Tell Your City to Support All-electric Homes and to Phase Out Gas

Are you tired of being gaslit by the fossil fuel industry? Us too. That’s why together with a coalition of over 60 organizations, we just released a report that details the many lies being told to elected officials, journalists, and the general public by NW Natural and the gas industry about “natural” gas, and the need for a just transition to buildings run on 100% clean energy.

Can you help us spread the word? We want this information to reach the masses so that we can push back against misinformation from the gas industry. Here’s our press release to read what our coalition is saying about this report, here’s a social media toolkit with sample tweets, Facebook, and Instagram posts to help spread the word, and here’s a tool to send the report directly to your City officials.

Tell Wyden: No Fossil Fuel Subsidies

On Sept 13 the House Ways and Means Committee released an outline of proposed revenue-raising legislation for the Build Back Better Act. The draft text contains various tax reforms to fund President Joe Biden’s priorities and would end key international tax breaks for fossil fuel companies.

But it fails to eliminate domestic fossil fuel subsidies.

This is a key moment, and with over 500 allied groups and 50+ members of Congress strongly on our side, we can win. Sen. Schumer has already expressed strong support for ending subsidies, and he and Sen. Wyden (as well as President Biden) have positioned themselves as champions on the issue — this is their opportunity to prove it.

Can you email or call Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, to ensure fossil fuel domestic subsidies are eliminated in the budget reconciliation package? 

Sample script:

“Hello, I’m calling/emailing for Senator Ron Wyden. My name is xxx, I am an Oregon constituent, and I am calling to ask you to ensure that fossil fuel subsidies, both nationally and internationally, are eliminated in the budget reconciliation package. Thank you”

Feel free to add a reason too, e.g. “because my tax dollars shouldn’t be going to subsidize the biggest polluters on the planet”.

202-224-5244 ; Email here

Customers for Climate Justice

We’re asking Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Citibank customers to join the movement: sign-on to demand that your bank starts listening to their customers and stops funding climate chaos. Sign on here.

With just one month until the Glasgow Climate Talks, we fully expect these banks to churn out woefully insufficient and greenwashed climate policies. It’s time for them to listen to their customers and finally stop funding fossil fuels and deforestation for good. 

Stop Logging in Silver Falls!

Silver Falls State Park has quietly begun post-fire logging in backcountry areas of the park. The majority of trees slated for the cut are mature, green trees, not unsafe, hazard trees.

Profits from the logging operation are slated to go toward “forest health programs.” The best forest health program for Silver Falls would be to leave burned areas untouched, except where they are deemed a safety hazard.

Please help us stop unnecessary logging in this iconic state treasure! Info about how to send a letter to Oregon Parks and Recreation Department officials here (scroll down to the bottom).

Pictured: the “burn” area slated for logging, full of mature live green trees.

Sign up to be a kayaktivist!

Whether you’re an experienced boater, or have never been out on the water and have been wanting to try, this is for you! This is a great chance to get outside while still doing climate action, and being on the water is naturally socially distanced!

Fill in the form to get more info, get trained up, and get looped in when actions are happening. Join the local people-powered movement to stop the climate crisis and sign up!

Multnomah County Commissioners:
We are in a climate crisis. It’s time for bold climate leadership.

We lost 67 members of our community in Multnomah County due to an unprecedented heatwave, many of them dying alone and without any access to fans or air conditioning. This devastating tragedy and mass casualty event requires bold policy action in response.

We are living in a climate crisis. This recent heatwave could become not just a “once in a lifetime event,” but rather a strikingly devastating occurrence. The County must take bold and brave action against the fossil fuel industry to stop these deadly heatwaves from becoming commonplace.

Join us in demanding that Multnomah County ban fossil fuels in all new buildings, and fully and equitably electrify the building sector.

Sign the petition here.

Tell Biden: Stop Line 3

With enough national pressure, we can make this pipeline a top issue for Biden among the likes of Keystone XL and Dakota Access. But it will take all of us rising up.

Will you add your name to the national petition calling on Biden to review the permits granted by Trump and halt construction on the Line 3 tar sands pipeline immediately?

Sign the petition here.