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Seattle Native organizations call for violence against Seattle Councilmember to end

July 28, 2020 by webmaster Leave a Comment

Leaders from Seattle Indian Health Board, Chief Seattle Club, and United Indians of All Tribes Foundation are calling for the acts of violence at Seattle City Councilwoman Debora Juarez’s home to end.

Juarez, the first Indigenous woman ever elected to the Seattle City Council, has challenged a proposal to defund the Seattle Police Department by 50% because it lacks any plan for how to reallocate the resources and reinvest in marginalized communities. Construing her position as opposition, protesters have twice left materials on her doorstep and marched at her home on Sunday afternoon and evening and again late Wednesday evening.

Read more here.

Filed Under: News, FAIN

King County Council restricts coal mines, fossil fuel infrastructure in zoning and development changes

July 28, 2020 by webmaster Leave a Comment

The King County Council Friday approved changes to its land use and development regulations that make it more difficult to expand or develop major fossil fuel infrastructure in the county.

The county in 2019 passed a moratorium on developing such infrastructure.

The new measures make it more difficult to construct pipelines or storage facilities for oil or natural gas. The changes do not apply to gas stations or existing fossil fuel infrastructure.

Read more here.

Filed Under: News, Climate Justice

PNW Cities and Councils Continuing Bans on Fossil Fuel Projects

July 27, 2020 by webmaster Leave a Comment

City of Vancouver, WA and King County joined the ranks with Whatcom County and the City of Portland to continue moratoriums on fossil fuel projects.

County Council voted in favor of extending Cherry Point moratorium

Vancouver City Council votes to continue temporary ban on bulk fossil fuel facilities

King County Council restricts coal mines, fossil fuel infrastructure in zoning and development changes

Portland City Council Votes Unanimously to Re-adopt Restrictions on Large New Fossil Fuel Terminals

 

Filed Under: News, Climate Justice

Omar, Sanders Lead Bill to End Destructive Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels

July 27, 2020 by webmaster Leave a Comment

YES Omar and Sanders!!! Trying again to get something through Congress. End Polluter Welfare Act (Text of the bill at: https://omar.house.gov/sites/omar.house.gov/files/Bill%20Text%20-%20EPWA.pdf)

“It is outrageous that the federal government has exploited a pandemic to throw even more public money at the industry that created and profited from the climate crisis,” said Jiang. “A bill to end giveaways for the fossil fuel industry—which is saddled with debt and recklessly polluting Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities—is long overdue. It’s time to shift our investments to protect people on the frontlines of the climate crisis and support fossil fuel workers in the transition to a world beyond fossil fuels.”

“Conservative estimates put U.S. direct subsidies to the fossil fuel industry at roughly $20 billion per year; with 20 percent currently allocated to coal and 80 percent to natural gas and crude oil. European Union subsidies are estimated to total 55 billion euros annually.Jul 29, 2019” EESI Study (https://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-fossil-fuel-subsidies-a-closer-look-at-tax-breaks-and-societal-costs)

Additional info at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/06/15/united-states-spend-ten-times-more-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-than-education/#4a06bb9c4473 and https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/fossil-fuel-subsidies-must-end/

More info on the act itself: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EPW_Act_fact_sheet.pdf

Filed Under: News, Climate Justice, News, FAIN, News, Racial Justice

Current Crisis Opportunity to Forward Visionary Solutionary Rail

July 22, 2020 by webmaster Leave a Comment

CoViD-19 is a confluence of crises that further exacerbates inequities and exposes societal and economic vulnerabilities. Our latest RailBite, Solutionary Rail in a Time of Pandemic explores how this moment of crisis is also an opportunity to address those vulnerabilities, as well as one of the underlying causes of this and future pandemics, i.e. climate change, by undertaking a transformational national infrastructure project. Solutionary Rail offers a pathway to tackle some of the most difficult decarbonization challenges while improving public health, delivering environmental justice, and rebuilding local & national economic vitality.

Solutionary Rail continues to champion bold, synergistic solutions for these most difficult, interwoven crises. The time for Solutionary Rail is now. Join with us by becoming an ambassador for this vision.

  • Please share this RailBite with your Congressional representatives.
  • Use our SR Ambassador Toolkit to write a letter to the editor, present to your local community.
  • Pass a resolution in your town or organization like the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin recently did.

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Filed Under: News, Climate Justice, News, Economic Justice, News, Legislative Advocacy, Take Action

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