 COP 30 was a bust. But as Bill McKibben says, progress on climate is more in the economic realm now and less in the diplomatic. The affordable, scalable solar and wind energy revolution is here now. So we keep fighting to save the planet… even in times like these! Job number one: We petition, push, lobby, demand, urge and cajole our leaders to make the changes we need! We’ve made some progress, but not nearly what is required... And that’s when leaders ostensibly “care!” What do we do now that our leadership has shifted to AUTHORITARIANISM and they don’t care? We gear up and add different tools to undermine their authority (remove social license) to disrupt it, refuse to cooperate with it and make it harder (or impossible) for their system to function: Noncooperation.  We’ll continue to accelerate and build our symbolic actions, like massive protests, marches, rallies, movement art & theater, letter-writing & petition drives, group lobbying and public comment. We love it! Symbolic actions work and they build our movement! But when authoritarians are in charge, that is not enough. We must also include civil resistance and noncooperation, like worker and rent strikes, boycotts, divestment, tax refusal and slow-downs. And we must also replace some of our failing public systems with alternatives, like mutual aid. Some of these can be individual but are more effective when collectively coordinated. Noncooperation tactics have stopped authoritarian takeovers across the world throughout history. (Think of South Africa, India, Poland, Philippines and many more!) Last week over 40 activists in Lane County were trained by national trainers to teach civil resistance / noncooperation tactics to community members. Noncooperation can be creative and is growing, as you can see on Choosedemocracy’s Bluesky feed, especially the long lines at Home Depot returning $.17 “ice” scrapers! Stay tuned for information on local organizing and read on for solidarity actions you can take now.  We need a City Manager and EWEB General Manager that reflect our community’s values! No robust public process to find and hire the most forward-thinking, brilliant, courageous leaders for our top public offices in Eugene?! No problem, we’ll create our own! Postcard Party and Public Comment Prep Monday, December 1st from 4:30 to 6:30 pm at Claim 52, 232 Lincoln St., Eugene  Come for the party. Stay for the power! Comment guides and postcards are provided. Come meet your climate buddies and be non-compliant! We’re building an alternative public process to replace one that’s not working. (Sponsored by the indomitable Fossil Free Eugene Coalition)  It’s the “shopping” season! Don’t give your money to companies that undermine democracy. Support local businesses or mutual aid efforts instead. From now through Cyber Monday and beyond, boycott these three major corporations who are enabling Trump’s fascist agenda. During this shopping season, send them a message: We’re not buying it! Street MessagingShop Local - Join us at Eugene Holiday Market!  Saturday, December 6th 2:00 to 3:30 pm at 13th & Monroe Get into the spirit with your climate buddies on the street at Eugene’s Holiday Market. Wave to shoppers and talk with neighbors. Signs and banners. Everything is provided. Pizza together afterward at Hey Neighbor! on 19th & Jefferson. See ya there! Oregon Climate Policy - It's Up to the States!We Love what Governor Kotek said (and did) on November 19, 2025 Climate change threatens the very foundation of life in Oregon. We cannot wait for more resources – we must do more with what we have. As states confront tightening budgets and the loss of critical federal funding for conservation and climate protections, Oregon must forge its own path. This executive order secures our state's natural resource and climate future by strengthening existing programs and aligning state resources with the five least-cost energy pathways identified by the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE). - Climate Action Executive Order 25-29 Read all about Oregon’s new energy strategy here. It’s impressive! What can we do when Oregon's budget is under water? We are planning to support a revenue-neutral (or nearly) Balcony Solar bill that will save residents money on their rising energy bills and collect money from the big polluters to pay for our just transition to green and clean! Make the Polluters Pay! The Renewable Energy Revolution is here and affordable to all and we’re going to make polluters pay for it! Read more about affordable balcony solar here. SIGN-UP: We’ll be lobbying in Salem during the short legislative session and we hope you’ll join us. Stay tuned for details and get on our Action Alert email list to receive concise actions you can take to advance climate solutions this year at the capitol! (Email Roger at [email protected].) Thank you! Tell your state legislators you want climate action this session! Oregonians deserve a clean, efficient, and affordable electric future. Winter energy bills will be significantly higher because our methane gas monopoly is adding $1M to its profit from its latest 5.4% rate hike. Gas customers are paying 50% more than they did five years ago! It’s expensive, it’s unhealthy and damages our climate. Tell your legislators they need to do more to transition us from methane to clean energy! We’re psyched about the upcoming short legislative session! We hope you are too.  