New Phase of the Global Climate Movement
We're touring across the US, launching India Beyond Coal, and helping jumpstart the Arab Youth Climate Movement. Watch Bill McKibben's video below and help us grow the movement by spreading the word.
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Turkey: Changing local governments instead of the climate
If you’re in the United States … Vote!
If you're in the United States and haven't already done so, please go vote.
Democracy is a crucial part of the fight for climate justice -- so please exercise your right to vote tomorrow!
Find your polling place and ballot summary here.
It’s hard to find politicians who are perfect on climate. But there are decisions to be made about the future of our planet, and let’s be honest: some leaders will be better than others at making them. So please vote. Then on Wednesday -- because we know electing the right people isn't enough -- we're launching a new phase of the climate movement.
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Sweden Shifts the Power!
A big shout out to all of the organisers of Power Shift Sweden 2012! Swedish organisers spent months getting ready to bring 200 young people together to Stockholm in late September to both learn about climate change, energy and the environment and to build together their vision for a sustainable Sweden. They've just released their Power Shift video (below) and given the recent coverage and impacts of Hurricane Sandy from across Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the east coast of the United States, it shows more than ever how important it is that our vibrant movement is coming together to speak out and show that we're not going to be part of a climate silence.
Hurricane Sandy
We woke up this morning with a deep sense of sadness.
Hurricane Sandy has brought serious hardship to many of the people we love and places we treasure. Large parts of New York City are underwater, millions are still without power, and tens of thousands have been evacuated from their homes. Last night the floodwaters were swirling around the bottom floor of our Brooklyn offices.
Right now, the most important thing we can do is come together as a community and support the relief efforts that are already underway.
But we're not going to simply mourn our losses. The images coming out of the Atlantic seaboard, and from the refugee camps in Haiti, made us not just sad but angry. This storm was literally unprecedented. It had lower barometric pressure, a higher storm surge, and greater size than the region had ever seen before. It's as out of kilter as the melting Arctic or the acidifying ocean. And if there were any poetic justice, it would be named Hurricane Chevron or Hurricane Exxon, not Hurricane Sandy.
These fossil fuel corporations are driving the climate crisis and spending millions to block solutions. Instead of buying climate silence, the fossil fuel industry should be funding climate relief.
We’ve set up a page where you can donate to relief efforts, as well as call on Big Oil, Coal and Gas to take the money they’re spending on political campaigning this election and put it towards disaster relief instead:
The fossil fuel industry has spent over $150 million to influence this year’s election. Last week, Chevron made the single biggest corporate political donation since the Citizens United decision. This industry warps our democracy just as it pollutes our atmosphere. And we’ve had enough.
In the coming year, we’re going to fight both forms of this pollution. Our biggest organizing effort ever begins one week from tomorrow, the Do the Math tour that will, we hope, ignite a long-lasting campaign to force the fossil fuel industry to change. We need you to get involved -- by coming out for the show, by spreading the word and joining this fight.
Sandy is what happens when the temperature goes up a degree. The scientists who predicted this kind of megastorm have issued another stark warning: if we stay on our current path, our children will live on a super-heated planet that's four or five degrees warmer than it is right now. We can't let that happen.
So let's get to work.
An unprecedented storm, an unprecedented year.
This is one of the scariest nights North Americans have endured in a very long time.
All along the eastern seaboard, horrific flooding is accompanying the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. We are thinking very hard of our friends all along the coast (here are just a few images of the thousands of 350.org actions they’ve staged in recent years). Bill McKibben just published this great piece about New York—about loving the city and watching it drown.
350 Maine Holds Statewide Meeting
As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the east coast, it was great to see this positive email from our friend, and 350 Maine coordinator, Bob Klotz.
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Bill McKibben, Jeff Masters and Greg Jones on Democracy Now
Bill McKibben joined meteorologist Jeff Masters and Climate Scientist Greg Jones this morning to discuss the connections between stronger storms and climate change. Do yourself a favor and listen all the way through--fascinating stuff.
350.org Activists Unfurl Giant “End Climate Silence” Banner in Times Square
A big crowd of volunteers joined 350.org in Times Square this afternoon to unfurl a giant parachute with the message “End Climate Silence” and an image of a hurricane.
"Meteorologists have called this 'the biggest storm ever to hit the U.S. mainland,' which is a reminder of how odd our weather has been in this hottest year in American history,” said 350.org founder Bill McKibben. “But mainly it's a reminder of how much we need to take care of each other when disaster strikes--we hope everyone will pitch in with the Red Cross, and with local relief efforts. Community is our greatest source of energy, and our cleanest!"
As Hurricane Sandy barrels down on the East Coast, scientists are connecting the dots between increasingly extreme weather and global warming. Yet for most of this year’s presidential election, the words “climate change” have gone unmentioned. The issue was not raised in a presidential debate for the first time since 1988.
Scientists warn that climate change is loading the dice for extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy. The Earth’s average global temperature has risen between 1.5 and 2 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century and the warmer temperatures mean that the atmosphere holds about 4% more moisture than it did in 1970, leading to greater rainfall.
According to leading hurricane tracker and weatherman Jeff Masters, water temperature in the mid-Atlantic this year is 5°F warmer than average, allowing hurricanes to travel farther north and contributing to “an unusually large amount of water vapor available to make heavy rain.”
The recent string of extreme weather events -- especially the drought, heat wave, and wildfires that ravaged much of the United States this summer -- is making Americans more concerned about climate change. According to a recent report by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications, 70% of Americans now say they believe global warming is a reality, the highest level since 2008.
This November 7, 350.org is launching a 20-city nationwide tour called “Do The Math” to connect the dots between extreme weather, climate change, and the fossil fuel industry, which is not only driving climate change but blocking the clean energy solutions that could solve the crisis. More information is available at math.350.org.