Cascadia Climate Action Now

British Columbia Enviromental Film Fest (bceff.org) is playing 30+ global docs/films (shorts and full-length) about environment, climate justice, sustainability, and nature throughout Nov. Full Festival pass ~$50 USD, or cheaper to choose to watch just a few films. www.bceff.org/event-detail...

WA #GreenAmendment Tour: Constitutional Change for a Livable Future 9/14 - 9/19 Seattle > Olympia > Vancouver > Yakima > Richland > Spokane w/ dynamic speaker Maya K. van Rossum. Help secure a WA constitutional right to clean air, pure water, healthy environment. wagreenamendment.org/constitution...

Oregon has a massive new wave energy testing facility. But who is going to use it? Oregon’s PacWave testing facility is now complete, but delays and cuts to federal funding for renewable energy development could impact its future.

“Oregon is now home to the largest-capacity #WaveEnergy” testing facility in the world.” But of course the Trump administration has slashed grants and funding for renewable energy projects putting its future in jeopardy. www.opb.org/article/2025...

BREAKING: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an emergency injunction today blocking the Trump administration from handing Oak Flat over to a private mining company while three lawsuits challenging the land exchange proceed.

More details: biodiv.us/3V8uKAO

Smile 🌿 You just made it through another #Monday! Like the #trees we protect, we bend but we don’t break. Here’s to brighter days ahead.

King County WA has some good resources for preparing your family for inevitable wildland fire smoke. It can pose serious risks to vulnerable populations (children, elderly, pregnant women, those with asthma, etc.) and ALL of us. Be prepared! Protect your health. kingcounty.gov/en/dept/dph/...

Op-Ed from Dr. John Talberth President of Center for Sustainable Economy. He co-authored a recent study of carbon tax on logging to help incentivize transition to climate smart practices eg alt's to clearcutting. Tax revenues generated could replace DNR logging revenues now passed on to local govs.

2nd deadline is to Dept of Ecology on their draft analysis of the FPB's proposed buffer rule amendments. Due 11:59pm PT Aug 18th.

INFO: ecology.wa.gov/water-shorel...

BLOG: ecology.wa.gov/blog/july-20...

DOC: apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications...

COMMENT: wq.ecology.commentinput.com?id=juMmcHx2Ff

Stream flowing through PNW forest.

Stream buffers protect water quality and keep streams cool which is important when they run into fish-bearing rivers. Two deadlines to provide comment regarding Np Stream Buffer rule changes in WA. #1 is due 5pm PT Aug 12th.

DOC dnr.wa.gov/sites/defaul...

NOTICE dnr.wa.gov/sites/defaul...

Know Your Rights | Protesters’ Rights | ACLU

Participating in the No Kings Protests on Sat. June 14th? #ACLU has wise words for attendees, and photographers. Know Your Rights: www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...

Please take a moment to comment. 5-day public comment period? How rude! Taking points in toolkit in Allie’s thread. No polluting #lithium mining on indigenous lands in southern Oregon.

WATCH! New mini-doc from our photographer and vlogger extraordinaire friend and fellow forest advocate, Andy Zahn.

Donate to Legal Fund: Help Save 2,328 Acres of WA's Legacy Forests, organized by Joshua Wright In the fall of 2024, Washington's outgoing Commissioner of Publ… Joshua Wright needs your support for Legal Fund: Help Save 2,328 Acres of WA's Legacy Forests

The Legacy Forest Defense Coalition @legacyforestdefense is trying to stop over 2000 acres of very special WA legacy forests from being clearcut. Once they are gone they are gone forever and that would be a tragedy. Please donate to the defense fund if you have means. Read more at gofund.me/39a7ac96

New Climate North Star project calls for full global #decarbonization by 2035.

PRESS RELEASE: climatenorthstar.org/scientists-a...

FULL REPORT & EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: climatenorthstar.org

Divest Washington logo with state outline, trees, and mountains. Designed and created by Fern Keely, copyright 2022.

Attn Washingtonians: Divest WA works toward getting WA State Invest Board to stop investing state employees pension $$ in fossil fuels (including new projects/infrastructure - no excuse!) Divest WA has new 1-pager you can share with your orgs, colleagues, everyone :) cascadiacan.org/docs/DivestW...

Photo of Jay Inslee speaking at United Nations.

WA Gov #JayInslee @ UN Climate Ambition Summit on Sept 20th. He starts speaking for 4-minutes at the 29-minute mark. "Every large #FossilFuel development shackles us to 60-years [of infrastructure]." #LeaveItInTheGround

State of California sues www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/u... big oil companies for massive decades long misinformation campaign. www.theenergymix.com/2023/09/19/c...