From carolineyacoub at att.net Mon Feb 2 14:31:57 2015 From: carolineyacoub at att.net (Caroline Yacoub) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 14:31:57 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Saturday March in Oakland Message-ID: <1422916317.66256.YahooMailNeo@web185304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Anyone interested in joining the Climate March in Oakland on Saturday, please respond and I will send you details. If I just forward the posting, I'll get bounced off the list---AGAIN. Caroline -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Feb 2 23:19:27 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:19:27 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Saturday March in Oakland In-Reply-To: <1422916317.66256.YahooMailNeo@web185304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1422916317.66256.YahooMailNeo@web185304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <54D0767F.5030602@earthlink.net> Caroline Yacoub wrote: > Anyone interested in joining the Climate March in Oakland on Saturday, > please respond and I will send you details. If I just forward the > posting, I'll get bounced off the list---AGAIN. > Caroline > http://marchforclimateleadership.org/ http://www.350bayarea.org/real_climate Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Feb 2 23:48:28 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 23:48:28 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Saturday March in Oakland In-Reply-To: <54D0767F.5030602@earthlink.net> References: <1422916317.66256.YahooMailNeo@web185304.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <54D0767F.5030602@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <54D07D4C.1010609@earthlink.net> Oops, missed one: http://www.350siliconvalley.org/march_for_real_climate_leadership_2_7 Gerry Gerry Gras wrote: > > > Caroline Yacoub wrote: >> Anyone interested in joining the Climate March in Oakland on Saturday, >> please respond and I will send you details. If I just forward the >> posting, I'll get bounced off the list---AGAIN. >> Caroline >> > > http://marchforclimateleadership.org/ > > http://www.350bayarea.org/real_climate > > Gerry > From wrolley at charter.net Tue Feb 3 09:26:40 2015 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 09:26:40 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Keep our water safe! March with us. In-Reply-To: <2402509859.1140685432@org2.org2DB.reply.salsalabs.com> References: <2402509859.1140685432@org2.org2DB.reply.salsalabs.com> Message-ID: <54D104D0.5020409@charter.net> After reading SF Chron's story today. action on this is essential now. Gov. Brown is NOT green. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Keep our water safe! March with us. Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 19:05:19 -0500 (EST) From: Julian Mocine-McQueen Reply-To: team at greenforall.org To: wrolley at charter.net Join us! Historic march to end fracking and protect California's water. Dear Wesley, This Saturday, February 7th, thousands of Californians will stand up for clean water and for our future. Join us as we tell Governor Brown to end dangerous fracking in our state. *Sign up HERE to join the march.* *What:*The March for Real Climate Leadership: Our Water, Our Health, Our California *When:*11:30 am, February 7, 2015 *Where: *Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway, Oakland, California California is leading the country in climate solutions. We're making polluters pay for their carbon, which has already generated millions of dollars for hard-hit communities. And this January, Governor Brown called for stronger targets for clean energy and tougher regulations on emissions. He's shown he?s serious about tackling climate change. But his legacy is under threat if he fails to take action to stop fracking. Fracking for natural gas and oil spells disaster for our health and our environment. *In the face of a historic drought, California cannot afford to waste and contaminate our water through fracking.* Please join Green For All, 350.org, and dozens of other groups and concerned citizens as we converge in Oakland (Gov. Brown's home town) to demand that he show true leadership and put and end to fracking once and for all. *This is a critical fight, and we need your help.* *Please SIGN UP HERE to join the march.* We can and will protect California's water and put an end to fracking. Join us! Yours, Julian Mocine-McQueen Director of Education and Outreach Green For All Green For All can't survive without the support of people like you. 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URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Tue Feb 3 10:35:57 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:35:57 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Austerity Fails In-Reply-To: <54D114CF.4000100@earthlink.net> References: <54D114CF.4000100@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <54D1150D.1030604@earthlink.net> "A Greek Morality Tale" by Joseph Stiglitz http://commondreams.org/views/2015/02/03/greek-morality-tale or http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/greece-eurozone-austerity-reform-by-joseph-e--stiglitz-2015-02 (basically austerity does not work) Gerry From snug.bug at hotmail.com Tue Feb 3 10:47:18 2015 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian) Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 10:47:18 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Keep