[GPSCC-chat] Fw: [350SiliconValley] Keystone & Fracking in California & September Newsletter

[Caroline Yacoub]

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From: Lisa Altieri <laltieri at earthlink.net>
To: 350siliconvalley at googlegroups.com 
Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 9:00 AM
Subject: [350SiliconValley] Keystone & Fracking in California & September Newsletter
  


Hi all, 
  
    Join us and hear important 
updates on Keystone and Fracking in California at our quarterly meeting this 
Sunday!  Also learn about our big upcoming action on 9/21 and meet others 
concerned about climate change.  We are really making progress on Keystone, 
come hear how you can help make sure this dangerous project does not get off the 
ground!  Here’s all the info: 
  
Where: Murphy Park , 190 California Street, Sunnyvale (walking distance from 
Caltrain) 
When: 3-6pm, Sunday 
9/8/13 
What:Potluck picnic and 350 
Silicon Valley Quarterly meeting.  Bring an entree or side dish to 
share! 
RSVP:http://www.350siliconvalley.org/350sv_quarterly_potluck_picnic_sep2013   Please RSVP so we can plan ahead! 
  
September Newsletter 
  
Take Action! 
  
    We have a few big actions coming up – meetings 
with local Congressional Representatives next week and a National Day of Action 
on 9/21 called Draw the Line!  We hope you will join us on both 
efforts!   
  
Congressional Meetings:  Please help with 
this event by signing on to the letter for your Congressional Rep and make your 
voice heard on the urgent need for climate policy!  The links to the 
letters are below under the Carbon Price and Subsidies Team update. 
  
DRAW THE LINE  9/21:  This will be a 
National Day of Action on Keystone and climate change.  We are in the 
planning stages right now and are working on an event where we will show the 
water line here locally in 50-70 years.  There are many places in the south 
bay that will be significantly under water with just a few feet of sea level 
rise.  This will be a very visual event and a real chance to bring serious 
attention to Keystone and the urgent need for climate policy.  We hope you 
will join us and help make a HUGE impact!  Look for more information 
soon! 
  
Team Updates: 
  
Our 
teams have been busy!  Below are brief updates on our current projects and 
actions.  Please join us at an upcoming team meeting!  You will find 
all our team meetings on our website http://www.350siliconvalley.org/. 
  
Divestment
The divestment movement is gaining momentum!  
Locally, the Santa Clara Water Board voted unanimously to divest from fossil 
fuels.  The national body of the UCC (United Church of Christ) has passed a 
divestment resolution and other faith communities are advancing their own 
divestment resolutions.  Bay area groups are working on divestment 
campaigns for CalPERS and STRS.  350 SV is supporting Stanford and Santa 
Clara University students as they campaign for divestment of their university's 
funds.  We have also created a SignOn.org petition to Vanguard to offer a 
fossil free portfolio alternative.  This petition will soon be available on 
the 350 Silicon Valley website http://www.350siliconvalley.org/.   
  
Carbon 
Price and Subsidies 
The team 
is collaborating with the No Tar Sands group, as well as Citizen’s Climate Lobby 
(CCL) and Organizing for America (OFA) to meet with staffers of representative 
Eshoo, Honda and Lofgren representatives in September to underline the 
importance of taking action on climate change before the start of the new 
congressional session.  A concrete near-term ask is that our 
representatives join the Safe Climate Caucus, ensuring that the topic of Climate 
Change is no longer ignored in congress. My ask of all of you is to go on line, 
read the letter that we will be transmitting, sign it, and ask your family or 
friends in the district to also sign it.  Please only sign the letter for 
your own representative.  These letters can be found at: 
  
District 
17 – Representative Mike Honda  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dp9gyKyK5fspTIvEe0_fYxlsej0LLrRaVF6Y9UGF4o0/edit?usp=sharing 
District 
18 – Representative Anna Eshoo    
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13nwZa_41xWvj8z63_jjgl34m-m5rbqSlH8rxWOAn-2M/edit?usp=sharing 
District 
19 – Representative Zoe Lofgren  https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Vzjik9my2ZV4Im_Eqlr1JATKHtrHvvKcq2-716Lk38/edit?usp=sharing 
  
No Tar Sands / Keystone 
XL 
We had a huge win on Keystone XL 
with the announcement by the State Department of an internal review into an 
alleged conflict of interest by the contractor which did the draft environmental 
impact study. This could delay the final report until January 2014, although 
this is not certain, it could still come out anytime. We need to remain vigilant 
and ready... After the next big anti-KXL event on 9/21, the 350SV NTS team will 
work to support CREDO's resistance movement should the recommendation come out 
in favor of KXL. 75,000 people have pledged to resist, the resistance to KXL is 
growing around the country, we can stop it, and this will be a major milestone 
in the climate movement in the US, a turning point in the struggle of climate 
activists against Big Oil! 
  
Outreach Team 
We are launching our Outreach efforts and hosting 
local Meet Ups and tabling and farmer’s markets and other local events.  We 
are also finalizing our presentation for local groups and gearing up to raise 
awareness on climate and and the urgent need for action!  Please let us 
know if you can host a Meet Up in your area or if you can help with 
tabling!  Email Lisa laltieri at earthlink.net to join 
in.  Or, join us at our next meeting on Tuesday, 9/17 in Palo Alto for more 
information and to RSVP go to http://www.350siliconvalley.org/outreach_september_team_meeting.  
Join us and help us grow our local climate movement! 
  
Thank you for all your 
efforts making our local climate actions a success!  We hope to see you at an upcoming action or event 
soon!   
  
350 Silicon Valley 
Team
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