[Green] Fw: E-News: New Year, New Opportunities to Act for Climate Justice!

[Rebecca Phillips]

If you have not yet submitted your comment in support of the Clean Power Plan, you can still do so. The deadline is January 16.


Rebecca


"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero


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Subject: E-News: New Year, New Opportunities to Act for Climate Justice!


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[UU Ministry for Earth]


Dear friend,

Welcome to UU Ministry for Earth's monthly e-newsletter! Each month UUMFE rounds up one action for activation, one story for inspiration, one tool for education, and one opportunity for connection—all in service of resourcing you and your congregation for the vital work of faith-grounded environmental justice. Happy New Year. May 2018 bring us all even more hope, conviction, and energy for bold and prophetic action.


[Save the Clean Power Plan_graphic via NRDC]
ACTIVATION

Save the Clean Power Plan: Comment Deadline Next Week

The deadline for comment on the repeal of the Clean Power Plan is January 16, a week from today! The EPA announced in early December that it will host additional public listening sessions in San Francisco, CA, Gillette, WY, and Kansas City, MO, but it has not published the dates. Take action now<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.z2systems.com%2Ftrack%2F%2Fservlet%2FDisplayLink%3ForgId%3Duuministry4earth%26emailId%3Dd1f4d906c37357226da024624b5377fcdm659862d1f%26%26linkId%3D5949%26targetUrl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.uuministryforearth.org%2Ftake-action-december-15-save-clean-power-plan&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb57f1d7c1c9d4e59e4f108d55a443662%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636514171367082441&sdata=tYUNEYEwYstL6ZKXvPhBJ1HaNLptZpD55t7WtGYUwPE%3D&reserved=0> to save the Clean Power Plan!



[Photo of protesters and giant orca whale_copyright Alex Milan Tracy]
INSPIRATION

UUs Help Block Natural Gas Construction Site

In mid-December, activists—including many UUs—held eight days of action<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.z2systems.com%2Ftrack%2F%2Fservlet%2FDisplayLink%3ForgId%3Duuministry4earth%26emailId%3Dd1f4d906c37357226da024624b5377fcdm659862d1f%26%26linkId%3D5952%26targetUrl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.uuworld.org%2Farticles%2Ftacoma-climate-action-2017-12-18&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb57f1d7c1c9d4e59e4f108d55a443662%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636514171367082441&sdata=oGG0Yr0heLYEDllo3hR8w5sDaPPIpGeKLJ4rrnrmX2k%3D&reserved=0> to block construction of a new liquefied natural gas export terminal at the Port of Tacoma in solidarity with the Puyallup Tribe, which is leading a campaign to protect their lands and waters. Yesterday, climate activists rallied on the lawn of the Washington state capital and disrupted its first session, in a campaign for 60 days of climate action<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.z2systems.com%2Ftrack%2F%2Fservlet%2FDisplayLink%3ForgId%3Duuministry4earth%26emailId%3Dd1f4d906c37357226da024624b5377fcdm659862d1f%26%26linkId%3D5953%26targetUrl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.commondreams.org%2Fnews%2F2018%2F01%2F08%2Fbecause-were-out-time-activists-storm-washington-state-capitol-launch-climate&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb57f1d7c1c9d4e59e4f108d55a443662%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636514171367082441&sdata=j3qhZIUnZtWk4EQCqjrRK%2BDN%2B5IGezCc76lsRBKC%2FN8%3D&reserved=0>.



[The Climate Workshop logo]
EDUCATION

New Climate Workshop Podcast

Unitarian Universalists Peter Bowden and Tim DeChristopher have launched a new podcast! The Climate Workshop Podcast<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.z2systems.com%2Ftrack%2F%2Fservlet%2FDisplayLink%3ForgId%3Duuministry4earth%26emailId%3Dd1f4d906c37357226da024624b5377fcdm659862d1f%26%26linkId%3D5945%26targetUrl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fclimateworkshop.org%2Fsubscribe%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb57f1d7c1c9d4e59e4f108d55a443662%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636514171367082441&sdata=dKiVgh5pi5S%2F1w0YZNMoNjNCr5N5ogFbb%2FkGlGKPvDg%3D&reserved=0> is dedicated to working through the challenges of the climate crisis from the uncharted to the unthinkable. First episodes have tackled what’s missing from the climate movement, how economic inequality, toxic masculinity, and mass incarceration connect to climate change, and the role of civil disobedience.



[Salote Soqo, courtesy of UUSC]
CONNECTION

Join Salote Soqo for a Webinar on Climate-Forced Displacement

This month’s Environmental Justice Practitioners Network webinar features special guest presenter Salote Soqo, Senior Program Leader for Environmental Justice & Climate Action at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Salote will share about the UUSC’s partnerships working with communities on the front-lines of climate-forced displacement. RSVP<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.z2systems.com%2Ftrack%2F%2Fservlet%2FDisplayLink%3ForgId%3Duuministry4earth%26emailId%3Dd1f4d906c37357226da024624b5377fcdm659862d1f%26%26linkId%3D5948%26targetUrl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fgoo.gl%2Fforms%2FPP82rxTiZcFXZTsm2&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb57f1d7c1c9d4e59e4f108d55a443662%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636514171367082441&sdata=hYZt0Z%2FqYz%2BgnviSnUwaZ4VEbCSQdREgwxloHn1YGvk%3D&reserved=0> for the webinar now and share on Facebook<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.z2systems.com%2Ftrack%2F%2Fservlet%2FDisplayLink%3ForgId%3Duuministry4earth%26emailId%3Dd1f4d906c37357226da024624b5377fcdm659862d1f%26%26linkId%3D5954%26targetUrl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fevents%2F183033148955967%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cb57f1d7c1c9d4e59e4f108d55a443662%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636514171367082441&sdata=UFUVVeVJOKe6EAsr9E%2FO9Zjov0MmAxzkBklTIuFD9go%3D&reserved=0> to spread the word!



Photo of Port of Tacoma protest (c) Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA via AP Images. Photo of Salote Soqo courtesy of UUSC.


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