our water safe! March with us. In-Reply-To: <54D104D0.5020409@charter.net> References: <2402509859.1140685432@org2.org2DB.reply.salsalabs.com>, <54D104D0.5020409@charter.net> Message-ID: State Senator Jerry Hill (San Mateo) recently wrote to Gov. Brown calling for a ban on the crude oil trains. The Feather River Canyon rail route is vulnerable to derailments caused by rock slides, and the river flows into the second largest reservoir in the state, Lake Oroville. http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2014/12/02/call-for-suspension-of-crude-by-rail-shipments-feather-river-derailment Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 09:26:40 -0800 From: wrolley at charter.net To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Keep our water safe! March with us. After reading SF Chron's story today. action on this is essential now. Gov. Brown is NOT green. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Keep our water safe! March with us. Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 19:05:19 -0500 (EST) From: Julian Mocine-McQueen Reply-To: team at greenforall.org To: wrolley at charter.net Join us! Historic march to end fracking and protect California's water. Dear Wesley, This Saturday, February 7th, thousands of Californians will stand up for clean water and for our future. Join us as we tell Governor Brown to end dangerous fracking in our state. Sign up HERE to join the march. What: The March for Real Climate Leadership: Our Water, Our Health, Our California When: 11:30 am, February 7, 2015 Where: Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway, Oakland, California California is leading the country in climate solutions. We're making polluters pay for their carbon, which has already generated millions of dollars for hard-hit communities. And this January, Governor Brown called for stronger targets for clean energy and tougher regulations on emissions. He's shown he?s serious about tackling climate change. But his legacy is under threat if he fails to take action to stop fracking. Fracking for natural gas and oil spells disaster for our health and our environment. In the face of a historic drought, California cannot afford to waste and contaminate our water through fracking. Please join Green For All, 350.org, and dozens of other groups and concerned citizens as we converge in Oakland (Gov. Brown's home town) to demand that he show true leadership and put and end to fracking once and for all. This is a critical fight, and we need your help. Please SIGN UP HERE to join the march. We can and will protect California's water and put an end to fracking. Join us! Yours, Julian Mocine-McQueen Director of Education and Outreach Green For All Green For All can't survive without the support of people like you. Please take a moment to support us today: Oakland Office 1611 Telegraph Avenue Suite 600 Oakland, California 94612 (510) 663-6500 E-mail us: team at greenforall.org Connect with us: Click here to unsubscribe _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Feb 4 17:22:49 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:22:49 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [350SiliconValley] Help Needed in Palo Alto In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <54D2C5E9.4030807@earthlink.net> FYI, Gerry -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [350SiliconValley] Help Needed in Palo Alto Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:46:45 -0800 From: Shirley To: 350 SV google group <350siliconvalley at googlegroups.com>, mid-pen global google group Hello Climate Activists, *Good News: Palo Alto City Council will consider a fossil fuel divestment resolution next Mon. night. You can help in 2 ways: 1. Attend the City Council meeting when: Mon. Feb. 9 (arrive about 9:30 p.m.) where: Council Chambers in City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto (parking in basement with access from Ramona or Bryant) * PA Councilmembers Berman, Burt, Holman, and Kniss have introduced their Colleagues Memo Recommending Adoption of a Resolution Urging CalPERS Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies for Feb 9, item #11 (scheduled for 10PM, but that is only a guesstimate). https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/45735 . Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action (PICA), which has significant overlap with 350 SV membership, has advocated for fossil fuel divestment in Palo Alto. At the Feb 9 Council Meeting, we will set the record for ?most letters with wet signatures? on a single topic at a single council meeting: 153 letters. Council has begged us to keep TOTAL public comment to FOUR MINUTES, given the 10PM agenda time when Council is tired and wants to go home. So, planned comments will be brief, followed by presentation of the letters and *a request that all those present favoring the divestment resolution stand. 