Recommended Actions for the Week of 20180406

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Local Level Actions

Sign Up, Get Trained, and Start Volunteering to Put Climate Action on the WA State Ballot in 2018! (Finally!)

Source: Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy

Description:

No jurisdiction in the world has done what Washington will do in 2018. After four years of careful and smart planning, the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy is launching a signature-gathering effort on Saturday, April 7, to put a real, meaningful, equity-oriented climate change policy proposal (I-1631) on the 2018 Washington State ballot. This proposal would invest billions of dollars in the clean energy transition we need by pricing the carbon pollution dumped into our atmosphere by big corporations.

Background:

WHO:

The Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy is a powerful and unprecedented coalition of over 200 social justice, business, labor, and environmental groups from across the state (including Riveters Collective!) committed to making bold, necessary investments in our clean energy future by pricing carbon pollution.

WHAT:

I-1631 will create a $15/ton carbon fee, which will grow at $2/year. By itself, the fee will have limited pollution-reduction impacts. But the revenue raised will change the game. The initiative is expected to raise nearly $800 million in its first year, and a total of around $10 billion in the first 10 years, for investments in clean energy, natural carbon storage, low-income energy assistance, healthy forests, and clean water. Critically, a third of these dollars will be invested in projects benefiting disadvantaged communities.

I-1631 is only one piece of the fierce and broad effort we need to address the climate crisis—but it’s an important one, and we hope you can join us to help make sure that it gets on the ballot!

Contact Information:

We only have 12 weeks to gather 260,000 valid signatures from Washington voters. We’re going to hit the pavement starting this Saturday, April 7, 2018, across Whatcom, Skagit, and San Juan counties.

Join us.

Sign up on the Alliance’s website, and their Northwest Washington Regional Field Organizer will reach out to you asap to get you involved!
Or, sign up directly for any one of the 170+ signature-gathering shifts already listed on the YES On 1631 map.

Lastly, Riveters Collective wants to get petitions out to anyone and everyone who wants them! We will send you petitions to your home or workplace, and can even send along self-addressed, stamped envelopes for when you’ve got some signatures to submit! Click here for our I-1631 Petition Request Form.

Yes on DADUs: Sign the Petition to Stand Up for an Inclusive Bellingham and Speak Up at the City Council Meeting on 4/9/2018!

Source: Open Neighbors Bellingham

Description:

On Monday, April 9, 2018, the Bellingham City Council be holding a public hearing on the Planning Commission’s recommendations regarding Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). They recommend that these small, affordable housing forms be allowed to be built citywide; currently they’re banned from being built in 70% of our city.

This is a small but critical part of our housing solution. Please consider signing the petition below in support of affordable homes, ADUs, and inclusive neighborhoods. Details about the recommendations, rally, and hearing are in the comments below!

Contact Information:

Sign the petition here.

To attend the Rally and Public Hearing on Monday 4/9/18, check out the Facebook Event.

More Information:

Click here for information about ADUs, including the size restrictions recommended by Planning Commission.

I-1600: Read the AMA Q&A and Collect Signatures!

Source: wholewashington.org

Description: Read the AMA with Sara Erickson So of Whole Washington. Request petitions for universal healthcare I-1600 and get your friends to sign!

Background: Whole Washington needs to gather 300,000 signatures by early July in order to get I-1600 on the ballot in November. You can help by ordering a petition or two and getting everyone you know to sign. Carry it around in your bag and bring it out when you run into people you know. You only need 20 signatures to complete one petition! You can do that at one kid’s sports match.

Contact Information:

Request petitions here.

Additional Information:

For more info, contact Paula Smith or visit wholewashington.org

Ask Bellingham City Council: Commit to 100% Renewables by 2030!

Source: Fossil Free Bellingham Coalition including RE Sources and 350 Bellingham

Description:

On Monday, the Bellingham City Council adopted a detailed plan outlining steps the city can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 85% below 2000 levels by 2050.

Residents, including a number of Riveters, have also been pushing the Council to aim higher by setting a goal of 100% renewable energy. The City Council plans to vote on a resolution that could include this goal on April 23. We have until them to convince them that it’s worthwhile!

