How many people were alarmed by the story in the graphic? Rio Verde Foothills, an unincorporated area on the outskirts of Scottsdale, Arizona, near Phoenix, has NO water. ZERO. ZIP. The ground water in that area is tapped out. They were subsisting with the use of water haulers, but they are no longer allowed to make deliveries due to the Tier I water shortage on the Colorado River. Communities in CA and across the nation are more vulnerable that we think and 2.2 million people in the U.S. are currently living without access to running water.
Action #1: One minute challenge – #MyGroundwaterStory
Action #2: Pass H.R.1352/S.916 – Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2021 (WATER Act) for water justice.
Action #3: Pass H.R.7182/S.3886 – The Future of Water Act – stop Wall Street’s gambling with our water.
Action #1: One minute challenge – #MyGroundwaterStory
This is a great tutorial on Enbridge’s history with Line 5.
Now, 35 Canadian groups support the shutdown of the Enbridge #line5 pipeline. These groups, including @QuitRbc, @XRebellionMTL, @XROttawa, judge that the old pipe is too dangerous. It has spilled at least 1.1 million gallons of oil over the last 50 years. https://t.co/tL8kdPphsY
A written synopsis of Enbridge’s compliance issues and Line 5’s safety here.
Last January, President Biden committed to correcting environmental injustices and challenged the fossil fuel industry to stop exacerbating the climate crisis. Right now, in Wisconsin, he has the opportunity to follow through on this commitment.
Last month, hundreds of people took the time to protest the expansion of the Line 5 tar sands pipeline through Wisconsin, uplifting the threat it poses to tribal treaty rights, local waterways, and the Great Lakes.
Now, 35 organizations (28 from Quebec) including Équiterre, David Suzuki Foundation, Eau Secours, Regroupement Vigilance Hydrocarbures Québec and The Council of Canadians have sent a letter supporting the closure of Line 5 (attached). Their message is clear: this pipeline is too dangerous and those fighting to keep it open do not speak in our name. (Excellent report on alternatives here.)
Now, we must join them to call on the Biden Administration to reject Line 5’s permit to drill under White River which would devastate the water quality of Lake Superior.
Latest Updates: (MT) Johnson & Johnson, Decathlon Halt Business in Russia.
“All American companies must leave their market immediately because it is flooded with our blood.” – President Volodymyr Zelensky
“There isn’t a both-sides anymore.” – Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Yale School of Management.
Ominous words from Putin about a “natural and necessary cleansing of the nation” to “spit out like flies” all representatives of a fifth column and “traitors” who do not back the Kremlin line. No wonder thousands are leaving the country in fear. pic.twitter.com/66LGpo12p3
BREAKING: Aside from helping @Chevron attack me and Amazon Indigenous peoples, Biden judicial nominee Jennifer Rearden has done almost no pro bono work in a 25-year corporate legal career. She cites only 3 cases — and one was to "help" charter schools.
Minimal script:I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Senator [Feinstein, Padilla], as members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to stop Jennifer Rearden from advancing further. It’s obvious why Trump nominated her – she’s worked against the interests of workers, the disabled, and the environment. Her law firm represents Big Oil and Gas, and has a history of suing environmental nonprofits and engaging in “legal thuggery.” It’s disappointing that Biden hasn’t removed her.
Action #1: CALL & EMAIL TODAY! The vote on SB-396 is now on Wednesday, 3/16. We have little time to stop this!
Apologies for the late notice, but it took experts time to understand the implications of SB-396Forestry: electrical transmission or distribution lines: clearances: notice and opportunity to be heard. Call your assemblymember first thing on Monday and email his/her/their inboxes OVER THE WEEKEND! Your email can use the script here, or borrow some or all of the Indivisible CA Green Team’s letter below.
Minimal call script: I’m calling from [zip code] and I want Assemblymember [___] to vote “NO” on SB-396, another PG&E profit-grab for their shareholders at the expense of the people, wildlife and habitat threatened by fire and our dangerously warming climate.
Action #1– FEDERAL: Tell Biden and your federal legislators to declare a CLIMATE EMERGENCY – we need to untangle ourselves from a fossil fuel addiction that keeps us hostage to dictators and greedy, unscrupulous corporations.