350 members are encouraged to attend and be ready to stand in favor of divestment*. You might want to arrive at 9:30PM, bring some reading material, and resign yourself to the small possibility of having to stay until 11:30PM. There are time-consuming/controversial topics on the agenda ahead of our item #11. *2. Comment on Palo Alto Weekly OpEd* Please attempt to ensure that a comment is made on PICA?s Palo Alto Weekly OpEd (http://paloaltoonline.com/square/2015/02/02/interfaith-coalition-urges-city-to-push-for-fossil-fuel-divestment) once every 4 hours from now until Feb 9. This sounds really silly, but that is how the ?Town Square Forums? work. Please: a) avoid directly engaging with deniers, b) be super nice/polite, c) use your real name and extra credit if you can check that you are a Palo Alto resident. Note: The Feb 6 print edition of the Weekly will carry our OpEd. Thanks for considering these actions, Shirley From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Sun Feb 8 15:48:10 2015 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 15:48:10 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] =?utf-8?q?Green_report_for_San_Jos=C3=A9_Peace_=26_J?= =?utf-8?q?ustice_Center_Board?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4840DBEB-5C9E-43A8-AE02-393263CDC7FF@prodsyse.com> Please see revised comments; I missed a few things noted in the minutes from our Jan. 22 meeting. oops. Spencer > On Feb 8, 2015, at 3:35 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: > > The San Jos? Peace & Justice Center now asks it Board members to submit written reports of activities 2 days before its monthly Board meetings. Previously, these reports were given orally during the meeting. The change allows more time for discussing issues of concern to more than one Board member. > > > Below please find a draft of the report I plan to file later today on the recent activities of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. Please let me know of any changes you?d like to see. (Comments I receive Tuesday may be too late for this report.) > > > * The Green party of Santa Clara County is helping organize the US Social Forum that is coming to San Jos? June 24-27 as well as the statewide Green Party Plenary, scheduled for June 27-28 so California Greens can attend both events; Sandy Perry is the member of the Santa Clara Greens most involved in this. Last Saturday, Feb. 7, the "Biggest anti-fracking rally in US history? in Oakland attracted over 8,000 people according to one report, including over 30 members of the Green party of California including 3 Greens from Santa Clara County. Sandy attended the Jan. 31 People?s Movement Assembly on ?Whose Constitution Is It??. Caroline and Sandy noted that there will be a ?Health Fair?, as there was last year. Jim Doyle reported on the sale of O?Conner Hospital, noting that the space provided for public hearings on the sale was too small; the crowd exceeded the capacity of even the overflow space, and public comments ran until late in the evening. > > > Best Wishes, > Spencer > From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com Sun Feb 8 15:35:05 2015 From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 15:35:05 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] =?utf-8?q?Green_report_for_San_Jos=C3=A9_Peace_=26_J?= =?utf-8?q?ustice_Center_Board?= Message-ID: The San Jos? Peace & Justice Center now asks it Board members to submit written reports of activities 2 days before its monthly Board meetings. Previously, these reports were given orally during the meeting. The change allows more time for discussing issues of concern to more than one Board member. Below please find a draft of the report I plan to file later today on the recent activities of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. Please let me know of any changes you?d like to see. (Comments I receive Tuesday may be too late for this report.) * The Green party of Santa Clara County is helping organize the US Social Forum that is coming to San Jos? June 24-27 as well as the statewide Green Party Plenary, scheduled for June 27-28 so California Greens can attend both events; Sandy Perry is the member of the Santa Clara Greens most involved in this. Last Saturday, Feb. 7, the "Biggest anti-fracking rally in US history? in Oakland attracted over 8,000 people according to one report, including over 30 members of the Green party of California including 3 Greens from Santa Clara County. Best Wishes, Spencer From snug.bug at hotmail.com Sun Feb 8 22:21:34 2015 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian) Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 22:21:34 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] =?windows-1252?q?Green_report_for_San_Jos=E9_Peace_?= =?windows-1252?q?=26_Justice_Center_Board?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Gerry can tell you I was there. He even let me wave his corporate flag for a while. I was told by a source I consider reliable that only 28 people attended the Monterey plenary. I'd intended to go, but I decided to stay in county and video the oil trains Town Hall at San Jose City Hall instead. Brian > From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com > Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 15:35:05 -0800 > To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Green report for San Jos? Peace & Justice Center Board > > The San Jos? Peace & Justice Center now asks it Board members to submit written reports of activities 2 days before its monthly Board meetings. Previously, these reports were given orally during the meeting. The change allows more time for discussing issues of concern to more than one Board member. > > > Below please find a draft of the report I plan to file later today on the recent activities of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. Please let me know of any changes you?d like to see. (Comments I receive Tuesday may be too late for this report.) > > > * The Green party of Santa Clara County is helping organize the US Social Forum that is coming to San Jos? June 24-27 as well as the statewide Green Party Plenary, scheduled for June 27-28 so California Greens can attend both events; Sandy Perry is the member of the Santa Clara Greens most involved in this. Last Saturday, Feb. 7, the "Biggest anti-fracking rally in US history? in Oakland attracted over 8,000 people according to one report, including over 30 members of the Green party of California including 3 Greens from Santa Clara County. > > > Best Wishes, > Spencer > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Sun Feb 8 22:38:13 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2015 22:38:13 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] =?windows-1252?q?Green_report_for_San_Jos=E9_Peace_?