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October 6, 2022

THE CLIMATE MOVEMENT
NEWSLETTER & ACTION TOOLKIT
HURRICANE IAN RELIEF
MAKE A DONATION and help first responders in Florida get food, water and shelter to residents rebounding from Hurricane Ian.
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HURRICANE FIONA RELIEF
MAKE A DONATION and help first responders in Puerto Rico get food, water and shelter to residents rebounding from Hurricane Fiona.
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PASS ON MALPASS
David Malpass, president of the World Bank, refuses to acknowledge fossil fuels as a driver on climate change. Sign this petition to #FIREMALPASS and renominate a new head of the World Bank.
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FIX THE COPIER, AND THE CLIMATE
Want to make a difference in your career? Your employer has more power to help solve the climate crisis than they may know. LEARN HOW you can enlist your company and make a difference in your own workplace.
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GET INFORMED!
With the 2022 Elections just weeks away, now is the perfect time to learn about key Congressional races whose outcomes could make a big difference for the climate. GET INFORMED! (E&E News)
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VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
People who care about the climate statistically tend not to vote, especially in midterm elections. But if we can get more of them to vote, we'll get better climate candidates. VOLUNTEER to phone bank and get people to the polls.
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CALL FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
Royal Bank of Canada continues to fund the Coastal Gaslink pipeline, which would cut through Indigenous lands of the Wet’suwet’en people and pollute their sacred river. CALL RBC and tell them to STOP COASTAL GASLINK.
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PROCTER IS A GAMBLE
The company that makes your laundry detergent and toothpaste has a stained hand in climate chaos. Procter & Gamble is violating Indigenous rights and causing deforestation. Send a message to P&G execs demanding they vote against investors like Vanguard and BlackRock.
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This is the spotlight for the heroes doing the most urgent work on climate.
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Puerto Rican director-producer and filmmaker CECILIA ALDARONDO documented the truth of Hurricane Maria’s aftermath from an anti-colonial lens. Currently, she is raising money for local organizations hit by Fiona.

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Puerto Rican director-producer and filmmaker CECILIA ALDARONDO documented the truth of Hurricane Maria’s aftermath from an anti-colonial lens. Currently, she is raising money for local organizations hit by Fiona.
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LENYA QUINN-DAVIDSON and other women firefighters have been turning to Indigenous solutions to control wildfire outbreaks, because they work.

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LENYA QUINN-DAVIDSON and other women firefighters have been turning to Indigenous solutions to control wildfire outbreaks, because they work.
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Climate and Environmental Rights activist HILDA NAKABUYE works to bring climate justice to her country of Uganda.

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Climate and Environmental Rights activist HILDA NAKABUYE works to bring climate justice to her country of Uganda.
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BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER — A climate activist used her 15 seconds of fame, while being carried away by police, to explain exactly why UK investments in oil are so bad. (Twitter - Zoe Broughton)

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HIDING THE TRUTH — Director Adam McKay released a video last week mocking Chevron’s “greenwashing.” So check out this spoof released in 2021, using Chevron's own ad. (The YEARS Project)

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ACTIVISM IN AFRICA — Parts of Africa are becoming unlivable due to the climate crisis. These youth are demanding they be heard. (UNICEF Africa)
 

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FALLEN FRUIT — It’s a good chance that if you are eating a tomato, it was grown in California. But heat and drought are wreaking havoc on the crop. Will tomatoes survive? (CBS)

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UNBREATHABLE — A factor of fossil fuel use that is not talked about often enough is airborne pollution. This documentary reminds us how essential clean air is to everyday lives and how the laws that protect our air are under assault.

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Climate science can be overwhelming. Here’s your easy-to-share highlight reel.
OUT OF CONTR(OIL)

The biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution is something you may use every day. Read what it is here.

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IAN’S BIG WARNING

Hurricane Ian jumped from a Category 3 to a near Category 5 storm overnight, shocking forecasters and scientists alike, but this is what we should be expecting from climate change and it may be just the start.

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ACID OCEANS

Melting sea ice is causing the Western Arctic Ocean to acidify up to 4x faster than other oceans creating a possible catastrophe for sea life. Can it be slowed down?

