Salish Sea Cooperative

12/14/2016

12/14/2016

Action: the antidote to the passive American public that Trump wants. “Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, scientists have begun a feverish attempt to copy reams of government data onto independent servers in hopes of safeguarding it from any political interference.” Help directly at
http://climatemirror.org/.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/scientists-are-frantically-copying-u-s-climate-data-fearing-it-might-vanish-under-trump/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.e904365853e2

“People have felt a call to arms. We need to be outspoken.”

12/14/2016

Important push back: "We are going to respect the professional and scientific integrity and independence of our employees at our labs and across our department..." [Energy Department spokesman Eben Burnham-Snyder]

The U.S. Energy Department said on Tuesday it will not comply with a request from President-elect Donald Trump's Energy Department transition team for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional society memberships of lab workers.

12/11/2016

Astronaut John Glenn died two days ago. A good quote to keep in mind re: persisting in building a post-carbon world:

12/08/2016

Exact location still TBD, contact: [email protected] or 206.276.4350

12/08/2016

"...a plan to pivot from heartbreak to action." Register free online for the Monday, 12/12 webinar, 7 - 8 pm EST, sponsored by Color of Change (that would be 4 pm PST ;-). "With less than 50 days left before Donald Trump takes office, we’ve reached a crucial moment in our movement where we must set a fresh agenda that will lead us in the fight ahead. Color Of Change members will join guest speakers to discuss what's at stake under the new administration..." Free registration: https://vts.inxpo.com/scripts/Server.nxp?LASCmd=AI:4;F:QS!10100&ShowKey=35887&Referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FtLbrhE4ptp or see Color of Change announcement via their Twitter account: .

12/08/2016

“During the campaign, Mr. Trump regularly threatened to dismantle the E.P.A. and roll back many of the gains made to reduce Americans’ exposures to industrial pollution, and with Pruitt, the president-elect would make good on those threats,” said Ken Cook, head of the Environmental Working Group, a Washington research and advocacy organization.

“It’s a safe assumption that Pruitt could be the most hostile E.P.A. administrator toward clean air and safe drinking water in history,” he added. Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-epa-trump.html

12/04/2016

Breaking news: Army Corps of Engineers stops the Dakota Access Pipeline. "Tribal officials had criticized the route because of the potential damage to the tribe’s drinking water and that it would disrupt sacred lands." Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/us/federal-officials-to-explore-different-route-for-dakota-pipeline.html

12/03/2016

More big shipper consolidation: Maersk buys Hamburg Süd. Full article: http://splash247.com/11-will-follow-hamburg-sud/

12/02/2016

"Veterans Stand for Standing Rock, a contingent of more than 2,000 U.S. military veterans, intends to reach North Dakota by this weekend and form a human wall in front of police..." Full article: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-dakota-pipeline-idUSKBN13Q53Y

12/02/2016

Watching the time-lapse of these oil spill pipelines is like watching a deadly virus spread (where red dots indicate deaths)...."The sheer number of incidents involving America’s fossil fuel infrastructure suggests environmental concerns should go beyond Standing Rock." Full article with interactives: http://www.citylab.com/weather/2016/11/30-years-of-pipeline-accidents-mapped/509066/