= =?windows-1252?q?=26_Justice_Center_Board?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <54D855D5.9060104@earthlink.net> That's right. Gerry Brian wrote: > Gerry can tell you I was there. He even let me wave his corporate flag > for a while. > > I was told by a source I consider reliable that only 28 people attended > the Monterey plenary. > I'd intended to go, but I decided to stay in county and video the oil > trains Town Hall at San > Jose City Hall instead. > > Brian > > > > > > > > > From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com > > Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2015 15:35:05 -0800 > > To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Green report for San Jos? Peace & Justice > Center Board > > > > The San Jos? Peace & Justice Center now asks it Board members to > submit written reports of activities 2 days before its monthly Board > meetings. Previously, these reports were given orally during the > meeting. The change allows more time for discussing issues of concern to > more than one Board member. > > > > > > Below please find a draft of the report I plan to file later today on > the recent activities of the Green Party of Santa Clara County. Please > let me know of any changes you?d like to see. (Comments I receive > Tuesday may be too late for this report.) > > > > > > * The Green party of Santa Clara County is helping organize the US > Social Forum that is coming to San Jos? June 24-27 as well as the > statewide Green Party Plenary, scheduled for June 27-28 so California > Greens can attend both events; Sandy Perry is the member of the Santa > Clara Greens most involved in this. Last Saturday, Feb. 7, the "Biggest > anti-fracking rally in US history? in Oakland attracted over 8,000 > people according to one report, including over 30 members of the Green > party of California including 3 Greens from Santa Clara County. > > > > > > Best Wishes, > > Spencer > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss > From gerrygras at earthlink.net Mon Feb 9 16:16:38 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:16:38 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Bankers shenanigans Message-ID: <54D94DE6.8040901@earthlink.net> "'Rotton Core of Banking' Exposed: Global Outrage Follows HSBC Revelations" "'These bankers are too big to fail and too big to jail, so they just keep engaging in illegal activity.'" http://commondreams.org/news/2015/02/09/rotton-core-banking-exposed-global-outrage-follows-hsbc-revelations Gerry From tnharter at aceweb.com Wed Feb 11 12:19:51 2015 From: tnharter at aceweb.com (Tian Harter) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:19:51 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Climate March in Oakland last Saturday Message-ID: <54DBB967.60908@aceweb.com> http://tian.greens.org/EastBay/ClimateMarch/Feb2015.html -- Tian http://tian.greens.org Latest change: Added an update on the state of my garden right now. There's a GPCA leafy g pin on a New Hampshire quarter in my home. From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Feb 11 12:33:10 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 12:33:10 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Climate March in Oakland last Saturday In-Reply-To: <54DBB967.60908@aceweb.com> References: <54DBB967.60908@aceweb.com> Message-ID: <54DBBC86.6040208@earthlink.net> The "corrupt politician" under the toilet was someone saying he was Jerry Brown. And he was joined briefly by someone saying he was Obama. Gerry Tian Harter wrote: > http://tian.greens.org/EastBay/ClimateMarch/Feb2015.html > From gerrygras at earthlink.net Wed Feb 11 23:24:28 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:24:28 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Geoengineering articles In-Reply-To: <54DC519B.7070902@earthlink.net> References: <54DC519B.7070902@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <54DC552C.3070805@earthlink.net> FYI, The National Academy of Sciences has come out with two reports on geoengineering: http://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/public-release-event-climate-intervention-reports/ "Climate Intervention Is Not a Replacement for Reducing Carbon Emissions; Proposed Intervention Techniques Not Ready for Wide-Scale Deployment" http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=02102015 "Climate Intervention: Carbon Dioxide Removal and Reliable Sequestration" http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18805/climate-intervention-carbon-dioxide-removal-and-reliable-sequestration "Climate Intervention: Reflecting Sunlight to Cool the Earth" http://www.nap.edu/catalog/18988/climate-intervention-reflecting-sunlight-to-cool-earth