[GPSCC-chat] Earth Day 2011

[fred]

I say, "Amen."

How about a public Earth Day demonstration of some kind 
honoring/supporting some exemplary business or government entity that 
has, and is taking a leading role in environmental friendship.

Fred

On 12/27/10 8:41 AM, Wes Rolley wrote:
> This year will be the 40th Earth Day.  This is troubling for me given 
> that we seem to be losing the battle with those who really don't care.
>
> In the budget skirmishes that are sure to fuel most of the political 
> discussions in the first quarter... CA budget is a mess and the Tea 
> Party types new to Congress want to make waves... one prime target is 
> the "socialist" manipulation of society brought about the 
> "environmental fascists".  At the Federal level, the major target will 
> the the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA).  Efforts will 
> be made to defund the EPA and some of the Tea Party types campaigned 
> on the idea of eliminating the EPA entirely.
>
> What happens on Earth Day 2011 will be all the more telling since the 
> EPA seems to be the only hope of limiting greenhouse gas emissions.  
> With the  current Senate rules, there will never be a vote on any new 
> climate legislation.
>
> For the first Earth Day, there was broad bi-partisan support in 
> Congress.  The CoChairs of the First Earth Day were Sen. Gaylord 
> Nelson (Dem from WI) and Representative Pete McCloskey (Republican 
> from CA).  Actually Pete's district was on the Peninsula and that made 
> it very local for us.  Nelson has long since passed but McCloskey is 
> still fighting that battle where he can, now most often in court 
> rather than at the polls, though his return to electoral politics in 
> 2006 gave many Republicans permission to vote against Richard Pombo.
>
> With the increasing urgency of climate change and the need for action, 
> I am suggesting the the Green Party SCC, along with our friends in San 
> Mateo, take the lead in creating a major event for Earth Day 2011.  
> Greens need to  take the lead in creating a new ecological 
> consciousness.  We need to own the issue, not just to go along with 
> some other organization that might be less interested in political 
> results.
>
> If not us, who?  If not now, when?
>
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