Sunrise Movement Athens/UGA

07/13/2023

Fossil fueled heat waves... while people are dying from extreme heat and workers are risking heat stroke, Big Oil CEO's and bought-out politicians are profiting BILLIONS from this.

03/23/2023

The new IPCC synthesis report shows that we need rapid, deep, and immediate greenhouse gas reductions to avoid the most severe and irreversible impacts of climate change. We've known for decades that fossil fuels are destroying us, yet we recklessly continue to burn them at massive scales. We can't wait any longer for change. That's why we're calling on the University of Georgia to commit to achieving 100% clean and renewable energy by 2035. Sign our petition to show your support: https://forms.gle/abpmGLZCxsauSMJ29

IPCC's Synthesis Report is out now!

On Monday, 20 March 2023, the IPCC released the Summary for Policymakers of the Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report in Interlaken, Switzerland.

Why is this report important?

The Synthesis Report is the culmination of the work of hundreds of scientists who have assessed more than 100,000 pieces of scientific literature across six reports published between 2018 and 2023. The Synthesis Report integrates these findings to provide a complete picture of and available solutions.

"There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now," said IPCC scientists in the report's release.

"Mainstreaming effective and equitable climate action will not only reduce losses and damages for nature and people, it will also provide wider benefits," - IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee.

Read the report ➡️ https://bit.ly/SRYRpt23

Watch the recording of the press conference ➡️ https://youtu.be/bulhsb4IZFQ

Key findings ➡️https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6syr/pdf/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SlideDeck.pdf

06/13/2022

Tomorrow, the House votes on a piece of legislation that could become the most important investment for wildlife since the Endangered Species Act. Please call your representatives and urge them to pass Recovering America's Wildlife Act! Our sustainable communities of the future will require functioning ecosystems which depend on healthy wildlife populations!

All species of sea turtles in the United States are threatened or endangered. The U.S. House of Representatives is about to vote on a historic bill that will help struggling sea turtles nationwide. Please call now to urge a YES vote.

05/26/2022

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Environment Georgia, 100% Athens, 100% Winterville, the Athens Land Trust and other groups organized last week’s town

05/05/2022

Thank you Athens-Clarke County, GA Unified Government for unanimously passing the resolution to support federal investments in clean energy! Young people in Athens are grateful for your continued leadership on climate in the southeast, and we hope our federal government likewise recognizes the broad support for climate action among young people by making bold investments into the clean energy transition.

Thanks also to Southern Alliance for Clean Energy for organizing this effort!

03/16/2022

We'll be having an art social TOMORROW at 5:30 PM to make the new tabling banner and to write some postcards to send to Senator Warnock. Be sure to share with friends and like this message if you'll be able to make it.

03/12/2022

Big Oil companies shouldn’t be making higher profits than ever while working people are struggling to make ends meet.

A windfall tax helps consumers with high energy prices by making Big Oil pay a tax on their profits and sending a check to every American.

11/16/2021

Join us this Thursday @ 7:30pm for our Strategy Meeting!

09/17/2021

Join us next Friday 9/24 in our march from the Tate Plaza up to downtown Athens to tell Jon Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock to pass a BOLD Civilian Climate Corps in the Reconciliation Package & push conservative democrats to vote for our futures! We will meet in the lawn in front of Tate and across from the Miller Learning Center @4 PM to rally & have guest speakers share their stories. Then around 5:30 PM we will march to the Arch downtown and rally once more at the chalk mural we created with the community the Wednesday before!

Sign up for the Chalk Mural Community Party here: https://fb.me/e/RV92XL9r

Commit to creating a livable future for all of us by calling on our representatives and joining our movement this Friday!

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On September 20th, Congress gets back to DC. And from there we only have one week until they're set to vote on bills that could be the largest climate investment this country has ever seen. That's why we're mobilizing to take action and make sure Democrats pass a bold climate agenda while they vote....