[GPSCC-chat] Fw: Bay Area Climate Victory Vote - be there or watch live

[Caroline Yacoub]

If anybody wants to ride up with me, let me know. I won't go alone.
Caroline

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Sent: Monday, November 4, 2013 7:00 AM
Subject: Bay Area Climate Victory Vote - be there or watch live
 


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Dear Caroline -- 

Great news! After two years of organizing and a
summer of meetings between activists and members of the Bay Area Air
Quality Management District's (BAAQMD's) Climate Protection Committee,
culminating in negotiations with Committee Chair John Avalos and Air
District executive staff, we're on the verge of a historic vote for
Bay Area Climate Action this Wednesday, November 6.

RSVP
to attend as history is made.

A strong Climate
Action Resolution was passed unanimously by the
BAAQMD Climate Protection Committee on October 23. This will put the
Bay Area on the path to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 100
million tons per year to about 17.6 million tons. 

The
full Board
will vote on the Resolution this Wednesday, November
6. The Resolution:


Commits the Bay Area to an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas
emissions by 2050, compared to 1990 levels. This must happen worldwide
if we are to have any hope of keeping below 2°C of warming. 

Kicks off the creation of a Regional Climate Action Strategy to
achieve the needed greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2050.
Directs Air District staff to develop a
near-term work program for climate protection, to be approved in the
first quarter of 2014.
It will be a long and challenging journey to develop and implement the
right Climate Action Plan for the Bay Area, but make no mistake, the
members of the BAAQMD Climate Protection Committee intend the Bay Area
to set a national example, and so do we.

Show
your support. Let's pack the room -RSVP
HERE if you you can come.

GO
HERE for WEBCAST LINK and AGENDAto watch
from your computer or mobile device.

350 Bay
Area's Bay Climate Action Plan (BayCAP) team is leading this campaign
and will stick with it through every phase. However, we also want to
express appreciation to our community partners: 350 Marin, 350 Silicon
Valley, 350 Sonoma, the Sierra Club, Bay Localize, Communities for a
Better Environment, the Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social
Responsibility and the SunFlower Alliance.

We are of course
deeply grateful to all the members of the BAAQMD Climate Protection
Committee who attended the meeting and voted for the Resolution, Susan
Adams (Marin County), John Avalos (San Francisco), Teresa Barrett
(Petaluma), John Gioia (Contra Costa County), David Hudson (San
Ramon), Jan Pepper (Los Altos), Mark Ross (Martinez) and Shirlee Zane
(Sonoma County) as well as 2013 BAAQMD Board Chair Ash Kalra (San
Jose), who attended the meeting in support of the Resolution even
though he's not on that Committee. 

Special thanks are due
to Committee Chair Avalos for helping us from the beginning, when we
first approached him at the Forward on Climate Rally in February. 

The draft Resolution included in the Committee's Agenda packet
was missing an element the BayCAP team considered essential, a
commitment to work toward achieving the 2050 goal. In addition key
citations of health impacts due to climate change were missing.
Directors Avalos, Adams, and Zane moved deliberately and effectively
to make sure those points were included in the Resolution. 

Director Gioia added a provision highlighting the fact that reducing
GHGs would have the co-benefit of reducing toxic and PM emissions,
improving the health of disproportionately impacted communities.

Furthermore, these Directors made sure the Committee voted on
October 23, so the full Board could vote on November 6 rather than
having to wait for another cycle of meetings to get the job done. 

Thank you for your initiative and diligence, Directors Adams,
Avalos, Gioia and Zane!

DoRSVP and join us for the vote on November 6 if you can.

Wait! Lots more going on this week!

Please check out 350 Bay Area's Events
Page to see a full listing. Of special interest:

Bay
Area Big Oil Getting Bigger? November 6 @ 7 pm 
Join 350 Bay Area, the Sunflower Alliance, Idle No More, CBE, and
the Ecology Center for a panel discussion with scientists and
community activists about East Bay refineries, their impact on our
health and climate, and what we can do. Idle No More will open up the
event, followed by a panel discussion with: 
	* Diane Bailey, Senior Scientist at NRDC
	* Greg Karras, Senior Scientist at CBE
	* Marilyn Bardet, Community Organizer with Good
Neighbors of Benicia, home to the Valero Refinery
	* Lyana Monterrey, Community Organizer in Pittsburgh,
proposed site of the WesPac Energy Infrastructure Project
350
Bay Area/SF at the San Francisco Green Festival November 9,
10
Come visit our table at the San Francisco
Green Festival. Hours are Saturday 10 to 6, and Sunday 11 to 5, Booth
1020. In addition to hundreds of fabulous exhibitors, there’s an
amazing lineup of speakers who will share their passion and experience
in greening the planet and our lives.


Thank you for
being a part of 350 Bay Area!350
Bay Area.org
http://www.350bayarea.org/ 
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