After a quick look a those two reports and some analyses of the reports, it appears they are mixed about CCS (carbon capture and sequestration) and generally negative about SRM (solar radiation management). "In Geoengineering Study, Science Academy Sees Merit in CO2 Removal, Risk in Reflecting Sunlight" http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/in-geoengineering-study-science-academy-sees-merit-in-co2-removal-risk-in-reflecting-sunlight/ "Panel Urges Research on Geoengineering as a Tool Against Climate Change" http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/science/panel-urges-more-research-on-geoengineering-as-a-tool-against-climate-change.html "Geoengineering and the folly of playing God with the planet" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2015/02/10/geoengineering-and-the-folly-of-playing-god-with-the-planet/ "Geoengineering: The Bad Idea We Need to Stop Climate Change" http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-10/geoengineering-the-bad-idea-we-need-to-stop-climate-change "Climate geoengineering schemes come under fire" http://www.nature.com/news/climate-geoengineering-schemes-come-under-fire-1.16887 "Is geoengineering a bad idea?" http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/11/is-geoengineering-a-bad-idea-climate-change "Anti-?Geoengineering? National Academy Report Opposes ?Climate-Altering Deployment?" http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/02/10/3621142/national-academy-rejects-geoengineering/ "Geoengineering Could Worsen Climate Change" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/geoengineering_could_worsen_climate_change_20141129 [and many more by searching for news items about geoengineering] ... This article is dated a few days ago (2/6) and does not refer to the NAS reports: "Why Geoengineering Is ?Untested and Untestable?" by Naomi Klein http://www.thenation.com/article/197353/why-geoengineering-untested-and-untestable ... This report coincidentally came out today, but apparently is unrelated to the NAS reports: "Learning About Geoengineering Spurs More Agreement on Climate, Study Says" (Apparently some people are more open minded about climate change after hearing about some geoengineering possibilities.) Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Feb 12 08:22:50 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:22:50 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fossil Fuel Orgs attacking Divestment In-Reply-To: <54DCD2F5.9080403@earthlink.net> References: <54DCD2F5.9080403@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <54DCD35A.1060705@earthlink.net> "Fossil fuel lobby goes on the attack against divestment movement" http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2015/feb/11/fossil-fuel-lobby-goes-on-the-attack-against-divestment-movement Gerry From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Feb 12 08:30:20 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 08:30:20 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Caller want literature about GP Message-ID: <54DCD51C.2070305@earthlink.net> I got a caller a few minutes ago who would like to get some literature about the Green Party. Who can handle this request? Gerry From perrysandy at aol.com Thu Feb 12 09:40:29 2015 From: perrysandy at aol.com (perrysandy at aol.com) Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:40:29 -0500 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Caller want literature about GP In-Reply-To: <54DCD51C.2070305@earthlink.net> References: <54DCD51C.2070305@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <8D2150220C8A0E5-23A4-5F60A@webmailstg-vd07.sysops.aol.com> Hi Gerry, I can handle it if you give me his/her name, number & email or address. Thanks. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Gerry Gras To: GPSCC Sent: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 8:30 am Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Caller want literature about GP I got a caller a few minutes ago who would like to get some literature about the Green Party. Who can handle this request? Gerry _______________________________________________ sosfbay-discuss mailing list sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gerrygras at earthlink.net Thu Feb 19 08:25:37 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:25:37 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Walmart Raises In-Reply-To: <54E60E31.8070705@earthlink.net> References: <54E60E31.8070705@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <54E60E81.6040802@earthlink.net> On KQED this morning there was a piece about Walmart raising its minimum wage. So I searched for items about it: "As Walmart Gives Raises, Other Employers May Have to Go Above Minimum Wage" http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/20/upshot/as-walmart-gives-raises-other-employers-may-have-to-go-above-minimum-wage.html "Walmart Will Raise Its Minimum Wage To $10 An Hour" http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/02/19/3624666/walmart-minimum-wage-increase/ ... The KQED piece also said something about IKEA and another company. So I searched for news about IKEA, and found nothing new. There are pieces from about 7 months ago, for example, this item says IKEA will have an AVERAGE minimum wage of $10.76 an hour: "Ikea to Increase Minimum Hourly Pay" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/business/ikea-plans-to-increase-minimum-hourly-pay.html