According to NASA this is the hottest year ever and likely the coolest we’ll see. Eugenians are ready for these policies.
Thank you for your support! Grassroots gets the goods, and it’s past time to get this done!
Additionally, please send a separate email to your own councilor, if you have one. ​

According to both the International Energy Agency and the IPCC, in order to achieve net-zero emissions in time to halt global heating at a relatively safe level, the development of new oil and gas fields must cease immediately. Both have also stated, unequivocally, that to have even a 50–50 chance to halt global heating at the Paris target of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) by 2100, existing fossil energy infrastructure must be retired before the end of its expected lifetime.
This means urgent action at every level. It’s time for Eugene to step up! We can do this.
There are things each of us is doing to mitigate the extreme risks that global warming brings, from personal actions to systemic changes. In this newsletter you’ll find some very local and game-changing actions you can take to make Eugene a climate leader in July. Please lend your voice. It’s never been more important.

(Here's where you can plug in throughout July.)
Join us Thursday, July 25th from 6-9:00pm for our first 350EUG Meet-up since Covid and a combo-card-writing party at Wildcraft Ciderworks. 
​(More details in the GOTV section below.)

Electrify Eugene - Let’s Get A Policy Over the Finish Line! Every voice matters!

1. Monday, July 8th at 7:30 pm - Eugene City Council Public Testimony (last council meeting of the 2023-24 session). City government has been promising climate action for over 10 years…Council has the authority to promote clean energy solutions right now! This council can leave a legacy of concrete actions that can be built upon.
   1. Please come to the meeting at the new city hall (old EWEB building on East 3rd St.)
      
   2. Be present in support, and / or sign up to speak from 7:00 to 7:35 pm; 2.5 minutes or shorter; easy peasy talking points here.
      
   3. We need a crowd during public comment this night! Youth & medical workers will be featured. Let’s support them. Wear your t-shirt!
      
   4. Don’t forget to email your comments to [email protected]. Thank you!
      
2. Wednesdays, July 10th & 17th at 12:00 noon - Council Work Session Sustainability Staff Reports on their climate progress; Listen in and be counted! (Virtual only.)
   

1. July 10th - Results and Insights from Community Engagement on Building Decarbonization
   
2. July 17th - Overview of New Construction Decarbonization and Fossil Fuel Reduction Strategies
   

We expect “history to be made” at the July 17th work session! Don’t miss it.
Note: You can always access / watch the live city council meetings & work session webinars via this link. Thanks for showing up and / or tuning in!
ICYMI: To see the vital work of local and national legal & energy experts who are driving our transition off dirty fossil fuels, watch the Kicking Gas panel recording from this year’s Public Interest Environmental Law Conference panel by the same name. It will tell you how important our work in Eugene has been for getting clean energy policy enacted in our region!

Meet-up with your Eugene Climate Buddies this Friday!
Friday, July 5th at 6:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Church at 13th & Chambers
An Evening with Bill McKibben Watch Party
Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org and The Third Act, will be in Portland this Friday evening. He’s been speaking truth to power about global warming for decades and he’s bringing the climate & democracy movements together! Perfect timing!
Eugene is hosting a live-screening. Donations are accepted at the door; light refreshments will be served.
​Join us at the local Eugene Watch Party!

Here’s his latest inspiring (& short video) : Bill McKibben on Climate Crisis: How we got here and what we can do now.

Here are the dates, times, and location for our next two sign events.
When: Thursday, July 11 & Friday, July 26, 12:00-1:30 pm
Where: Chambers St. & W. 15th
Signs will be displayed on the east side of Chambers starting at 15th Ave and continuing north on Chambers.
Parking available along 15th Ave., west of Chambers.
​Bring a lawn chair if you like to sit down.

Get Out the Vote - We’re getting people to the polls because it’s SUPER IMPORTANT!
​Thursday, July 25th from 6pm to 9pm - Postcard-writing Party & Meet-up at Wildcraft Ciderworks (232 Lincoln St., Eugene)
The Center for Common Ground, a non-partisan, people of color-led voting rights organization organizes the Reclaim Our Vote campaign. Their mission is to empower underrepresented voters to fully participate in elections. The Reclaim Our Vote campaign has set a goal of sending out 500,000 postcards a week!
Our part is 5,000 postcards (total) to be sent to registered Black voters in Arizona (WE CAN SO DO THIS!) We write colorful informative handwritten postcards to voters of color in targeted voter suppression states.
Data show that voters who receive the cards are more likely to get to the polls! Since this campaign is non-partisan, we can provide postage!
You are all invited to a "Card Writing Party" to join with other writers for fun and inspiration!
If you prefer to write on your own… I have packets of 50 or 100 cards available for pickup in Eugene or Springfield. Just email me at [email protected].
If we all do a little, our collective impact will be huge!
All the materials are provided. We’ll combine a short 350 / Climate Meet-up / Update with some very serious postcard-writing in an informal, relaxed atmosphere. Bring a friend. It’s an open bar with a couple delicious food options on site or nearby. Postcarding makes a difference and it’s fun too!
"The pen is mightier than the sword!" Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1839)

