Events & News May 2
- CSGA
- May 3, 2019
- 4 min read
CSGA Events
CSGA Business Meeting
Thursday, May 9, 7 PM
Annapolis Friends Meeting House
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Events of Interest to CSGA
Catharsis on the Mall 2019 / Extinction Rebellion DC
May 3, Noon - Nation Mall, Washington
Transportation and Climate Change / Maryland Department of Transportation
May 6, Noon - Webinar
Annapolis Chapter Meeting / Citizens Climate Lobby
May 11, 12:15 PM - Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis
News, Information, and Opinion of Interest to CSGA
‘I would go to prison’: the ordinary people getting arrested for Extinction Rebellion | The Guardian
More than 1,000 demonstrators have been arrested in London in the past nine days. Here, nine of the climate change protesters explain the extraordinary ends they will go to for the Earth.
Historic Tropical Cyclone Kenneth crashes ashore in northern Mozambique, where devastating flooding is feared - The Washington Post
Kenneth follows Cyclone Idai, the country’s deadliest known storm. There is no record of two storms so strong striking Mozambique in the same season.
Energy Transfer Partners wants to ensure foes don't launch websites like "energytransfer.sucks."
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Thursday announced that lawmakers in the coming weeks will consider top items on the Democratic legislative agenda ranging from climate change to LGBT rights.
Man convicted in pipeline break-in gets new trial | goskagit.com
A man convicted of burglary for breaking into the Kinder Morgan oil pipeline facility west of Burlington in 2016 has been granted a new trial.
Photos: Climate-Change Protests Around the World - The Atlantic
Since the beginning of the year, large numbers of protests against government inaction on issues of climate change have been taking place in cities worldwide.
In an NPR/Ipsos poll, 65% of teachers said they don't talk about climate change because it's not related to the subjects they teach. Here are some tips that you can use in any classroom.
Environmental activism is frequently associated with the white middle class, but it's an issue that disproportionately affects working class people and people of colour. Without addressing that dissonance, the movement can't move forward.
Iowa pork producers stall utility efforts to upend solar net metering | Energy News Network
Hog farmers’ voices are “making a huge difference” in opposing the bill, which has been awaiting a House vote since March.
A decade after ‘Food, Inc.,’ Maryland lawmakers still answer to the poultry industry - The Washington Post
Eastern Shore families want to know what’s wrong with the air they breathe.
A state regulation delayed a key part of work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline — the crossings of more than 1,000 streams and wetlands in the two Virginias.
This document, published in 2019, is designed for local communities (including cities, counties, tribes, etc.) who are encouraged to create disaster debris management plans.
Warming waters and rising sea levels are affecting Indian Ocean cyclones such as those that have wrought havoc in Mozambique in recent weeks.
A growing climate movement and community alliances allowed the city to push back against the interests of the real estate industry.
As someone who loves traveling and going outdoors, I struggle with balancing my hopefulness and my despair — and my culpability — regarding an imperiled earth.
Man-made crisis: toxic masculinity drives climate change, say UK artists | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Women and girls account for 80 percent of those displaced and their vulnerabilities are exposed during climate disasters, UN says.
Climate Mission | Inslee for America
Governor Jay Inslee knows that climate change is the defining challenge of our time and that it must be the foremost priority for the next president. Learn more about why he's running and how he plans to defeat climate change.
Climate Change - Beto For America
Beto's four-part framework to mobilize a historic $5 trillion over ten years, require net-zero emissions by 2050, and address the greatest threat we face.
Combat Climate Change and Pass a Green New Deal - Bernie Sanders
Climate change is the single greatest threat facing our planet. Yet the giant, multi-national fossil fuel corporations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars furthering their greed and protecting their profits at the expense of our climate and our future.
John Delaney's Plan for Climate Change | John Delaney for President
The effects of climate change do not stop at borders and we can no longer avoid the realities of the situation that we find ourselves in.
Combat Climate Change - Andrew Yang for President
Andrew Yang's Policy on Climate Change: It should be a top priority of the federal government to implement policies to control anthropogenic climate change while working with other governments to implement these policies throughout the world.
In a Switch, Some Republicans Start Citing Climate Change as Driving Their Policies - The New York Times
Driven partly by polls showing voters in both parties — particularly younger ones — are worried about a warming planet, some lawmakers are changing how they talk about climate change.
Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday he wants to take a serious look at Pennsylvania joining a consortium of states that sets caps on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
Washington is announcing a goal of retrofitting or removing all of its flood-prone buildings by 2050, the first major U.S. city to set such a policy.
Verso announces closing of Luke mill, loss of 675 jobs | times-news.com
The Luke paper mill will be closed by June 30, resulting in a loss of 675 jobs, according to the Verso Corp. that announced the closing Tuesday.
Your Gas Stove Is Bad for You and the Planet - The New York Times
To help solve the climate crisis, we need to electrify everything.
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