#WSIB must #divest WA state employees pension moneys from #fossilfuels now! New report reveals that WSIB charged with securing $192 billion WA state pension voted *against* climate & Indigenous rights resolutions at banks, insurers, utilities, and fossil fuel companies in 2022. @WaTreasurer https://www.350wa.org/wsib-report

#ClimateForests "DNR continues to make case that as long as its forestlands are capturing more carbon than they release from logging climate impacts of its logging program are zero. Two problems with that. First most recent forest carbon data available show that losses of carbon from DNR lands through logging and mortality actually exceed carbon capture. Because of this DNR has dubious distinction of being in last place with respect to carbon sequestration in western WA." https://www.sustainable-economy.org/dnr-vs-climate-stability-round-two

.@JoeBiden promised to deliver on #climate, but is set to approve ConocoPhillips’ #Willow project, a massive oil drilling in Alaska’s western Arctic emits 278 MMT of #ClimatePollution over 30 yrs. #ClimateBomb Extracting millions of barrels of oil in Alaska would inc temps in region that’s already warming 4x faster than rest of world. Willow hurts community of Nuiqsut, a predominantly Iñupiaq village of 500 people already suffering from existing oil projects. #StopWillow bit.ly/BidenStopWillow

They knew! Industry studied toxic #GasStoves emissions as early as 1970s. Typical corporate greed and cover-ups. "An entire section detailing those concerns, entitled “Indoor Air Quality Control,” vanished from inal report. With it went all the important evidence that gas industry was not only conducting research into what NIPCC called the “NOx problem” but also that it was actively testing technological solutions." Amazingly well-documented long read by #DeSmog. https://www.desmog.com/2023/03/02/american-gas-association-knew-stoves-air-pollution-1970s/

Breaking News! X-energy, the company proposing to build #SMNR (small modular nuke reactors) on Columbia River near the already toxic Handford just pulled the plug! https://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/news/2023/3/breaking-news

DAY OF ACTION 3.21.23 #divest the banks from fossil fuel investments! Vancouver WA 3:30-5:30 in front of Chase bank on Broadway. Other events from Corvallis to Juneau. Tons of info at https://thirdact.org/ Join us! https://thirdact.org/national-day-of-action/

"We cannot allow companies to claim they are on the path to net zero if they are investing in new fossil-fuel infrastructure, if their absolute emissions are not decreasing, if they are only reporting on part of their emissions or if they are lobbying to undermine climate policy. " Integrity Matters REPORT from COP27 at https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/high-level_expert_group_n7b.pdf. Op-Ed in Canada's Globe and Mail below. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-companies-need-to-stop-greenwashing-and-get-serious-with-net-zero/

#divest from #fossilfuels or your stockholders and clients will lose masses of money as reliance on fossil fuels rapidly decreases. #ClimateEmergency #divestment https://www.ft.com/content/9dab65dd-64c8-40c0-ae6e-fac4689dcc77

AGM season! "We need to refocus our strategy in several key ways. The most pressing of which is right around the corner: shareholder season ... the time of year when every publicly-traded company in America has their AGM. In April and May, investors in Wall Street banks will vote on at least three shareholder proposals related to climate. One will call for a time-bound phase-out of financing for companies engaged in fossil fuel expansion." via @commondreams@twitter.com https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/pension-funds-fossil-fuel-finance

Watch new video: https://rogueclimate.org/our-work/gtn/ from @RogueClimate@Twitter.com. TC Energy, the criminal company behind Keystone pipeline, is trying to "expand" an existing fracked gas pipeline thru 4 western states. #StopGTNXPress. GTN XPress pipeline would add almost 3.5 MMT of extra GHG per year. ACT! https://bit.ly/No-GTN

.@TCEnergy is criminal. Illegally blocking Wet’suwet’en First Nations from their own land. Now we have proof why thanks to photos by @DavidSuzukiFDN. Corporate greed has devastated #salmon spawning habitat. SHUT DOWN @CoastalGasLink pipeline. See @DogWoodBC@twitter for info thread. Work on pipeline river crossings needs to stop immediately. #NoLNG #NoFossilGas #NoFossilFuels http://ow.ly/9aLA50MpogR

New study on the nation's mature and old-growth forests (lower 48 states) released today. Directly relevant to the president's executive order on the inventory of mature and old growth forests underway.

PRESS RELEASE: https://wild-heritage.org/2023/01/mature-federal-forests-play-an-outsized-role-in-the-nations-climate-strategy/

STUDY: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2022.1074508/full

“Scientists say the problem with #hydrogen is that when it leaks into the atmosphere, it reduces the concentration of molecules that destroy the greenhouse gases already there, potentially contributing to global warming.” #GreenEnergy #GreenWashing https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/has-green-hydrogen-sprung-leak-2022-12-22/

Beyond short-sighted, this move by @Vanguard_Group@twitter.com away from Net Zero goals violates their stockholders best interests and their own fiduciary responsibilities. BOO! #DivestFromFossilFuels https://vanguard-sos.com/vanguard-drops-nzam/

#Divestment Working Group of @PNWFCAlliance hosting a webinar connecting forests, climate, and #divest movements in exposing Wall Street's takeover of private timberlands on Thu Dec 8 at 6 pm PT. Reg at http://bit.ly/12_8wallstdivest

Featured Speakers include:
Brenna Bell - 350PDX
Chuck Willer - The Coast Range Association
Abigayle Reese - TIAA-Divest!
Matt Stevenson - SunrisePDX

#IPCC “To limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius—drastic action is needed to cut GHG emissions 43% by 2030. This will require a substantial reduction in fossil fuel use … and [increased] use of alternative fuels.” #DivestFromFossilFuels #divest @TIAADivest https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/12/01/global-significance-fossil-fuel-divestment-opinion

“hemp is twice as effective as trees at absorbing and locking up carbon, with 1 hectare (2.5 acres) of hemp reckoned to absorb 8 to 22 tonnes of CO2 a year, more than any woodland. The CO2 is also permanently fixed in the hemp fibres” used in “textiles, medicines, insulation for buildings and concrete; BMW is even using it to replace plastics in various car parts.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/24/could-hemp-be-a-key-tool-in-fight-against-climate-change?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Once our #ClimateForests are logged they are gone, goes too our best and easiest way to naturally combat #ClimateCatastrophe. Protect the 12 mature #OldGrowth forests & trees featured in new REPORT https://www.climate-forests.org/worth-more-standing. Read via @insideclimate at #COP27: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15112022/cop27-deforestation-united-states-logging/

Starting today I'll duplicate my tweets from @CascadiaCAN here, at least until I get too frustrated by Musky Twitter.