Gerry From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Feb 19 14:46:10 2015 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 14:46:10 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] agenda items Message-ID: <54E667B2.3010607@sbcglobal.net> First call for agenda items for next Thursday. Please submit your suggestions to the discuss list. Jim Doyle From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Feb 20 18:39:05 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 18:39:05 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Christian Coalition likes solar energy In-Reply-To: <54E7EE9A.9090906@earthlink.net> References: <54E7EE9A.9090906@earthlink.net> Message-ID: <54E7EFC9.6040304@earthlink.net> FYI, "Solar energy?s new best friend is ? the Christian Coalition" http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/02/20/solar-energys-new-best-friend-is-the-christian-coalition/ Gerry From wrolley at charter.net Sat Feb 21 10:05:22 2015 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 10:05:22 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Santa Clara County Water Message-ID: <54E8C8E2.3020707@charter.net> I hope that all of you can take the time to read this commentary in the Mercury News. It comes from Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Ex. Director for Restore the Delta. > > Californians for Water Security, despite talking a good game on social > media about fixing California's aging water infrastructure, is > actually supporting Gov. Jerry Brown's $60-plus billion Delta tunnels > project. > > The coalition consists of the same special interests seeking to > benefit from construction and operation of the Delta tunnels: big > agribusiness in the San Joaquin Valley; big construction unions; big > water district officials who want to become water brokers; and various > chambers of commerce that want Delta water to support unrestricted > growth. Some want to gain support from the governor for other projects > within their region. We need to follow this with some special efforts: Letters is support going to the Mercury News with copies being sent to your Water District Director. I will do one later today and forward to this list. -- "Anytime you have an opportunity to make things better and you don't, then you are wasting your time on this Earth" - /Roberto Clemente/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Feb 24 11:24:20 2015 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:24:20 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] wiind power report Message-ID: <54ECCFE4.2080806@sbcglobal.net> bdfgdg 1. China put in a massive 21 gigawatts of new wind power in 2014, half of all the wind power installed in the entire world that year and four times as much as the US. China?s wind installations increased 40% over 2013. Lower oil prices are not expected to affect the continued rapid growth of renewables, since petroleum is mainly used in transport, not electricity production. 2. Turkey has announced that it will try to add 20 gigawatts of wind energy to its electricity production capacity in only 8 years. Turkey is taking this step in part because it has few hydrocarbons of its own, such that free fuel like wind is very attractive to investors there. In part, it is attempting to remain in line with European targets for green energy, since it is in the queue for European Union membership. (Although it is unlikely that Turkey will be admitted to the EU, it is good for Turkey to keep aiming at European standards.) 3. Australia has just opened the world?s first large-scale wave power facility. It will power a naval base. 4. The Jordanian government has announced its determination to install solar panels on the roofs of all 6,000 of the country?s mosques. 5. Germany cut its carbon dioxide emissions by 5 percent in 2014 . The country increased energy efficiency, grew its economy, and increased the percentage of electricity generated by renewables from 25% to 28% year over year. One German state, Schleswig-Holstein,now gets 50% of its electricity from wind power. Germany also lucked out with the weather? 2014 was unusually mild. Still, the CO2 output would have declined even without this latter factor. In contrast, in 2014 the US increased its CO2 output over the previous year. 6. In the UK in January, wind turbines generated an impressive 14% of all the electricity used in the isles. Wind powered the equivalent of 8.7 million UK homes. On January 2, for a single day, wind provided almost one third of all the electricity generated in Britain. The UK has 12 gigawatts of installed wind capacity. 