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What Can You Do to Support Climate Recovery? Here’s a Three-Part Strategy: 1. Learn how women are disproportionately affected by climate change. “A changing climate affects everyone, but it’s the world’s poorest and those in vulnerable situations, especially women and girls, who bear the brunt of environmental, economic and social shocks,” says UN Women. To learn more, take the UN Women Climate Quiz.  "Often, women and girls are the last to eat or be rescued; face greater health and safety risks as water and sanitation systems become compromised; and take on increased domestic and care work as resources disappear,” according to UN Women. 2. Join us for the global Women’s March, Saturday, January 19, noon, Jardines de Murillo, Seville. Last January, Seville joined millions around the world marching for gender equality. “The #WomensWave is coming,” say the US organizers, “and we’re sweeping the world forward with us.” Here in Seville, we’re gathering in the Jardines de Murillo at noon on January 19.  American Resistance Sevilla led the Women’s March in Seville on January 20, 2018, and is leading the 2019 Women's March. 3. Join us at Merchant Pub to make posters for the Women’s March, Tuesday, January 8, 8:30 PM. Ready for an evening of fellowship, cerveza, and poster-making? We’re gathering at 8 PM at Merchant Pub (calle Calle Canalejas, 12). Bring your own supplies or use ours. Mark your calendar! We’ll be sending out reminders for these events and for the Climate Talk on January 10 (8 PM in Centro Norteamericano, calle Harinas, 11).  Wait, weren't we just here? (photo by Susan Walsh, AP) STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Shut it down! Do you even remember that we did this once this year already? Back in January...? This Vox article details every previous government shutdown, dating back to the first one under Gerald Ford. As Politico explains, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 was a response to President Nixon’s fighting with Congress over budget deficits and inflation. The new Act led to more conflict among legislators, and created more input by interest groups. Here’s a list of what’s shut and what’s not, from the Washington Post. Merry shutdown, everyone! --Kathy Sherretts Article: The New Yorker: The Year in Trump Freakouts by Susan B. Glasser Inevitably, some significant developments get overlooked in the daily crush of the Trump news cycle. Article: The Guardian: Great Pacific garbage patch $20m cleanup fails to collect plastic by Hannah Summers The plastic barrier with a tapered three-meter-deep ‘skirt’ is intended to act like a coastline, trapping pieces of plastic swirling in the patch, while allowing marine life to safely swim beneath it. However, engineers are working to adjust the device to hold onto the collected debris. Article: San Antonio Express News: Bulldozers to soon plow through National Butterfly Center for Trump’s border wall by Silvia Foster-Frau Surveying has begun for the project, although funding has yet to be approved. The border wall will bypass the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge but cut through the butterfly center, the La Lomita Chapel, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, and possibly dozens of family cemeteries. Article: Reuters: Separated by travel ban, Iranian families reunite at border library by Yeganeh Torbati At the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, on the US-Canada border, families affected by the Trump administration’s travel ban can meet without risking being detained or prevented from returning to the US. Ready to do more? Read the Indivisible Guide 2.0, a new strategy for a new congress. Check out the weekly action plan from Progressive Action, Global Exchange (PAGE) which mobilizes progressive Americans living overseas. Sign up for the Americans of Conscience Checklist, a weekly action list that also provides encouragement and good news. Learn more at ClimateRecovery.org, a new group organized by members of American Resistance Sevilla and other community activists. Have questions or want to volunteer? Contact [email protected].