Action #2– LOCAL: Help Ventura County residents ensure safe drinking water for all with “YES on A&B!”
ACTION #3 – STATE: DIVEST billions of fossil fuel investment from CalPERS and CalSTRS with SB-1173.
Gaslighted – our grim addiction to an amoral industry.
Action #1: Remove the global gag rule permanently through legislation!
Biden’s action to rescind the #GlobalGagRule was important, but it’s a temporary fix. The laws to permanently repeal it are H.R.556/S.142 – Global HER Act and H.R.1670– Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act. This legislation would protect access to sexual and reproductive health care across the globe from the whims of future U.S. presidents. But we don’t have endless time to do this. GOP legislators have already proposed misogynistic legislation of their own to make the gag rule permanent.
Minimum script for our representatives: I’m calling from [zip code] and I want to thank Rep. [___] for supporting the health and lives of women worldwide by cosponsoring the H.R.556 – Global HER Act and H.R.1670– Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act. Please get these bills passed now!
Biden put in a temporary fix to stop this international human rights violation that kills women. Now we need to pass some laws.
Action #1: Remove the “Global Gag Rule” permanently through legislation!
Action #2: Quantify the damage. Pass H.R.3576/S.1864 – Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act.
Action #1: Remove the global gag rule permanently through legislation!
Biden’s action to rescind the #GlobalGagRule was important, but it’s a temporary fix. The laws to permanently repeal it are H.R.556/S.142 – Global HER Act and H.R.1670– Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act. This legislation would protect access to sexual and reproductive health care across the globe from the whims of future U.S. presidents. But we don’t have endless time to do this. GOP legislators have already proposed misogynistic legislation of their own to make the gag rule permanent.
Minimum script for our representatives: I’m calling from [zip code] and I want to thank Rep. [___] for supporting the health and lives of women worldwide by cosponsoring the H.R.556 – Global HER Act and H.R.1670– Abortion is Health Care Everywhere Act. Please get these bills passed now!
Watching a war unfold in front of us, it’s easy to forget the seeds of violence here. Now is the time to create urgency, both in the CA legislature and in Congress, for these bills to be passed. Even if you’ve called on them before, call again. Remind your legislators that these are the bills that save lives!
UPDATE: Action #1: LOCAL – AB-1769 prohibits gun shows at the Ventura County Fair and Event Center.
UPDATE Action #2: STATE – SB.915 prohibits gun shows at all CA state-owned property.
Action #3: FEDERAL – Pass national background check laws and close the “Charleston Loophole.“
Action #4:FEDERAL – For those who didn’t come home from school that Valentine’s Day, and all those before and since…it’s time to pass H.R.1808/S.736 – Assault Weapons Ban of 2021
UPDATE: Action #1: LOCAL – AB-1769 prohibits gun shows at the Ventura County Fair and Event Center – This bill will be heard in the Assembly Public Safety Committee March 8th, at 9am.
Minimal script for Asm. Steve Bennett:I’m calling from [zip code] and I would like to thank Assemblymember [Steve Bennett] for introducing AB-1769– Firearms: Prohibited places and to communicate our support to Public Safety Committee members for their meeting on Tuesday.
Minimal script for other assemblymembers:I’m calling from [zip code] and I would like Assemblymember [____] to communicate with Public Safety Committee members your constituent’s support for AB-1769 – Firearms: Prohibited places.
Contact:
State Assemblymember Steve Bennett (CA-37):email, SAC (916) 319-2037, SB (805) 564-1649, VTA (805) 641-3700
Action #1: Tell our state legislators to pass the bill divesting our public pension funds from Russia.
Action #2: Tell CA legislators that the CA Immigration Legal Fellowshipis a critical service for immigrants in rural communities!
Action #1: Tell our state legislators to pass the bill divesting our public pension funds from Russia.
Companies are divesting from Russia, including BP, Shell, Maersk, Visa and Mastercard, and WarnerMedia (they’re withholding “The Batman” movie from Russia this weekend). So how about the California’s public pension funds, the two largest in the nation?
INDIVISIBLE VENTURA 