On June 13th over a dozen banner drops were executed over I-5 and in Portland, more than 120+ folks rallied at the regional headquarters of the US Forest Service & Bureau of Land Management, and delivered a letter from more than 70 organizations, calling on the Biden Administration to halt logging of mature & old growth forests.
You can see our local action photos here and the Portland rally here.

Stay tuned: This year all National Forest Plans are being reviewed and will be open for comment later this summer. We plan to submit a record 750,000 comments with all our national partners in August to ensure biodiversity, wildfire community hardening, and climate are considered in their plans!
ACTION: What you can do now

1. Read the John Muir Project press release on how the Biden Mature & Old Growth Executive Order has turned into “Logging Guidance.”
   
2. Contact our U.S. Senators and tell them to cosponsor Sen. Booker’s Forest Biomass Emissions Bill using this form. Biomass emissions are currently not counted and are dirtier than coal! This bill would fix this!
   
3. Of course the logging industry, utilities, and right-leaning "conservation" organizations are massively opposing climate safe forest policy with their own bill: HB 8790 - “Fix our Forest Bill,” which uses wildfires as an excuse to expedite logging, clearing roads, and expanding settlements in the forest interface. OMG. Rep. Val Hoyle is on the House Natural Resources Committee and you can contact her and urge her to oppose this bill here. Thank you.
   

SAVE THE DATE: Wed., Aug. 14th - Forest Plans Comment Writing Party with Forest Climate Allies - stay tuned.

Fracked Gas Resistance
​The Gas Transmission Northwest (GTNXP) compressor and pipeline expansion is currently on "hold". Trans Canada says it cannot afford the project if it cannot spread cost over its entire customer base. But FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) says they can only charge the customers who are receiving the fracked gas.
Time will tell - but a delay sometimes turns into a "WIN!"

TIPS FOR SUMMER: Our good friends at Electrify Now really understand how to breakdown and explain the many emerging & exciting clean energy solutions with their wonderful webinars! Here are their tips for summer, complete with some Funky Heat Pump Music! Electrify Now tips for summer.

Join Electrify Now for their webinar "Electric Yard Care - Ditch the Gas" on July 2 at noon. Learn the benefits of switching your yard care tools to electric: less noisy, easier to operate, shareable batteries, and so much more! Click here for more information and to register.
Is it time for Eugene to join hundreds of other cities who are committed to pollution-free yard care? One hour of a 2 stroke engine's emissions equals a 1,100 mile car trip. Interested in cleaning the air from gas pollution and reducing sound pollution in our city? Stay tuned!

We made this world. We can remake it. We know what needs to be done and the solutions are here. Grassroots action gets the goods: we stick to the science, critique the status quo and demand solutions now.
Join us for July climate action! Thank you!

This is our day to speak truth to power! Can you join in?
In the coming months, the Biden Administration and Forest Service will set management policies that will affect tens of millions of acres of PNW forests for decades to come. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to push for bold policy changes that prioritize our forests, communities, and climate. 
Communities across our region have organized a Day of Action on June 13th to call on our leaders to implement policies that recognize our PNW forests as vital climate solutions, protect and restore our remaining mature and old-growth forests, return healthy fire to the landscape, and value the expertise of Indigenous land stewardship.

BANNER DROP IN EUGENE: Join local forest climate defenders up and down the I-5 corridor, Thursday, June 13th from 10:00 to 11:30 am for a local banner drop over I-5 to demand protection of mature and old growth forests! All are welcome! We have really BIG signs and need YOU to wave and engage drivers below! Here is a google map location.
Park among the business offices on the west side of the Centennial Boulevard I-5 overpass. Meet at the base of the trail to the overpass to get directions & walk together to our destination. Bring water and a chair if you prefer to sit. We’ll be positioned on both the north & south sidewalks on the overpass wearing safety vests. Join the 350 Eugene Fireflies (Forest Defense) Affinity Group in a show of solidarity for this vitally important year to protect our natural forests! See you there!