7. Denmark produced almost 40% of its electricity from wind in 2014, having doubled that figure in a decade. From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Tue Feb 24 12:05:50 2015 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:05:50 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Thursday's agenda Message-ID: <54ECD99E.7070302@sbcglobal.net> Thus far the only item I have for the agenda other than boiler plate is the planning for the social forum and the plenary, both in June. Any other suggestions are welcome. Jim Doyle From snug.bug at hotmail.com Tue Feb 24 13:03:53 2015 From: snug.bug at hotmail.com (Brian) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:03:53 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Thursday's agenda In-Reply-To: <54ECD99E.7070302@sbcglobal.net> References: <54ECD99E.7070302@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: The oil trains issue is well worth discussing. A couple of weeks ago I saw a standing-room only crowd listen to a panel discussion at City Hall in San Jose. Perhaps 10% of the crowd was young people. We had 8,000 people at the anti-fracking rally in Oakland more recently. I'd hope that Mr. Water, Wes Rolley, might want to participate in this effort. As it stands we have 100-car (300,000 gallons) trains coming down the Feather River canyon, endangering the watershed for the second-largest reservoir in the CA water system, Lake Oroville. Brian > Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:05:50 -0800 > From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net > To: sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Thursday's agenda > > Thus far the only item I have for the agenda > other than boiler plate is the planning for > the social forum and the plenary, both in June. > > Any other suggestions are welcome. > > Jim Doyle > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From wrolley at charter.net Wed Feb 25 18:44:54 2015 From: wrolley at charter.net (Wes Rolley) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:44:54 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Mercury News editorial, "Delta's health should take priority over pumping" In-Reply-To: <06887fa70084fef8e939fef633dcf0a5069.20150225190916@mail39.wdc01.mcdlv.net> References: <06887fa70084fef8e939fef633dcf0a5069.20150225190916@mail39.wdc01.mcdlv.net> Message-ID: <54EE88A6.2000805@charter.net> I think that we need to send multiple letters to the Mercury News thanking them for taking this strong position to save CA Water supplies. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Mercury News editorial, "Delta's health should take priority over pumping" Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:09:35 +0000 From: Restore the Delta, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla Reply-To: Restore the Delta, Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla To: wrolley at charter.net Mercury News editorial, "Delta's health should take priority over pumping" Great editorial by San Jose Mercury News! /Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser ./ Media alert: Mercury News editorial: Delta's health should take priority over pumping /Mercury News Editorial POSTED: 02/24/15, 2:47 PM PST / California needs to get serious about protecting the health of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, one of Silicon Valley's most valuable water sources. The short-term needs of Central Valley farmers are significant. But they pale in comparison with preserving the long-term water quality of the estuary that provides water for two-thirds of the state's residents. California took a significant risk when it waived some environmental protections last year for the Delta in order to pump additional water south to save acres of almond orchards. The results were not pretty. Tom Howard, the executive director of the State Water Resources Control Board, admitted last week that he had erred in calculating how damaging the impact would be. The Delta smelt count dropped to the lowest level in recorded history. The impact on salmon was equally horrendous. The state reported that 95 percent of the juvenile Chinook salmon that spawned in the upper Sacramento River died because of the poor water conditions. Rising water temperatures and lower river levels also resulted in the growth of invasive plants that damage water quality. California can't let this degradation of the largest estuary west of the Mississippi continue. The state will determine in March how much water can be pumped from the Delta in the months ahead. Gov. Jerry Brown needs to demonstrate that he has his priorities straight when it comes to the Delta's delicate ecosystem. Big Ag critics contend that limiting pumping of additional water from the Delta constitutes putting fish before people. It's a misleading argument. The Delta smelt is merely the canary in the coal mine when it comes to preserving the estuary's health. Further degradation to the Delta will ultimately threaten the quality of the drinking water for Northern California residents. Central Valley farmers, who suck up 80 percent of the water used in California, have proved that they have an unquenchable thirst for additional water to irrigate their crops. They've already sucked dry their own aquifers and irresponsibly planted thousands of acres of almond orchards without sufficient guarantees that water would be available during California's inevitable drought years. The public policy makers who will make the crucial decision on Delta pumping in March are the same ones who are also asking state residents to trust them to the care of the Delta with their plan to build two massive $25 billion tunnels to pump even more water south from the Delta. California's drought shows no signs of abating as the final weeks of the rainy season approaches. Central Valley farmers need to come up with an alternate plan that does not do further damage to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. *Original article from San Jose Mercury News website here. * follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend | donate to Restore the Delta /Copyright ? 