The Lobby Room puts our faith into action by helping you support bills that align with our Social Justice Priorities. This is our opportunity to let our legislators know where we stand and help or hinder the progress of bills towards law. Many challenges await the 2024 state legislature’s the short legislative session, which spans … Continue reading The Lobby Room Re-Opens for Justice in Washington State!
School electrification can make a big difference in carbon emissions. Not only are school buildings contributing to the 40% of emissions from buildings in Washington State, but diesel school buses also pollute the air inside them and out. Therefore, a focus on decarbonizing schools and student transportation will have the dual benefit of tackling climate … Continue reading Help Us Achieve 100% Clean Energy in Snohomish County School Districts!
This week the Peace & Justice committee voted to add EUUC’s name to two letters: A letter to President Biden demanding that he use his executive authority to stop fossil fuel projects, end oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters, and declare a national climate emergency. Requested by the UUA Side with Love’s Create … Continue reading EUUC Signs Letters to Biden and Washington State re Fossil Fuels and Electrification
This month the Peace & Justice committee voted to add EUUC’s name as an endorsement to two letters to government officials. One is a letter from the League of Women Voters to the Snohomish County Council, recommending adoption of the proposed new policy on urban tree canopy as a high priority relating to climate change. … Continue reading EUUC Endorses Letters Seeking Climate Action by Local and State Legislators
By Stephen Ernst Stephen Jenkinson is a teacher, a student of life, a philosopher, and the founder of the Wisdom School in Ontario Canada. This story, about an experience he had while on a speaking tour to New Zealand two years ago, seems eerily prescient for these times. The flight to Christchurch, a marathon at … Continue reading How Can a Church Deal with the Climate Crisis?
From our colleagues in the Climate Alliance of Snohomish County – Two Minute Tuesdays – 1/11/22 A simple, two-minute (or less) action that will make a meaningful difference to slow climate change. Set a timer for two minutes (be sure to do this—if you spend longer than two minutes, your climate efforts are more likely … Continue reading Two Minute Tuesday for Climate – 1/11/22
The Peace & Justice committee voted to sign EUUC on to an organizational letter to the US Department of Justice, requesting they reverse their legal position that the youth plaintiffs in Juliana v United States have no right to access the courts to vindicate their constitutional rights when they are in a health- and life-threatening controversy … Continue reading EUUC signs on to support youth in their climate lawsuit – Juliana v United States
From WorldBeyondWar.org: “War and preparations for war are not just the pit into which trillions of dollars that could be used to prevent environmental damage are dumped, but also a major direct cause of that environmental damage. The U.S. military is one of the biggest polluters on earth. Since 2001, the U.S. military has emitted 1.2 billion metric tons of … Continue reading Cut Military Greenhouse Gas Emissions at COP26