PDX PROTEST AT USFS OFFICE: Catch a ride to the Forests Are Our Future rally June 13th which starts at 3:00 pm outside the Region 6 Forest Service office at Terry Schrunk Plaza 431 SW Madison St in downtown Portland to highlight the pivotal role our forests play in tackling climate change and demand that our leaders protect them. Lots of great speakers and music too!
There's more info here, and also a carpool ride board to help folks find rides to get to the rally.

COMMENT-WRITING PARTY IN AUGUST: We’ll be joining our forest defense allies in a massive comment-writing effort to once again send volumes to our leaders to say Forests are Worth More Standing! August 14th - SAVE THE DATE.
Mature and old-growth forests are some of our best climate solutions, but they are threatened by outdated policies that prioritize profits at the expense of our forests, communities, and climate. This year we have a chance to change that.

When we organize, we win! 
Thanks for taking action to protect the planet for future generations!

The approach of more laid back summer days brings along with it worries about the possibilities of extreme heat, drought and scary wind-driven, climate-fueled wildfires (mainly from industrial tree farms). What are we to do? We do what worried people everywhere are doing… Join with others to make a difference! Large or small. Every fraction of a degree of warming we avoid saves something we love!

Electrify Eugene - Take one or more actions!
​Following 10+ years of engagement and planning, it’s past time to upgrade our building codes to protect indoor air quality and reduce planet-harming emissions in our homes… But elected officials are not acting with the urgency that the climate crisis demands. We’re running out of time. So, please jump in on one or more of these opportunities to speak truth to power!
1) Are They Really Listening? The City of Eugene is hosting a virtual listening session June 6th from 12 to 1:00 pm to share the overarching themes that emerged through engaging different sectors of the community on building decarbonization. Please attend and share your concerns and need for bold action now. Register here. The more, the merrier. Open to the public.
2) Take the City’s Survey! The City has invited the community to take a quick Efficient, Healthy and Resilient Homes survey (available in English or Spanish) to help us meet our community climate goals! Let’s slam the survey and tell ‘em we need more action faster! (We know Northwest Natural is promoting the survey to discourage climate action.) Complete the survey by June 12th. Hint: Let’s double NWN’s fee to fund a just transition and amend building codes to mandate new homes be built with electric appliances NOW!
Good News on Electrification Progress in Oregon: Ashland’s City Council unanimously decided to move forward elements of Ashland's youth-proposed Climate & Clean Air Policy Package. They've directed city staff to draft language for policies including a low NOx emissions standard for water heaters and furnaces in new homes and a carbon charge for connecting new homes to gas lines, with the charge going to fund energy efficiency upgrades for low-income households. Go, Ashland!
3) Show Up for City Council Mondays, June 10th & 24th, and July 8th at 7:30 pm - Eugene City Council Public Comment.
Please note: City officials will be moving into their new digs (the old EWEB building on East 3rd) during this period, so check their website for public comment guidance & meeting location details here. Stay tuned for escalating actions as we end the council year with a bang!
4) Hit the Streets with It’s Electric Street Messaging: Fri., June 7th, 2:30 to 4:00 pm; meet at Bimart on 18th. Fresh air, good friends and fun & interesting community engagement.


​GTN XPress - Sign and share the letter!

For two years, communities across the Northwest have been fighting a proposed fracked gas expansion project from TC Energy called GTN XPress. The gas pipeline spans over 1,300 miles through Central Oregon and right through Bend’s backyard.
Not only is GTN XPress a backwards plan threatening the health, safety, and climate of the northwest region, but the expansion imposes a considerable burden on ratepayers – specifically Cascade Natural Gas customers. TC Energy is not a trusted company to build this project. Recent pipeline explosions in Virginia and Alberta, Canada have resulted in the destruction of habitat, threatened properties and posed significant wildfire risks. The existing 60+ year old pipeline infrastructure in Central Oregon is aging and may lack the capacity to safely accommodate the heightened volume with the approved expansion. These factors compound the urgency for thorough risk assessments and stringent safety measures to mitigate potential harm to communities and ecosystems.
Join us in sending a strong message to Cascade Natural Gas: Customers should not pay for the unsafe GTN XPress project! Add your name to the 350Deschutes Letter.


