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Contact: Coordinators@350salemor.org
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We offer presentations, educational programs,
information tables at events
on Climate Change: Basic Science - Policy - Solutions - Activism
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Join Us for a Special Event
Before Our Next Meeting
Tuesday June 26, 2018
6:00 pm
The Folly of Frack
All Are Welcome to Stay for the
Meeting at 7:30 pm
NNRC 945 Columbia St. NE Salem
Cherriots Rt 3 or 13 | Street Map
Hosted by 350 Salem OR
Written, produced & performed by
Stop Fracked Gas/PDX
Followed by in-depth look at the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal
& 230-mile pipeline; wth guidance for submitting public comments
to state and federal agencies.
Our 350 Salem OR Meeting will follow the program. All who want to are welcome to stay for the meeting.
Record-breaking numbers of public comments and testimonies have helped stop several coal and oil projects in the Pacific Northwest.
Now we have an opportunity to stop a 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.
A 60-day period to submit public comments to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the US Army Corps of Engineers on water quality issues related to this climate-busting project ends on July 21.
Members of Stop Fracked Gas/PDX will open the program with a short play, “The Folly of Frack.” This informative romp will update the audience on the Jordan Cove LNG and pipeline proposal and on fracking (hydraulic fracturing) which now produces the greatest - and growing - proportion of natural gas in the US and Canada.
Stop Fracked Gas/PDX member Deborah Romerin will discuss the project in depth and offer talking points and practical tips for submitting public comments.
RSVP so we can prepare enough materials
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/602633246772727/
Email: Coordinators@350salemor.org * Subject: The Folly of Frack
Bring a light supper or snack if you wish.
Parking on street & behind the building * Bus #3 or #13
If you can’t come on June 26, learn how to submit your comments at the No LNG Exports Coalition http://www.nolngexports.org/write-comments/
EVENTS
June 25, 2018 Discussion of Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy
What might a 100% renewable future look like? Which technologies will play a crucial role in our energy future? What challenges will we face in this transition? And how can we make sure our new system is just and equitable? Energy expert Richard Heinberg and scientist David Fridley explore these questions in their book Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy. This clear-eyed and urgent guide was chosen as one of GreenBiz’s six Best Sustainability Books of 2016.
Join us in a discussion of this book on Monday, June 25th from 6:30 to 8:30 at 945 Columbia St. NE. Simply read the book online for free at
ourrenewablefuture.org or purchase it and come prepared to share your thoughts. We welcome all people interested in the topic.
Please let us know if you plan to come. RSVP or request more informtion at Coordinators@350salemor.org Put Book Discussion in Subject Line.
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June 26 Salem State Capitol Hearing 1 pm Hearing Room F Joint Interim Committee On Carbon Reduction. This is an Informational Meeting with invited testimony only. If you can, show up to let the legislature know we expect them to pass an effective climate bill in the 2019 session. This is the second meeting of the Joint Committee.
Agenda
Questions and Follow-Up Discussion of Carbon Reduction Policy Options for Oregon. Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future (via telephone)
Status Report from the Carbon Policy Office. Kristen Sheeran, Energy and Climate Change Policy Advisor to Governor Kate Brown; Director, Carbon Policy Office
Forest Carbon Sequestration. Peter Daugherty, State Forester, Oregon Department of Forestry
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Salem Run for the Climate
August 25, 2018 Minto Brown Island Park.
5 K - Run or Walk
Register Now!
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.
To register, make a donation or learn more go to: https://runsignup.com/Race/OR/Salem/SalemRunfortheClimate
Great volunteers make great events. To volunteer contact Coordinators@350salemor.org
Or use our Volunteer sign-up at https://350salemor.org/contact/volunteer/
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September 8, 2018 save the date: Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice. 350.org and allies all over the world are mobilizing for an international day of action on September 8 in advance of a global climate summit to be held in San Francisco. We're working out details for a local event in Salem.
RSVP to stay up to date. Many hands make light work. Can you help us make this a great success? Let us know when you sign up. Enter your Zip Code here: https://riseforclimate.org/ Click through to the event description and sign up.
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TAKE ACTION
No LNG - No Pipeline - No Fracked Gas in Oregon
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.
The Pacific Connector Pipeline is a proposed 229-mile pipeline that would take fracked* gas sourced from the Rocky Mountains or Canada from Malin near Klamath Falls to Coos Bay, where it would be liquefied and exported from a giant new facility, the Jordan Cove LNG Export terminal. This project would become the largest source of climate pollution in Oregon and would undermine action to meet goals to protect our climate and transition to renewable energy.
*(Most natural gas produced in the US and Canada is produced by fracking and this is increasing as conventional sources are depleted.)
We need to be show up and to flood state and federal agencies with comments in opposition to this project.
Send Comments to DEQ & ACE on Water Quality impacts of the Jordan Cove LNG Export Terminal and Pafcific Connector Pipeline. Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) have opened public comment periods as designated certifying agencies under the US Clean Water Act. Written comments can be submitted by mail or online.
We intend to have a comment writing workshop here in Salem later this month along with a short play The Folly of Frack, written and performed by friends from Portland. Stay tuned, for complete deails.
