This is big. Be part of the first Green New Deal.
Cata Elisabeth Romo - 350.org <350@350.org> Unsubscribe
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Dear Peter,
I’m writing you today because, with a movement like the one 350.org is helping to build, 2019 could be a game changer for real climate action. And the next big moment might be in New York instead of Washington, DC.
Tomorrow, 350.org and partners will hold a massive march calling on New York’s Governor to stop the Williams Pipeline. Stopping this climate-wrecking pipeline is the first step of an even bigger campaign to demand a state-level Green New Deal in New York. And if we succeed there, it can be a model for a just, transformative climate policy for the rest of the country. We urgently need to act now for lasting change.
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo has pledged to create a statewide Green New Deal1, but it will be an empty promise if he approves the fracked-gas Williams pipeline. Can you donate now to help us keep fossil fuels in the ground and pass a meaningful, state-level Green New Deal?
350.org relies on support from people like you to train more activists in the practices of nonviolent direct action, tap into the national strategy to stop the expansion of pipelines, and build a visionary Green New Deal.
I want to thank you for being part of this movement. No one person can tackle the crisis of climate change alone, but you give me hope that we will meet this challenge together. Please donate today to build a new model for climate justice that we can roll out to every state in the country.
Thank you,
Cata
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1 - New York Pledges to Become Carbon Free by 2040 in Statewide Green New Deal, Renae Reints, Fortune, January 17, 2019.
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HISTORY
350.org was founded in 2008 by a group of university friends in the United States along with author Bill McKibben, who wrote one of the first books on global warming for the general public, with the goal of building a global climate movement. 350 was named after 350 parts per million — the safe concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Our first actions were global days of action that linked activists and organizations around the world, including the International Day of Climate Action in 2009, the Global Work Party in 2010, Moving Planet in 2011. 350 quickly became a planet-wide collaboration of organizers, community groups and regular people fighting for the future.
Today 350 works on grassroots campaigns across the globe: from opposing coal plants and mega-pipelines, to supporting renewable energy solutions and cutting financial ties of the fossil fuel industry. All of our work leverages people power to dismantle the influence and infrastructure of the fossil fuel industry.
Some of our proudest moments of recent years include campaigns against Keystone XL and Dakota Access in the United States, stopping fracking in hundreds of cities in Brazil and Argentina, joining historic grassroots mobilizations before and after the Paris Climate Agreement was signed, and pushing hundreds of universities, foundations, cities and churches to divest from fossil fuels.
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CLIMATE SCIENCE BASICS:
- It’s warming.
- It’s us.
- We’re sure.
- It’s bad.
- We can fix it.
(Thanks to Dr. Kimberly Nicholas for putting it so simply).
CLIMATE SCIENCE:
- 1. IT'S WARMING
- 2. IT'S US
- 3. WE'RE SURE
- 4. IT'S BAD
- 5. WE CAN FIX IT
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1. It’s warming.
Right now, annual global average temperature is about 1° Celsius hotter than average.
0° C+1° C← HOTTERGlobal Temperature Index, 1880-2016 (NASA)
One degree celsius might not sound like a big increase in temperature, but it’s the difference between life and death for thousands of people.
Earth has always had natural cycles of warming and cooling, but not like we’re seeing now. The top five hottest years on record are 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2010.
And rising temperatures doesn’t only mean it’s getting hotter. The Earth’s climate is complex — even a small increase in average global temperature means big changes, with lots of dangerous side effects.
Monthly global average temperature relative to pre-industrial average
The last cooler-than-average month was in October 1965. (Climate Central)
2. It’s Us.
Human beings are causing climate change, largely by burning fossil fuels.
Rising temperatures correlate almost exactly with the release of greenhouse gases.
Before the 18th century, when humans in the industrial west began to burn coal, oil and gas, our atmosphere typically contained about 280 parts per million of carbon dioxide. Those are the conditions “on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted.”
Now, as the use of fossil fuels spreads through the world, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere is skyrocketing — we’re now well over 400 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere. Read More
CO2 levels throughout history — note the sharp spike at the end. (source: Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
3. We’re Sure.
An overwhelming 97% of scientists agree that climate change is being caused by human greenhouse gas emissions. There is no meaningful debate about the basic science of climate change.
Scientists march at the 2014 People's Climate March in New York City.
Scientists at the 2014 People’s Climate March in New York City.
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