In the last newsletter I said to look for more information in the next email about making comments on the 401 water permit for MVP Southgate. There are also updates on the big terrible bill and SB266.
Call Senators Tillis and Budd to vote NO on the Budget Reconciliation Bill!
The Senate version of the terrible bill is even worse than the House bill that passed last month! Too much money for billionaires, military, and ICE; huge cuts to healthcare, childcare, and food assistance; selling off public lands; no regulation of AI for 10 years; cuts to clean energy tax credits; allows Big Oil to fast-track polluting projects with minimal review, and too much more.
Information from Fossil Free Media with more information you can use when you make the calls from 5calls.org is here.
In case you haven’t heard, unfortunately the bill passed in the NC House and Senate. So it’s time to contact Gov. Stein and ask him to VETO SB 266 by writing here or calling him at 919-814-2000. The bill would remove the 2030 carbon reduction goals that Duke Energy is required to meet by law and it would let Duke Energy charge customers for new projects while they are under construction (CWIP). Electricity and gas rates will go up. Duke Energy will build more gas projects instead of transitioning to renewable energy that we desperately need to be doing!
June 30, MVP Southgate 401 Virtual Comment Party
6:30 pm
Speak up for NC waters! MVP is seeking a state 401 water permit from the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to cross bodies of water in Rockingham County. NCDEQ is seeking feedback from the public before it decides on the permit. Join us to learn how to share your concerns and tell NCDEQ to deny the permit. Register here.
Protect NC Waterways from the MVP Southgate pipeline here.
June 23-28, WECAN Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Path to COP30 and Beyond!
There are still two more days left to join this great assembly hosted by Woman’s Earth and Climate Action Network. The speakers from around the world have been so inspiring. Register here. You can also catch the recordings on their Facebook page.
July 8, Understanding Data Centers and Their Environmental Impacts
6:30-8 pm, online
Learn more about data centers, what they are, and what one community is doing to mitigate their impacts. Hosted by Cassandra J. Rowe and charla rios “Against the Machine” Art Exhibit and North Carolina Environmental Justice Network. Keynote speaker, Julie Bolthouse, Director of Land Use, Piedmont Environmental Council in Virginia. Register here.
Paperhand Puppet Project’s 25th annual show The Gift will take place weekends at the Forest Theatre in Chapel Hill August 8 through September 28. Tickets are now on sale. More info here.
Articles
Is the Mountain Valley Pipeline Safe? We Who Live in Its Blast Zone Need Answers by impacted WV landowner Maury Johnson here.
Hollywood actors to SAG retirement fund: drop fossil fuels! Video from Stand.Earth’s Retire Big Oil campaign here.
Critical hurricane forecast tool abruptly terminated by Michael Lowry here.
State, Federal Officials Urged to Ban Utility Shutoffs, Protect Workers From Deadly Extreme Heathere. 350 Triangle was one of the over 150 organizations that signed onto the letters.
Even birds can’t outfly climate change. While birds are better able than most species to relocate in response to climate change, the environment is changing faster than they can fly, a new Yale study finds. By Bill Hathaway here.
Youth Who Fought the Climate Crisis in Court Are Now Targeting Trump by Sophie Hurwitz here.
Climate misinformation turning crisis into catastrophe, report says by Damion Carrington here.
World leaders leave climate action out of key summit: 350.org responds to G7 Leaders’ Summit here.
‘Report cards’ show sea levels are rising off the NC coast, and the trend is accelerating
Almost every coastal city showed an increase in sea-level rise, with water levels off Southeastern states showing some of the fastest acceleration. By Gareth McGrath here.
How Local Community Power is Central to a Just Renewable Energy Transition. The Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) new report on effective and equitable community-led energy solutions to address challenges to a worldwide just transition away from fossil fuels here.
Brad Johnson’s Hill Heat Science faces foreclosurehere.
Thanks so much for making the phone calls and sending in your comments! Spread the word!
Graphic from Appalachian Voices