If you want to go ahead with submittting your comments, Rogue Climate and the No LNG Exports Coalition have guidelines here:
http://www.nolngexports.org/write-comments Click on the link for comments from the General Public. We want the comment period to be extended, but as of now the deadline is 5 pm July 21, 2018.
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Comment on FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) Review of Pipeline Permit Process For the first time in almost two decades FERC is undertaking a review of its gas pipeline and related facility permitting process. This will affect the Jordan Cove LNG terminal in Coos Bay and 230 mile Pacific Connector Pipeline (more on that below) as well as dozens of pipeline projects in other states. It is urgent that we make our voices heard. This deadline has been extended to July 25, 2018.
As our friends at Rogue Climate, leaders in the campaign to stop Jordan Cove, said, "Many pipeline companies are using this opportunity to comment on FERC’s process saying it should be less time consuming and costly for applicants, so we must urge FERC to reform its pipeline review process to ensure that—above all else—the public interest is protected."
The FERC review will consider 1) its methodology for determining need; 2) use of eminent domain and landowner intereests; 3) evaluation of environmental impact; 4) efficiency and effectiveness of certification process.
We don't have to be experts to comment; we do need to tell FERC they must protect the public interest. Rogue Climate has put together a great guide for commenting, including what the review is for, talking points, and step-by-step instructions for submitting comments online. Here it is:
https://www.rogueclimate.org/submit_a_comment_to_ferc_process
Along with gas pipeline opponents all over the country let's flood FERC with comments. The comment deadline is June 18, 2018.
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We need volunteers to spread the word, educate our community and get Salem involved to stop Jordan Cove:
Contact Coordinators@350salemor.org
Or use our Volunteer sign-up at https://350salemor.org/contact/volunteer/
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/
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Kalama Methanol Refinery
After the defeat of coal, oil and LNG terminals on the Columbia, this project would be another insult to the Columbia, bringing fracked gas to be refined in Kalama, WA to produce methanol for shipment to China for manufaturing plastics. The first Environmental Impact Statement was overturned by a state heariungs board for negecting to cover the climate change impacts of this energy intensive project. An analysis by the Stockholm Environmental Institute indicates that these impacts would be very large.
Jasmine Zimmer-Stuckey of Columbia Riverkeeper recently pointed out another good reason to stop this project: the world is already awash in plastic waste and China's decision to drastically reduce imports of recycled plastic for reprocessing means it will only get worse.
Comments are being taken now on the new Environmental Impact Statement. Columbia Riverkeeper has more information and links for submitting comments here.
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Wednesday July 11, 2018 Salem Friends Meeting House 490 19th St. NW 6:30 pm NW Permaculture Institute monthly film & lecture Series presents Fresh. Fresh profles the farmers, thinkers, and business people across the nation who are at the forefront of re-inventing food production in America. With a strong commitment to sustainability, they are changing how farms are run, how the land is cared for, and how food is distributed.
Film 70 mins Discussion follows. Free and open to the public.
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IN SOLIDARITY
Families Belong Together Saturday June 30, 2018 Oregon State Capitol. This is one of many events nationwide on June 30 called by MoveOn.org. Following the initial call for action MoveOn issued this statement:
"UPDATE: June 20, 2018, 8:00 PM ET — EVENTS ARE ON!
The executive order that Donald Trump signed today is not a solution to the crisis created by his administration; it keeps kids imprisoned indefinitely, and doesn't reunite thousands of separated families. But it does show the administration is reacting to public pressure, so we will continue to increase our pressure for justice at hundreds of events on Saturday, June 30, to say that families belong together—and free."
Learn more and sign up here: https://front.moveon.org/
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Poor People's Campaign
350.org has endorsed the Poor People's Campaign "because it lifts up the voices and deepens the leadership of those most affected by systemic racism, poverty, the war economy, and ecological devastation and it is working towards building unity across movements.
At this time of intensifying political, economic, and moral crisis, with the lives of the most vulnerable under vicious attack, people in growing numbers around the country are fighting back for their lives, communities and deepest values. And we are deeply committed to supporting the struggles of the most vulnerable and standing in solidarity with these communities...Any actions against the fossil fuel industry, for climate justice, and a fossil free world that 350 groups organize will be incorporated as moral revival action. In order for your actions to be part of this important effort you will need to connect with the local PPC chair in your state. Here is the list of state chairs. If you have trouble getting in touch with a Chair you can email Laurel Ashton at: laurel@poorpeoplescampaign.org.
To find more about local PPC activities, contact salemorjustice@gmail.com.
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A timely and sobering article from In These Times, recommended by 350.org staff:
"Why Abolishing ICE Is Good Climate Policy"
By Kate Aronoff
"The war on terror has unleashed unspeakable cruelty. We must not rely
on its institutions to fix the climate crisis."
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Dear Friends, we send these email Updates twice a month. However, more and more often, events and activities come up or change in between them. We will occasionally send additional Action Alerts on an "as needed" basis and for information only.
If you have not already received an Action Alert and would like to get them, let us know at Coordinators@350salemor.org. You will continue to receive this Update twice a month as usual.
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