GRANDMOTHERS TO GRANDMOTHERS
Welcome to 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations
Newsletter: August 2022
Welcome to 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations
Newsletter: August 2022
First: Declaration of Election Emergency: Many grandmothers are not ashamed to say we are scared of what might happen in the 2022 election. An increasingly insane, racist, and protofascist Republican party could well take control of either or both houses of Congress, as well as state legislatures crucial to the 2024 election. This is an emergency. We encourage all Grandmothers to join us in doing whatever kinds of election work you can – writing postcards and letters, phonebanking, traveling to swing states, etc. Join one of our 1000 Grandmothers election groups! (See report on election groups in the section on our work).
For a bit of encouragement:
The corporate-controlled media are telling us we will lose, but check out this video in which Mike Lux, longtime Democratic Party strategist, explains how Dems Can Win in 2022.
(Newsletter Sections are color coded to match the colors of the list below - so you can focus on what's most interesting to you)
· ACTION ALERTS
· 1000 GRANDMOTHERS KEEP ON SHOWING UP
· "HAVE YOU HEARD" - Climate News Highlights
· GRANDMA SAYS
· OUR ORGANIZATIONAL WORK - inside story
ACTION ALERTS
1) Turn Up the Heat on Biden: Declare a Climate Emergency
1) Turn Up the Heat on Biden: Declare a Climate Emergency
Don’t let the new “Inflation Recovery Act” lull you into inaction. It’s an important victory, but doesn’t stop fossil fuels. President Biden still needs to declare a Climate Emergency! A national coalition of climate organizations. People vs. Fossil Fuels, is calling on everybody to pitch in and turn up the heat to make him do it. They’re asking all of us to:
1. Call the President several times over the next few days to urge him to declare a climate emergency. Ask your friends and family to do the same. Call 202-456-1111
2. Write the President using this link: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-biden-choose-people-over-fossil-fuels-and-declare-a-climate-emergency/
3. Demand that the president stop issuing fossil fuel leases on federal lands using this link: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/biden-no-new-leasing
For background on what a climate emergency declaration would mean:
A summary by a legal scholar: What happens if Biden declares a climate emergency?
And an in-depth report from the Center for Biological Diversity
1. Call the President several times over the next few days to urge him to declare a climate emergency. Ask your friends and family to do the same. Call 202-456-1111
2. Write the President using this link: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-biden-choose-people-over-fossil-fuels-and-declare-a-climate-emergency/
3. Demand that the president stop issuing fossil fuel leases on federal lands using this link: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/biden-no-new-leasing
For background on what a climate emergency declaration would mean:
A summary by a legal scholar: What happens if Biden declares a climate emergency?
And an in-depth report from the Center for Biological Diversity
2) People’s Climate Protest, Sacramento, August 13
As Congress and the Supreme Court create more obstacles to climate action, now more than ever, we need California to take the lead. Join a statewide coalition of climate action organizations in Sacramento August 13 to tell Governor Newsom to take real action:
* end all new oil and gas drilling permits
* phase out oil and gas production in the state
* rolling out a safety buffer between fossil fuel operations and communities
* stop all new permits.
Saturday, August 13, Noon, Capitol Steps, Sacramento
Details/RSVP
* end all new oil and gas drilling permits
* phase out oil and gas production in the state
* rolling out a safety buffer between fossil fuel operations and communities
* stop all new permits.
Saturday, August 13, Noon, Capitol Steps, Sacramento
Details/RSVP