Local CampaignsThe community has a voice and we’re packing City Council! Eugene City Council Public Forum, 2nd & 4th Mondays at City Hall, 500 E 4th Ave., at 7:30 pm. Sign up to speak at 7:15 pm. Or tune in to the webcast here. Join us on Monday, December 8th. Stop the Amazon Distribution Center in West Eugene! Not transparent (Amazon is “anonymous”?), no real public process, harmful to our wetlands, increases hazardous traffic and air pollution, with a CEO that supports fascism and runs roughshod over communities, urban and rural? No! End the Contract and Remove the FLOCK cameras! Again, not a transparent public process. The data aren’t safe from misuse or sharing. They track our movements, intimidate immigrants, waste money and erode public trust. We don’t want them. More info at Eyes Off Eugene. Protest and Monitor ICE! Speak up for our immigrant community. Check out the Immigrant Defense Toolkit from the Lane County Immigrant Defense Network (LCIDN) for information and up-to-date calls to action: tinyurl.com/ImmigrantDefenseToolkit  Register and submit your question here. Shifts are happening. Clean energy is ascending & MAGA is crumbling. New alliances are forming. We’re building our power. Have you seen this new website? Eugene Together Strong - featuring local community/political actions that everyday people can take to address the current food emergency and other attacks on our societal well-being. A resource for community action. Check it out!  Don’t know what you can do as only one person? Stop being just one person! Join the pop-up street demonstrations with Indivisible on 29th & Willamette on Mondays at 10:00 am.  Stronger Together.
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 Let’s party and breathe a collective sigh of relief for the strong electoral wins on Tuesday. It’s a hopeful sign and shows just what THE PEOPLE can do when grassroots organize! That’s you. That’s us.  No Kings 2 - Eugene 10/18/25 (Credit: Isaac Wasserman / Lookout Eugene-Springfield / Catchlight / RFA) You painted beautiful banners and signs to hit the streets in numbers large and small, you brought your neighbors and kids to rallies and protests, you sang, drummed, you wrote postcards, made phone calls, did phone & text-banking, and attended meetings. (Don’t forget about the meetings!) Thank you.  No Kings 2 - Eugene 10/18/25 (Credit: Isaac Wasserman / Lookout Eugene-Springfield / Catchlight / RFA) Congratulations. And now we must recommit to the hard work to defeat the ongoing authoritarian take-over of our country and emerge a stronger, more just and compassionate society. Next year will be pivotal for the future of our democracy and climate. The threats are real, and the stakes could not be higher. The name of the game is resistance. Everybody everywhere. Read on. WHAT YOU CAN DO (5 things) TAKE ACTION 1. Join us in the Streets! Monday, November 10th from 10 to 11:00 am for Street Messaging with Indivisible and Third Act allies at 29th and Willamette Street. Bring your own signs or flutter one of our butterflies! (Parking in the lots at the northwest corner of the intersection.) Everyone is welcome! Meet your people. Use your voice. Stand up for democracy and the climate!  2. Write your Senators! We need our democratic Senators to Hold the Line in the Shutdown Fight. We want them to keep healthcare affordable and rein Trump’s power in. Go to this Indivisible website and use their easy form to make the calls. The talking points are provided. It takes three minutes. Thank you! 3. Tell Rep. Hoyle to sign on! Do you love Waldo Lake and Hardesty Mountain? Trump is rescinding the important Roadless Rule that protects these and other beloved wildlands. But the Roadless Area Conservation Act (RACA) could permanently protect them. The Act is sponsored by Oregon’s Rep. Salina (D-OR), and cosponsored by every Democrat in the Oregon Congressional delegation, including both our Senators… except one: Representative Val Hoyle. Use this link to send her an email today to get on board!
