As usual we'll also take you to witness this week's Fool-on-the-Hill and His Malignancy The Mad King and his court of climate criminals. Also, another reminder that "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" but first it's time for..........Revenge of the Critters! Puppy shoots woman (in which we make an exception just this once for dog as critter)
This week's Fool-on-the-Hill is Georgia repugnican Rep. Rick Allen who simply answered "No" to the 2014 debate question, "Do you believe manmade greenhouse gas emissions are a major source of climate change?" Earning his a League of Conservation Voters score of 0%
This past week we watched in horror as His Malignancy The Mad King made war on the nation of Iran even as his ongoing War of Science
continues unabated. Thankfully, The Mad King hasn't yet assassinated
any leading climate scientists (to our knowledge) but his War on Nature
has eliminated untold numbers of species and opened up the gates of
Hell for seemingly endless exploitation. Some recent examples include ending punishment for avian deaths due to industrial plunder; removing the federal database that tracks pollution; ongoing effort to trash the National Environmental Protection Act; and simply doing everything possible to trash the planet
with the help of his fellow Enemies of the Planet, both Dems and Repugs
alike. Sorry, no good news to report other than His Malignancy's
impeachment still hanging over his monstrous head, one that now has a bounty on it?
OK,
how did the 2010s go in terms of climate chaos? We thought anyone who
missed the memo "It's the Climate Crisis, Stupid!" might want to know so
Grist has the charts HERE.
Recall our past conversations about feedback loops and climate chaos? The massive fires in Australia are creating their own bad weather. Finally, Victoria Falls dries up in Africa's "worst drought in a century".
Now, on to the Bus Stop Billboard:
Recall our past conversations about feedback loops and climate chaos? The massive fires in Australia are creating their own bad weather. Finally, Victoria Falls dries up in Africa's "worst drought in a century".
Now, on to the Bus Stop Billboard:
Saturday January 25, 11AM Demonstration and Street Theater -on the steps of Holyoke City Hall
Join Rebels and other
activists to demand ISO (manger of New England's electric grid) stop
subsidizing fossil fuels! More details to come - in the meantime,
consider signing this petition about ISO's practices created by MA Attorney General Maura Healey
Monday January 27, 7
to 9pm.
Climate Action Now Monthly Gathering. All Welcome! The Unitarian Universalist
Society of Amherst, 121 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA. Go to:
http://climateactionnowma.org/
Tuesday January 28, 6:30 to 7:30pm. Mighty Earth’s “Stop, Don’t Chop” Campaign Kick Off Meeting at the Bangs Community Center, South Meeting Room, 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst, MA. As you read this, your neighborhood Stop & Shop is selling the least sustainable meat available. Cargill, Stop & Shop’s meat supplier, is playing a large part in the deforestation of the Amazon, is polluting our waterways here in the US, and is contributing high levels of greenhouse gas emissions. To add insult to injury, Cargill committed to eliminate its deforestation practices by 2020, but hasn’t taken any significant steps to do so. It’s time for Stop & Shop to stop selling meat produced by Cargill and pressure Cargill to clean up its act. o learn more about how you can get involved before the meeting, please contact Hayley Berliner at hayley@greencorps.org.
Tuesday January 28, 6:30 to 7:30pm. Mighty Earth’s “Stop, Don’t Chop” Campaign Kick Off Meeting at the Bangs Community Center, South Meeting Room, 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst, MA. As you read this, your neighborhood Stop & Shop is selling the least sustainable meat available. Cargill, Stop & Shop’s meat supplier, is playing a large part in the deforestation of the Amazon, is polluting our waterways here in the US, and is contributing high levels of greenhouse gas emissions. To add insult to injury, Cargill committed to eliminate its deforestation practices by 2020, but hasn’t taken any significant steps to do so. It’s time for Stop & Shop to stop selling meat produced by Cargill and pressure Cargill to clean up its act. o learn more about how you can get involved before the meeting, please contact Hayley Berliner at hayley@greencorps.org.
Tuesday January 28,
William Moomaw, Emeritus Professor of International Environmental
Policy at the Fletcher School – Tufts University, will give a talk
titled, “Battling Climate Change One Forest at a Time.” Moomaw will discuss how, over the past 100
years, forests have been actively managed for the production of wood and
paper, and more recently for industrial scale wood fuel for heat and
electricity. As a result, our forests are purposely
kept in a relatively young stage and harvested well before the trees
have reached maturity and a large stock of stored carbon and the forest
has achieved its full ecological potential. Forests of the world have
the potential to store twice what they now store,
but this will require a change in management practices. Moomaw will
explain how having a higher percentage of older forests will also slow
and potentially reverse the decline in both the total population of
species and their diversity. The presentation will take place in room 218 of Murdock Hall on the MCLA campus. They are free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Elena Traister at (413) 662-5303.
Wednesday, February 5, 7pm. Trees and Their Role in the Lives of Native Bees. First Congregational Church, 43 Silver St, Greenfield. Joan
Milam has researched the conservation of native bees, biodiversity, and
taxonomy for many years. She works in collaboration with Federal and
State agencies, and NGO’s to provide inventories and baseline data for
monitoring native bees in managed habitats.FULL DESCRIPTION HERE .
Thursday, February 13, 10:00am-12:00pm. All Out! for a DCR Forest Action Plan Meeting. Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA. Prepare to make the case for REAL forest protection and preservation! " Forest Action Plans represent a comprehensive assessment of the state's forest resources across public and private land, guide the work of forestry professionals, and inform conservation and land use plans. Join the Department of Conservation and Recreation to provide feedback and discuss the draft of the 2020 Forest Action Plan."
Thursday February 13, 5pm. Indigenous Women on the Front Lines of Environmental Activism: The Battle for Environmental Justice in the Amazon. Conference Center Paradise Room, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Call 413-585-2407.
Saturday February 15, 6:30 to 8pm. The Cougar Returns to the East. There is no question about it. Cougars are not only being seen in eastern North America, some are attempting to recolonize their former habitats. Where once it was flatly dismissed as an impossibility in the so-called “developed” east, scientists have now documented cougar dispersals and even occupancy in a growing list of eastern states and provinces. Join us for a magnificently illustrated introduction to cougar biology and ecology in the broad diversity of habitats. Berkshire Community College 1350 West St.
Pittsfield, MA. Phone: (413) 230-7321
Thursday, February 13, 10:00am-12:00pm. All Out! for a DCR Forest Action Plan Meeting. Great Falls Discovery Center, Turners Falls, MA. Prepare to make the case for REAL forest protection and preservation! " Forest Action Plans represent a comprehensive assessment of the state's forest resources across public and private land, guide the work of forestry professionals, and inform conservation and land use plans. Join the Department of Conservation and Recreation to provide feedback and discuss the draft of the 2020 Forest Action Plan."
Thursday February 13, 5pm. Indigenous Women on the Front Lines of Environmental Activism: The Battle for Environmental Justice in the Amazon. Conference Center Paradise Room, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Call 413-585-2407.
Saturday February 15, 6:30 to 8pm. The Cougar Returns to the East. There is no question about it. Cougars are not only being seen in eastern North America, some are attempting to recolonize their former habitats. Where once it was flatly dismissed as an impossibility in the so-called “developed” east, scientists have now documented cougar dispersals and even occupancy in a growing list of eastern states and provinces. Join us for a magnificently illustrated introduction to cougar biology and ecology in the broad diversity of habitats. Berkshire Community College 1350 West St.
Pittsfield, MA. Phone: (413) 230-7321
That's all folks. Remember to listen to your Mother, OK?
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