August 25, 2018 | 9 am
Minto Brown Island Park.
5 K - Run or Walk
350 Salem OR and the youth environmental organization Plant for the Planet invite you to attend the first annual Salem 5K Run for the Climate on August 25, 2018, at Minto Brown Island Park. Our goal is to bring community members together around the cause of climate change in an entirely new setting, and create a positive, family friendly walk/ run through which people can build community and have fun, while learning about climate impacts.
September 8, 2018
a day of action to
Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice
In September, officials from cities and states, along with representatives from business and civil society from around the world are gathering in California for the Global Climate Summit. On the Saturday before the Summit starts, we the people will gather in cities and towns around the world to urge political leaders to move quickly toward a Renewable Energy Future.
350 Salem OR is excited to join our sister chapter 350PDX at
Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice Portland, hosted by the
Oregon Just Transition Alliance. OJTA's goal is to shift power away from the existing extractive, exploitative political and economic system to one where power is democratically shared and everyone can thrive.
Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice Portland will focus on supporting a clean energy future, opposing construction of the Pacific Connector gas pipeline and Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas terminal, and opposing state ballot measure 105, which would repeal Oregon's 31 year old Sanctuary law. The event, packed with speakers, music, entertainment, and information, will be held from noon until 4 PM.
Take our chartered bus or meet us at event location in Glenhaven City Park NE 82nd Avenue & Siskiyou Street , Portland, OR* The bus will leave Salem at 10:30 AM from the Market Street Park and Ride in Salem and arrive back in Salem around 5:00 PM. Please plan on arriving at the Park & Ride by 10:15 AM
The bus is free but seating is limited to 50 people, first come, first served. We need at least 30 riders confirmed by the end of August to offer the bus.
Register here for the 350 Salem OR bus to Portland.
The location changed and you may have seen a different location on some flyers.
Glenhaven City Park. NE 82nd Avenue & Siskiyou Street Portland OR is correct. If you go on your own, please check our
website for updates before leaving for Portland.
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August 23 Salem State Capitol 1 pm Hearing Rm. F Joint Interim Committee On Carbon Reduction. This will be the 4th meeting of the Joint Committee co-chaired by Senate President Peter Courtney and Speaker of the House Tina Kotek. The committee is taking testimony and commissioning reports to prepare a bill to address climate change for the 2019 legislative session. The Agenda and Hearing Room will be posted on the Oregon Legislative Information System (OLIS) here. You can subscribe for Committee updates by email at the top right of that page.
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TAKE ACTION
No LNG - No Pipeline - No Fracked Gas in Oregon
Last chance - August 20 - to file comments for both US Army Corps of Engineers and Oregon Dept. of Environmental, the certifying agencies for Water Quality permits
Submit as many comments as you want, each comment on a particular point and submit additional comments to make different points (e.g., water must be protected for recreation; for healthy fish and wildlife habitat; for safe drinking water; etc.). Record numbers of public comments and testimonies have helped stop several coal and oil projects in the Pacific Northwest. Over 25,000 have been submitted so far.
We have an opportunity to stop this 230-mile pipeline which would transport fracked gas* through Southern Oregon to Jordan Cove in Coos Bay to be cooled to a liquid at -261o F and exported to Asia. The Canadian company, Pembina, can’t build the Jordan Cove Terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline without all required federal and state permits.
The liquefaction plant itself would become the largest single source of climate changing pollution in Oregon and would undermine action to meet goals to protect our climate and transition to renewable energy. Methane leaks during extraction, processing and transport plus combustion at the final destination increase the climate change impact.
*(Most natural gas produced in the US and Canada is produced by fracking and this is increasing as conventional sources are depleted.)
Comments can be submitted online. Rogue Climate and the No LNG Exports Coalition have comment writing guidelines here: http://www.nolngexports.org/write-comments Click on the link for comments from the General Public.
Why Should Salem Care About the Jordan Cove LNG Terminal and Pipeline? Check out the Guest Opinion in Salem Weekly by 350 Salem OR member Laurie Dougherty here.
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Oregon Agencies have the authority to deny permits and stop this project. Learn more from the No LNG Exports Coalition
http://www.nolngexports.org/
Check out Oil Change International's life-cycle analysis of all the greenhouse gas emissions that would come from this project:
http://priceofoil.org/2018/01/11/jordan-cove-lng-and-pacific-connector-pipeline-greenhouse-gas-emissions/---
IN SOLIDARITY
Oregonians United against Profiling Campaign to Defeat Measure 105.
Measure 105* would repeal Oregon's 31-year-old Sanctuary law and open the door to racial and ethnic profiling. Get involved by checking out the Campaign website, endorsing the Campaign, and coming to these two events:
August 25, 11 am - 2 pm Oregon Education Association, 2540 Coral Ave NE, Salem, OR 97305.- Measure 105 campaign training.
*Measure 105 was Initiative Petition 22 (IP 22) before it got on the November ballot.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
