Backbone Campaign is moving our normal Monthly Organizing Call date up a bit in anticipation of the Global Climate Strike happening Sept 20-27. Please join us on the monthly call next Tuesday, Sept 10th, 5:00-6:00 PM PDT/8:00-9:00 PM EDT RSVP HERE We are focusing this call on actions surrounding … [Read more...]
As a natural gas plant nears completion, Tacoma residents continue to protest
Puyallup tribal leaders led a march and rally on Tuesday for residents who remain opposed to a liquefied natural gas facility. Boosters insist it could bring jobs and lower emissions. by Manola Secaira / August 28, 2019 Since Puget Sound Energy announced plans to build a liquefied … [Read more...]
Watch a Compelling Message about what UUs are Doing to Create Climate Justice
Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, President of the UUA, delivers a compelling message about what Unitarian Universalists are doing to create climate justice. The UUA and UU's advocate for climate justice following the leadership of most impacted communities doing frontline climate justice work. Create … [Read more...]
Defending America’s Climate Forest
BY REBECCA BOWE Trump’s Forest Service wants to log the Tongass, a key weapon in fighting climate change. JUL. 29, 2019. WANDA CULP LIVES in one of the most important woodlands in the world. Here, old-growth trees of the Tongass National Forest still stand tall along the coastline and islands of … [Read more...]
Coalition Outraged Over Nebraska Supreme Court Decision and Committed to Fight KXL
(August 23, 2019) Lincoln, NE - Early Friday morning, the Nebraska Supreme Court issued a decision denying the landowners’ appeal and upholding the Nebraska Public Service Commissions decision on the in-state route of Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska. The appeal was struck down after a year of work … [Read more...]
What’s Happening with Solutionary Rail: Organizing Call Sept. 4
Backbone Campaign's summer focus for Solutionary Rail has been Outreach - to policymakers, newspapers and the general public. We are grateful to Winona LaDuke who wrote an op ed, the New Iron Horse, about her support for Solutionary Rail. Will you write a Letter to the Editor about Solutionary … [Read more...]
Backbone Awards Dinner: Celebrating Heroes & Solutions, September 28th, Seattle
Get your ticket today to an incredible evening - Backbone Awards presented to US Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson for their courageous leadership, as well as awards to 3 relentless activists fighting for the orca, the immigrant children, and for a just future. … [Read more...]
Update on “Green New Deal” Conference, Sept. 15-17, Washington DC
We have exciting news! UUs for a Just Economic Community is co-hosting a conference, Advancing Economic and Climate Justice as a Moral Issue, Building a Movement for a “Green New Deal” September 15-17 in Washington, DC. Why the long name? It’s about framing—and we’ll talk about it. Can't go? … [Read more...]
UU Climate Action Network Roundtable Calls Restructured
Beginning this month, UU Climate Action Network is kicking off a restructuring of the UU Climate Action Network (UUCAN) Roundtable calls, which will be a herculean effort of coordination and onboarding for a while until we can get into the new pattern and rhythm of things. If we succeed, the impact … [Read more...]
Trump Administration Weakens Endangered Species Act Amid Global Extinction Crisis
“I know that gutting the Endangered Species Act sounds like plan from a cartoon villain, not the work of the president of the United States,” Healey said during a call with reporters. “But unfortunately that’s what we’re dealing with today.” The goal of the overhaul is clear: to “undercut the … [Read more...]
Did the City of Tacoma Hide Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Safety Documents from the Public?
For Immediate Release – August 7, 2019 The City of Tacoma withheld emergency response planning models about Puget Sound Energy’s (PSE) Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility from the public. Advocates for a Cleaner Tacoma (ACT) recently obtained Public Disclosure Request (PDR) results (See … [Read more...]
Save the Date: Fellowship of Reconciliation Fall Retreat, Nov. 16, 2019, Olympia area
Olympia climate activists from several organizations and members of the Olympia Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons are working with three powerful speakers to put together a retreat that addresses the intersectionality of climate and nuclear issues. Save the date, November 16th, 2019/More … [Read more...]
Sierra Club Organizes Actions on Green New Deal
The Sierra Club, in conjunction with the youth group Sunrise Movement, has organized national action on the Green New Deal, which has also been endorsed by the UUA (see below). Sierra Club leaders are hosting debate watching parties, where people interested in pressuring the Democratic National … [Read more...]
UUMFE Organizes UUs for Green New Deal
After the UUA General Assembly passed an Action of Immediate Witness endorsing the Green New Deal (see below), the UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) began actions to work for passage of the Green New Deal. The UUMFE has organized climate activists by state and region and appointed coordinators for each. … [Read more...]
The Green New Deal: Online Panel Discussion Can Spark Your Congregation’s Climate and Economic Justice Activism
Much has been said and written about the political aspects of the Green New Deal. The substance of the Green New Deal has not gotten as much attention. House Resolution 109, introduced by Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, lists the goals of the Green New Deal. These goals are captured into two … [Read more...]
Scientist Warns Breaching a ‘Carbon Threshold’ Could Lead to Mass Extinction Event Common Dreams
The study, which was completed with support from NASA and the National Science Foundation, also notes that even though humans have only been pumping carbon into the oceans for hundreds of years rather than the thousands of years it took for volcanic eruptions and other events to bring about other … [Read more...]
A Tulalip Perspective: Understanding Treaty Rights in today’s landscape
A disruption of the food chain is currently occurring in the Pacific Northwest as sea level rise, pollution and ocean acidification are causing an alarming decrease in the salmon and orca populations. Climate change is not only affecting the Salish waters, but also threatening tribal ancestral lands … [Read more...]
Seven ways tribes are repairing the Salish Sea and Washington waterways
Indian Country Today by Richard Walker Tribal nations in Washington state are facing environmental challenges ranging from protecting wildlife habitats and waterways to protecting the livelihood of Washington state residents from toxic chemicals that have been released into the environment and … [Read more...]
Advancing Economic and Climate Justice as a Moral Issue, Building a Movement for a “Green New Deal”, September 15-17, 2019, Washington DC
Advocacy Conference on Environmental Justice, Class and Race by UUs for Just Economic Community, UU Ministry for Earth and UUSJ "We have twelve years!" The Green New Deal has spurred debate on the need for bold actions that make big differences. Carbon pricing is being debated. 156 Million … [Read more...]
UUA Endorses Green New Deal
Starting with the premise “the Green New Deal manifests key UU values — both “the interdependent web” and “justice, equity, and compassion”— the UUA passed an Action of Immediate Witness (AIW) on June 22, 2019 at the General Assembly in Spokane, Washington. Among the actions that UUA … [Read more...]
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