Biden’s watch, the U.S. has become the biggest exporter of fracked gas in the world. The Biden administration is currently considering approving 20+ new oil and gas export projects – the pollution equivalent of 675 new coal plants. Tell President Biden this build-out of oil and gas export projects is UNACCEPTABLE! Sign here.
ARTICLES and VIDEOS
What Can I Do about the Climate Emergency? (A LOT! HERE’S HOW!) by Rebecca Solnit here.
“Everybody’s practical guide to what they can do against climate chaos and for a just and thriving natural and human world.”
Rights of Nature: A Systemic Solution to the Climate Crisis recording from COP28 with Osprey Orelle Lake, Casey Camp Hoirnek, and Nnimmo here.
Coal ash more hazardous than previously known, EPA says, could alter Chapel Hill cleanup plan by Lisa Sorg here.
What’s at Stake Is Our Survival: We are signing a death sentence if we continue to rely on fossil fuels by Drue Slatter, Pacific Climate Warrior, here.
World will look back at 2023 as year humanity exposed its inability to tackle climate crisis, scientists say by Jonathan Watts here.
The environment and economy can’t afford trillion-dollar carbon capture by Robert Howarth here.
A Divestment Movement Milestone Proves People Power Gets the Goods by Amy Gray and Richard Brooks here.
“1,600+ institutions, representing $40.6 trillion in assets, are cutting ties with the toxic energy of the past.”
Red alert in Antarctica:the year rapid, dramatic change hit climate scientists like a ‘punch in the guts’ by Adam Morton and Graham Readfearn here.
Thanks for reading for taking action! Peace and love for our beautiful Earth, Karen
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