Welcome to the 1st edition of Happy Place: The Simple Climate Action Newsletter! If you are receiving this email, please know you are a cherished member of our community. Thank you for your support! We all know there is no time to waste, so let’s get down to business with our first community actions.
Simple Climate Action #1
Who, What, When, Why, and How? The United States Congress is on the verge of passing historical climate change policy through the budget reconciliation bill. The reconciliation bill is potentially the largest federal climate policy for the next decade and contains amazing climate initiatives and goals. We need 50 Senators to vote in support of the the bill in order for it to pass and move forward to the White House. There are two wavering Democrats, Joe Manchin of West Virginia & Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona who could prevent the passing of the policy.
The Good Stuff:
Clean Energy Standards (CES)
Clean Energy Tax Credits
The potential to REVOLUTIONIZE our country’s electric grid/systems
The possibility of 100% renewable energy in the US by 2035
Appropriating hundreds of billions of dollars to tackle climate change
What are we doing about it? Save Our Happy Place has written a Take Action Email for all of us to send to the offices of Manchin and Sinema, so you don’t have to!
What? Sign a petition with the Environmental Defense Fund
Why? Support big, bold investments to revitalize aging infrastructure, lessen economic and environmental inequalities and jumpstart our transition to clean energy.
How? Click link to the petition (Estimated 1 minute)
Wailea, Hawaii, in Maui County. Photographer: Rich Fury
In Hawaii, a happy place for many, the EPA has restored protections to ensure pollution is not injected underground. Read More
China announced that it would end all financing of coal fired power plants abroad and redirect its support to green and low carbon energy. Read More
Salesforce backs the climate portions of the reconciliation package recognizing the critical returns that the Bill will deliver for the economy, the climate, and global communities. Read More
“Joy does not betray activism, but sustains it.” - Rebecca Solnit