2015 Restore the Delta, All rights reserved./ You are receiving this e-mail because you signed up for our mailing list to receive updates and news about Restore the Delta. *Our mailing address is:* Restore the Delta 10100 Trinity Parkway, Suite 120 Stockton, CA 95219 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WB4D23 at aol.com Thu Feb 26 16:23:52 2015 From: WB4D23 at aol.com (WB4D23 at aol.com) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:23:52 -0500 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] I See No Agenda; Why Should I Attend A Meeting? Message-ID: <20a8a.3c1868aa.42211318@aol.com> February 26, 2015 It is a bit past 4:15 pm on Thursday February 26th. I do not see any proposed agenda posted for tonight's scheduled GPSCC meeting. I have tried to make it clear,previously, that an agenda needs to be posted to encourage attendance, including mine, at meetings. Warner -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net Thu Feb 26 18:32:28 2015 From: j.m.doyle at sbcglobal.net (Jim Doyle) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:32:28 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] belated agenda Message-ID: <54EFD73C.2000408@sbcglobal.net> Attached is the proposed agenda in msword format. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Feb 26 2015 gpscc.agenda.doc Type: application/msword Size: 28160 bytes Desc: not available URL: From jamboi at riseup.net Thu Feb 26 18:40:29 2015 From: jamboi at riseup.net (Drew) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:40:29 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] belated agenda In-Reply-To: <54EFD73C.2000408@sbcglobal.net> References: <54EFD73C.2000408@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: Boo to MS Word! Greens don't let Greens use slaveware. LibreOffice or OpenOffice promote social justice, not corporate rule. I apologize ahead of time for not bong able to attend this evening, being under the weather and preparing for a lobbying trip to Sacramento for funding public higher education. With you in struggle. Greenvolution is NOW! Drew On February 26, 2015 6:32:28 PM PST, Jim Doyle wrote: >Attached is the proposed agenda in msword format. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >sosfbay-discuss mailing list >sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org >http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org Thu Feb 26 18:47:05 2015 From: spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org (Spencer B Graves) Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:47:05 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] belated agenda In-Reply-To: <54EFD73C.2000408@sbcglobal.net> References: <54EFD73C.2000408@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <07C62F7A-BE45-4D7C-B98E-61D54F5534C3@effectivedefense.org> and here it is in plain text October 2014 GPSCC AGENDA GREEN PARTY OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY Meeting agenda for Thursday February 26, 2015 7:30Select Facilitator, Notetaker, Timekeeper, Vibes Watcher, and Agenda Preparer for next meeting 2 min Introductions(10 min if guests are present) Agenda5 ? 10 min Treasurer?smin Health10 min Climate10 min Plenary30 min Move5 min Oil10 min Tabling 10 min total Literature supply Literature updating junior state Sat Apr 15 (button making supplies and machine) Web5 min total Paypal make donation button visible Blog start one Volunteer Coordinators to receive email notices Items to be put on our website and facebook page. (Caroline) We also need to spend some time on the statewide computer program (the name of which I cannot recall right now). (Caroline) NextMarch 26, 2015 total1 hour 44 minutes > On Feb 26, 2015, at 6:32 PM, Jim Doyle wrote: > > Attached is the proposed agenda in msword format. > > _______________________________________________ > sosfbay-discuss mailing list > sosfbay-discuss at cagreens.org > http://lists.cagreens.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sosfbay-discuss From gerrygras at earthlink.net Fri Feb 27 18:41:37 2015 From: gerrygras at earthlink.net (Gerry Gras) Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:41:37 -0800 Subject: [GPSCC-chat] Fwd: [Announce] North Bayshore to be KQED Forum topic on Monday, March 2 at 9 am In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <54F12AE1.5000100@earthlink.net> -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Announce] North Bayshore to be KQED Forum topic on Monday, March 2 at 9 am Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:01:14 -0800 From: Lenny Siegel To: Announce BMV Google Proposes Expanding Mountain View Headquarters Monday, March 2, 2015 -- 9:00 AM On Friday, Google announced plans to expand its headquarters in Mountain View. The design, which would add about 2.5 million square feet to its existing campus, includes moveable biosphere-like canopies made of metal and glass, as well as parks and cafes that will be open to the public. We look at the impacts of the expansion on housing, jobs and traffic in Mountain View and the surrounding region. Host: Michael Krasny Guests: ? Matt O'Brien, reporter for the San Jose Mercury News ? Lenny Siegel, Mountain View city councilmember ? Ken Rosenberg, Mountain View city councilmember See http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201503020900 for the original announcement. KQED Radio is 88.5 FM. -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 LSiegel at cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce at lists.balancedmv.org http://lists.balancedmv.org/listinfo.cgi/announce-balancedmv.org