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I'LL DO IT LATER PLEDGE

Many utilities are claiming they will be “carbon neutral” by 2050, but unless they clean up their act by 2030, we’ll all be in big trouble. With goals set so far out on the horizon are utilities even moving in the right direction?

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MELTING GLACIERS AREN'T ICE

Glaciers in the Himalayas have shrunk 40% from their peak and that speed has only increased in the past few decades. What does this mean for the billion people depending on these glaciers for drinking water?

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GAS FLARE SCARE

Burning unwanted fossil fuel gas could be releasing 5 times more methane than initially thought. Another reason renewables are a more desirable alternative?

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F**CKING

High cost, high emissions and stranded assets are just a few of the reasons why expanding fracking in Australia's Lake Eyre Basin isn’t worth it.

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CATEGORY 5 CLIMATE DISASTER

A new study found that rainfall from Hurricane Ian was 10% more extreme than without climate pressures.

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CRYPTO vs CLIMATE

A new study shows that mining Bitcoin can be as dangerous to the planet as burning fossil fuels. But crypto’s carbon footprint could continue to grow.

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Here’s what it looks like when people show up, voices ring loud and leaders act for the sake of the planet.
SAVED BY SOLAR

While millions went without power during Hurricane Ian, one solar-powered town in Florida kept the lights on. Read how solar saved the day and why it’s essential for a climate changed future.

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SCHOOL TIES

Universities can impact more than just minds! Princeton is now one of a growing number of institutions divesting from fossil fuel endowments. Learn more about how much they’re moving.

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HONK IF YOU’RE ZERO EMISSIONS

New York is now the second state to require all new vehicles to be zero emissions by 2035. Now that NY and CA are both on board, will other states follow?

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DAS TOWN

Many Europeans have concluded that energy insecurity and high bills this winter are inevitable, but one German town is proving them all wrong. Read what the town is doing differently.

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NOT ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF DENMARK

Denmark is the first country to offer reparations to exploited countries facing the brunt of climate change-induced natural disasters. What sparked the move and will it catch on?

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A NEW KIND OF HYBRID

A power plant in Oregon just filled a renewable gap, and not with fossil fuels! Read about their groundbreaking move to combine wind + solar + batteries, and how it could inspire others.

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AMAZON APATHY

In less than a month the Amazon rainforest has lost an area the size of New York City to fires, yet during the presidential election in Brazil the candidates have been silent on deforestation and environmental threats. Why?

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CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE

The Nord Stream pipeline leak released as much as 5x more methane than the previous largest leak. This potent greenhouse gas points to a larger issue, energy infrastructure as wartime weaponry.

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HOMES TO HOUSEBOATS

Real estate developers are destroying coastal ecosystems to build luxury waterfront real estate, but without those ecosystems, hurricanes are quickly turning high class homes into house boats.

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CLIMATE CRIMES?

The World Bank claims they have spent over $17 billion on climate finance, but a new study found that $7 billion is unaccounted for. Just another reason Malpass needs to go. Read what’s going on.

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NO RISK, NO REWARD

Sustainability bonds are supposed to encourage companies to do the right thing on climate. But investigators have found the market is full of bogus claims and greenwashed promises, and investors are only beginning to catch on.

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MINERAL RICH

The electric vehicle transition is upon us and it’s more important than ever to do it sustainably. A bipartisan Senate bill could make one of EV’s biggest obstacles a thing of the past. Read about the bill here.

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UNSTABLE GROUND

As climate change destroys permafrost in the Arctic, oil and gas companies are finding it hard to keep drilling. How’s that for karma?

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THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE?

The Egyptian government and COP27 have come under scrutiny for their decision to have Coca-Cola, the world’s biggest plastic polluter, sponsor the event.

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THE HYPOCRISY STATE

Republican lawmakers in Florida had no problem opposing climate legislation before Hurricane Ian, but now they’re begging for hurricane relief. Read about the hypocrisy here.

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LEAVE THE LIGHT ON

Some communities in Puerto Rico were able to keep the lights on during Hurricane Ian thanks to their connection to solar power. So how can the rest of Puerto Rico scale up solar in time for the next hurricane?

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