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What Can You Do to Support Climate Recovery? Attend Our First Climate Talk  ClimateRecovery.org invites you to a discussion with scientists & community organizers CLIMATE CHANGE The science is clear. The future is not. What can we do? Thursday, January 10, 2019 / 8 PM Centro Norteamericano, Calle Harinas, 18 Sevilla FREE ADMISSION Speakers: Dr. Amaya Davis, NASA, professor of aviation/aerospace María Perianes Egea, environmental technician and consultant Nilly Tagher, environmental activist and yoga instructor Event Coordinator: Karen McCann, Founder, ClimateRecovery.org Co-founder, American Resistance Sevilla SIGN UP HERE TO ATTEND THE TALK CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION  Ryan Zinke rode his horse Tonto to his first day of work at the Department of the Interior, where he immediately began meeting with mining and energy industry representatives. Photograph: Alamy STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts And the horse he rode in on Ryan Zinke came to the Department of the Interior cultivating an image of a rugged outdoorsman with a respect for nature. He immediately started measuring public lands for division and distribution to energy interests. He will be leaving the job before the end of the year in the midst of a series of ethics investigations. Besides inquiries into travel and personal expenses, the inspector general of the Interior Department has been looking into Zinke’s handling of a Connecticut casino project, the re-drawing of boundaries for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument to benefit a state lawmaker, and conversations with Halliburton about a land development project in Zinke's hometown. He may be gone, but his tenure at the Department will have lasting effects. --Kathy Sherretts Article: The New Yorker: What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire? by Miranda Carter Kaiser Wilhelm viewed other people in instrumental terms, was a compulsive liar, and seemed to have a limited understanding of cause and effect…It would seem that you really don’t want a narcissist in control of a global power. Podcast: ProPublica/Trump, Inc.: What We Now Know about Manafort, Cohen and “Individual-1” (25 min) Shining a light on the business lives of two men who worked get Donald Trump elected president: Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort. Article: Politico: Why Trump Can’t Kill the Electric Car by Michael Grunwald Trump won’t be able to kill the federal tax credit for electric vehicles without cooperation from Congress, and his efforts to ease fuel-efficiency standards will face serious obstacles. Do the Right Thing: Wall Street Journal: New Jersey Democratic Leaders Pull Redistricting Bill After Criticism by Joseph De Avila Gerrymandering—it’s not just for Republicans anymore!  Oil companies officially ask Republicans to kill effort to extend electric vehicle tax credit. Ready to do more?
Read the Indivisible Guide 2.0, a new strategy for a new congress. Check out the weekly action plan from Progressive Action, Global Exchange (PAGE) which mobilizes progressive Americans living overseas. Sign up for the Americans of Conscience Checklist, a weekly action list that also provides encouragement and good news. Learn more at ClimateRecovery.org, a new group organized by members of American Resistance Sevilla and other community activists. Have questions or want to volunteer? Want to learn more about the Climate Talk on January 10? Contact [email protected]. What Can You Do to Support Climate Recovery? Here’s One Strategy: Vanquish Vampire Power  Many electronic devices and appliances draw power even when turned off or in standby mode — a phenomena known as “phantom load” or “vampire power.” A recent US study showed the average home has 65 devices and appliances on standby power, costing the nation approximately $19 billion a year — about $165 per household— and 50 large (500-megawatt) power plants’ worth of electricity. With Spanish electricity bills among the highest in the EU, cutting down on electricity waste makes good sense for the budget as well as our carbon footprint.  One easy way to lighten the phantom load is to change the energy management setting on your computer so it sleeps after 5 or 10 minutes of inactivity rather than staying on all the time. (Here’s how to do this.) Unplug devices when you’re done with them or use a power strip to cut off your computer or entertainment system after it's powered down. Can’t remember to unplug or switch off your electronics? Next time you buy a power strip, get the “smart” version with a timer. For more on solutions to climate change, visit ClimateRecovery.org. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Prosperity and prospects I’m planning a trip back to visit the folks in Pennsylvania in the New Year. It’s exhausting to think about. (…now, doesn’t the word “layover” sound as if it should be restful?) Like many other places in the US, the area where I grew up was a farming and industrial economy two generations ago, with fewer economic prospects for the folks who live there now. I looked up my community in the Opportunity Atlas, a map showing average outcomes in adulthood for people who grew up in different areas of the country. The map is a project of Opportunity Insights, a collaboration of the Census Bureau, Harvard University, and Brown University. It's searchable for outcomes such as projected income, number of children, incarceration rates... as the FAQ section points out, based on where you are from, not on where you live. I can run, but I can't hide. --Kathy Sherretts Podcast: WNYC: George Packer, Adam Davidson, and Jill Lepore on Short-Term Thinking in America (14 min) Our democracy isn’t well built for long-term climate planning: elected officials with limited terms have no incentive to ask citizens to make sacrifices. Article: Vox: “Witch hunts” explained, from Salem to Donald Trump by Dylan Scott and Tara Isabella Burton There is something distasteful about men in power using a term that harks back to an era in history in which a patriarchal society wrongfully persecuted (mostly) women. Article: The Guardian: US Hispanics descended from Sephardic Jews seek Spanish citizenship by Sam Jones A growing number of US Hispanic people are looking to their family past as a possible means of safeguarding their future. “I want to stay here and fight against this cabrón. But if things go bad, I’ll be able to go to Spain.” Article: Slate: Spain Is Moving On From Coal. Can the U.S. Do the Same? by Arthur Neslen Spain is attempting to achieve a just transition away from fossil fuels, trying to ensure both environmental and social protection.“ If you don’t negotiate with working people, if plans are not transparent and communities don’t have trust in their futures, then resistance to climate action is absolutely a risk.”  ZIP code isn’t destiny, but it can affect opportunity. The Opportunity Atlas traces the roots of today's affluence and poverty back to the neighborhoods where people grew up. Ready to do more? Read the Indivisible Guide 2.0, a new strategy for a new congress. Check out the weekly action plan from Progressive Action, Global Exchange (PAGE) which mobilizes progressive Americans living overseas. Sign up for the Americans of Conscience Checklist, a weekly action list that also provides encouragement and good news. Learn more at ClimateRecovery.org, a new group organized by members of American Resistance Sevilla and other community activists. Have questions or want to volunteer? Contact [email protected].  What Can You Do to Support Climate Recovery? Here’s One Strategy: Take the Train, Especially Around Europe (Better for the Planet & Often Faster Than Flying) Traveling by train instead of flying from London to Paris you can lower the trip's CO2 emissions by a whopping 91%. And get there faster! OK, it's only nine minutes faster, but hey, that's nine more minutes in Paris! Before booking your next flight, check out how much you can save in time, CO2 emissions, and fuel:  Pop quiz: How many inter-European air flights are there per year? A: About a billion. For more on being part of the solution, visit ClimateRecovery.org, a project launched by American Resistance Sevilla and other community groups and individuals here in Seville. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN! by Kathy Sherretts Circling the drain? We're all watching the Mueller news this week with cautious optimism—Paul Manafort loses his plea deal! Michael Cohen admits he perjured himself to Congress! Individual 1 is very legal and very cool! While we're waiting to see what's next, remember that the lame duck congress is getting busy negotiating over budget deadlines and the border wall. Drop your representatives a line this week. Kathy Sherretts Graphic: Washington Post: Who’s been charged in Mueller-linked probes, and why by Julie Vitkovskaya, Samuel Granados, Kevin Uhrmacher and Aaron Williams For those of you keeping score at home. Article: Mother Jones: The United States Is Becoming a Two-Tiered Country With Separate and Unequal Voting Laws by Ari Berman But the midterms showed that voting rights may finally be a political winner. Article: Salon: Stereotype that corrections officers are the enemy is an obstacle to reforming incarceration crisis by Simon Greer Corrections officers are on the frontlines of any potential prison reform — and their voices are too often excluded. Article: EarthJustice: Trump Administration To Allow “Incidental” Injury To Endangered Whales In Seismic Blast Zones The Department of the Interior has proposed opening 90 percent of U.S. federal offshore waters to the oil and gas drilling; the first step is authorization for five companies to conduct seismic airgun surveys, which will affect marine wildlife across 200,000 square miles of ocean from Delaware to Florida.  "President Trump has been labeled in the parlance of criminal investigations as a major subject of interest, complete with an opaque legal code name: “Individual 1.” Politics ‘Individual 1’: Washington Post: Trump emerges as a central subject of Mueller probe by Carol D. Leonnig and Josh Dawsey. Ready to do more? Read the just-released Indivisible Guide 2.0, a new strategy for a new congress.
Check out the weekly action plan from Progressive Action, Global Exchange (PAGE) which mobilizes progressive Americans living overseas. Sign up for the Americans of Conscience Checklist, a weekly action list that also provides encouragement and good news. Learn more at ClimateRecovery.org, a new group organized by members of American Resistance Sevilla and other community activists. Have questions? Want to volunteer? Contact [email protected]. |
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