Background:

Our communities can be free from fossil fuel dependence in the 2030’s — but only if our city’s planning policies and building codes are compatible with that future. The Council is considering a resolution that creates a task force to study and report on how to accelerate goals aiming for 100% renewable energy used in:

City-owned facilities (electricity, heating and transportation) by 2030;
The Bellingham community’s electricity supply by 2030;
The Bellingham community’s heating and transportation by 2035.

After severe backlash from fossil fuel industry proponents, the Council withdrew the resolution and plan to reintroduce a new version on April 23rd. Now more than ever, they need to hear from Bellingham residents!

Contact Information:

Please send a brief message NOW to the City Council urging them to pass the resolution for 100% renewable energy to ccmail@cob.org. Share with the Council why this matters to you and what commitments you’re making to lower your carbon footprint (biking, weatherizing your home, installing solar panels, etc.)
Thank you for speaking out!

Donate! Our ASL Interpretation Fundraiser Needs $350

Source: RC

Description: Donate to fund ASL interpretation for our 2018 candidate endorsement interviews.

Background: “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu”, so we’ve done our best to recruit people for our endorsement committee who have been on the menu for too long! One of these people is deaf, and since many of us don’t sign, we need an interpreter! Interviews are scheduled for early June.

National Level Actions / Other

Tell California Regulators: Reject Phillip 66's Tanker Expansion Proposal and Avoid an Oil Tanker Disaster

Source: Stand.earth

Description:

California regulators can avoid devastating oil tanker disasters from happening along the Pacific coastline by rejecting Phillips 66’s proposal to double the amount of oil tankers coming into its San Francisco Bay refinery.

Help pile on the pressure and tell California regulators to reject Phillips 66’s proposal to double the number of tar sands oil tankers traveling up and down the Pacific coast to its San Francisco Bay refinery.

Contact Information: Sign the petition here.

From the Calendar

Link to the Riveters Collective Calendar

Every Monday: Attend a vigil hosted by Racial Justice Coalition and Keep Bellingham Families Working. A vigil will be held from 11:30a.m.-1:30p.m. in front of the Whatcom County Courthouse . Support undocumented and immigrant families to live in safety and dignity in our community. Bring your friends and co-workers!

Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 7:00-9:00p.m.: North Fork Nooksack NICE Project Public Meeting at East Whatcom Regional Resource Center, 8251 Kendall Road (SR547), Maple Falls, WA 98266. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is hosting a public meeting and invites you to share input on potential future projects along the North Fork Nooksack corridor of the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on the Mt. Baker District. For more information go to Forest Service page.

Saturday, April 14, 2018 from 8:30a.m.-3:00p.m.: Yes! In my Back Yard (YMIBY) Build Small, Live Large Community Workshop at 1720 Harris Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225. This workshop will explore how we can provide accessible, affordable housing while also building vibrant, happy neighborhoods for all. Speakers, short film screening, facilitated discussion and free lunch! Please visit SustainableConnections.org for more information.

Saturday, April 21, 2018 10:00-12:00p.m.: Join the League of Women Voters and the Bellingham Public Library, 210 Central Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225 for an educational program, Voting: The Heart of Democracy. Diana Bradrick, Whatcom County Chief Deputy Auditor, will discuss voting patterns in local, state, and federal elections; voting integrity in Whatcom County; and how to engage voters. We will also hear from Margaret Morales, Senior Research Associate at Sightline Institute, and the group FairVote Whatcom. Enter through the doors off the green at the back library. Doors open at 9:30 a.m.

Recommended Actions for the Week of 20180406

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Local Level Actions

Sign Up, Get Trained, and Start Volunteering to Put Climate Action on the WA State Ballot in 2018! (Finally!)

Yes on DADUs: Sign the Petition to Stand Up for an Inclusive Bellingham and Speak Up at the City Council Meeting on 4/9/2018!

I-1600: Read the AMA Q&A and Collect Signatures!

Ask Bellingham City Council: Commit to 100% Renewables by 2030!

Donate! Our ASL Interpretation Fundraiser Needs $350

National Level Actions / Other

Tell California Regulators: Reject Phillip 66's Tanker Expansion Proposal and Avoid an Oil Tanker Disaster

From the Calendar

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