(Hardesty Mountain outside Oakridge.) 4. Send the Treasurer & Oregon Investment Council a Just Transition Message! The brilliant Divest Oregon Coalition has been working tirelessly to get the Oregon State Treasury to end its PERS investments in fossil fuels, especially in non-transparent private equity holdings. Despite the 2024 “Net Zero Plan” addressing climate-related financial risks within a “just transition” framework, the plan contains no details for a “just transition.” The 2025 Climate Resilience Investment Act now requires the Treasury to use the principles of a just transition but neither spells out what a just transition means nor articulates a screening process. The Coalition spells out what a Just Transition is and how they’re failing in the following two blockbuster reports. It’s a “one-two” punch from Divest Oregon that has been delivered to the Treasurer, Oregon Investment Council and many of our state legislators. So many sketchy fossil fuel investments… Shame! Just Transition and the Oregon Treasury Oregon Treasury’s Investment Screening Failures You can send an email to Treasurer Steiner and the Oregon Investment Council members here and let them know Oregonians demand investments that honor a just transition. It’s their legal duty! 5. Share Your Feedback on a Proposed Home Energy Score Disclosure Policy  A Home Energy Score offers simple and customized information about a home’s energy performance, helping residents find ways to lower costs and promote efficient energy use. What if the City of Eugene required the disclosure of a Home Energy Score when a home is listed for sale, like other cities (e.g., Bend, Hillsboro, Portland and Milwaukie)? The City is seeking community input to help shape this policy. Please take five minutes to share your thoughts through this short survey or survey in Spanish. Learn more about the project on Engage Eugene. GTN Express Update from Deb McGee Bad News Sprinkled with a Little Hope The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week in favor of the GTN Xpress project — an expansion of the existing Gas Transmission Northwest pipeline, or GTN, which carries methane/natural gas from Canada through the Northwest. Columbia Riverkeeper and other groups have argued the expansion is unnecessary, environmentally harmful and potentially dangerous. The pipeline’s operator, TC Energy, is the same company that backed the failed Keystone XL pipeline project, which was canceled in 2021 after it failed to gain regulatory approval. The states of Oregon and Washington have both filed lawsuits to block GTN Xpress, which would expand capacity at multiple compressor stations, including one in Sherman County, Oregon. The expansion of the pipeline, which is 60 years old, is about the equivalent to putting an extra 700,000 cars on the road, Elected officials in both Oregon and Washington have criticized the court’s decision. Oregon and Washington are going to double down on their efforts within the state using state authority to make sure fracked gas use is phased out. The states and environmental groups challenging the project will now have the opportunity to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. 350 Eugene contributes to and is part of the fight to stop this expansion! The fight goes on! Save the DatesTues., Nov. 18th - 6:30 pm - Earth’s Greatest Enemy - Art House, 492 E 13th Ave., Eugene  Join Abby Martin, journalist, documentary filmmaker and host of the Empire Files, for the Eugene premiere of her new documentary film on the environmental impact of the US military! Includes Q&A. Get tickets here. November 19th at 6:00 pm - World Toilet Day at Whirled Pies  Come for a free, fun and educational event about toilets on World Toilet Day! Local experts will talk about old and new options for waterless toilets, including home-scale compost toilets, community projects, and disaster preparedness. Also, we'll discuss how to keep our local sewers healthy and how to project our rivers from pollution. And don't miss the toilet trivia game with themed prizes! More info at https://greywateraction.org/event/its-world-toilet-day-eugene-2/ Here’s the link to the FB event. Americans are coming together. We are showing up, many of us for the first time. We have the power and they know it. We’re living in perilous times. The rights of working people are being thrown out along with protections for our land, air and water. Things that we love and have worked hard to protect are being destroyed, and fast, by cruel and racist grifters. But their masks are coming off and the people are seeing them for what they are. It’s as Rebecca Solnit said about this place we find ourselves: It's where commitment and belief become visible and public, where we who live most of our lives in private become the public itself, become civil society, that force that regimes fear and history recognizes as an agent of change. Let’s be fierce.
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