[GPSCC-chat] [350 SV Chat] Top 10 enviro groups (incl 350) have 15M members, $525M budget

[Caroline Yacoub]

Aren't we clever? We're already doing this.


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 From: David Kerrigon <dkerrigon at gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 2:57 PM
Subject: [350 SV Chat] Top 10 enviro groups (incl 350) have 15M members, $525M budget
 


My comments: There may be enough enviro membership to pass strong federal climate legislation which would cause other nations to follow suit. To do this:
A) Need 11M of those members actively involved in direct action (or need to join with other groups like unions to attain numbers). http://kerrigon.blogspot.com/. 11M represents the equivalent of the power of the fossil fuel industry, which is currently able to dictate federal climate/energy policy. The fossil fuel industry currently has the power and effective propaganda machine to prevent a filibuster-proof pro-climate congress (unlike CA, where strong climate laws have passed.)  
B) engage enviro-group members to gradually increase the number of direct actions they undertake. The goal is 1 or more hours of activism per month (with some folks contributing many more hours) 



From: http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140407/infographic-field-guide-us-environmental-movement 

Infographic: A Field Guide to the U.S. Environmental Movement
The 10 organizations leading the environmental movement collectively have 15 million members and and an annual budget of more than $525 million.
By Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News 
Apr 7, 2014 
Credit: Paul Horn/InsideClimate News
The 120-year-old U.S. environmental movement has undergone a tectonic shift and resurgence over the last several years, spearheaded by the failed legislative effort to cap carbon emissions in 2010. In the aftermath of that debacle, some the biggest environmental groups reshaped their missions—supplementing inside-the-Beltway campaigning with grassroots organizing and civil disobedience action not seen in this country since the 1970s. New groups from the hyperlocal to the national and global were born.
Today the 10 organizations driving the modern green wave—profiled in the infographic below—collectively have 15 million members, 2,000-plus staffers and annual budgets of more than $525 million to advance environmental agendas at the local, national and international levels.
Although often characterized as a monolithic entity, each group has its own priorities and tactics, and each represents diverse interests and constituents—from youth climate activists to hunters and anglers. In recent years these organizations and others have found common cause over stopping the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, wielding their collective power to help turn the project into the red line on climate change for President Obama.
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