Forest Climate Defense - Time for a Banner Drop

Summer 2024 - Forests Are Our Future - Forest Climate Actions
This is a very important year for our forests. All national forest plans are being reviewed and updated (long overdue). Two years ago, the President ordered an inventory of national forests and last year directed these land managers to include new protections for old growth, biodiversity and conservation, but the USFS and BLM continue to log these our oldest trees! We have to stop them.
IN EUGENE: Thursday, June 13th from 10:00 to 11:30 am - Big Banner Drop on I-5 at Centennial Blvd overpass; park among the office building lots west of I-5 and walk up the sidewalk to the overpass. Everything is provided. Bring a chair if you want to sit. It’s fun to get the waves and honks! We’re joining others on the I-5 corridor to bring attention to forest protection.

IN PORTLAND: Also June 13th (in-person) - Take Action for the Future of Our Forests
Come to the Forests Are Our Future Rally at the regional Forest Service & BLM headquarters in Portland. This year, the Forest Service and Biden Administration are creating management guidelines for the future of our region’s forests for decades to come, via the NW Forest Plan Amendment, the National Old Growth Amendment (EO 14702), and the Blue Mountains Forest Plan. This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to demand bold policy changes that prioritize our forests, communities, and climate. Read more and rsvp here for the Portland event.
BIOMASS IS BAD: Email Senators Merkley and Wyden urging them to support Sen. Cory Booker’s Senate Bill 4153, the Forest Biomass Emissions Act, which would require the EPA to reject assumptions of “carbon neutrality” of forest bioenergy in rulemakings and regulations and rely on science to determine the full life cycle carbon impacts of industrial biomass production and burning. The bill also responds to environmental justice concerns in the Southeast by requiring the EPA to analyze and publish the cumulative impacts of the wood pellet industry’s pollution on communities living near the industry’s operations. Last week, we, along with 22 regional organizations, sent a letter to federal senators from Washington and Oregon asking them to co-sponsor this bill. Could you please ADD YOUR NAME?
We need all tactics! Banner drops, rallies, letters, comment-writing, tree-sits and more… We must protect our mature and old growth forests to purify our water and air, protect biodiversity and draw down atmospheric carbon.
Oh, and we’re also celebrating our victories! Southern Oregon activists claim victory after BLM changes plans in logging area. The wonderful Coast Range Radio podcast interviews Grace Warner about the badass Poor Windy Timber Sale tree-sit. “(BLM Backs Down.”) Rock on, comrades!
Watch for our ad in the Eugene Weekly: “See the Forest | Save the Trees | Worth More Standing!”
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Climate Revolutions By Bike

After a bit of a hiatus Climate Revolutions By Bike is back as a campaign of 350 Eugene with an exciting new bicycle game! It’s a game called Quest by Cycle and it is designed specifically for cyclists who want to motivate each other to ride more.
Watch the Video: Learn how to play here.
Join the Fun: Start playing at https://QuestByCycle.org.
Play Dates: Available from May 19th to June 20th.
This free game is accessible on phones and computers. It challenges you with biking adventures to earn "Carbon Reduction" points, badges, and prizes. A social feature connects cyclists of all levels, fostering a supportive community. Let’s ride into a sustainable future together!

Resilience and Regeneration Workgroup
Here is an excellent article by Bob Doppelt featured in Psychology Today, May 2024.
Regenerating communities is key to regenerating ecological systems.KEY POINTS

• We have long passed the point where "sustainability" to maintain existing conditions should be our goal.
• Instead we must regenerate our economic systems to regenerate the life-giving climate and ecological systems.
• We must regenerate our neighborhoods and communities to regenerate the economy and natural systems.

From Our Friends at Sierra Club
​NO NUKES - FREE FILM: Thanks to an educational grant from the Grassroots Network of the Sierra Club and its Nuclear Free Team, the documentary film “SOS – The San Onofre Syndrome: Nuclear Power’s Legacy” will be available for free from June 3rd through the 10th at this link: .
SOS is an empowering story of successful community action to shut down leaking reactors. But then they discover horrific amounts of high-level radioactive waste lethal for millions of years are being placed in thin canisters only 108 ft. from the rising sea. Criminal mismanagement of radioactive waste is a syndrome at all 93 reactors in the U.S. and beyond. Will safer alternatives be taken in time?
You can join in a follow-up SOS Webinar – The San Onofre Syndrome: Nuclear Power's Legacy Discussion Panel, with two of the filmmakers and a panel of experts on June 10th at 5:00 pm. Register for the webinar here.

We’re on the radio! Have you heard about 350 Eugene on KLCC? We’re trying a little “underwriting” on our local public radio station to let folks know who we are. If you heard it, please follow this link to our website and tell us what you think. We’d love to know!
Climate Rights - Oregon Coalition for an Environmental Rights Amendment Campaign (OCERA): A recently formed group of collaborating individuals and organizations, including 350 Eugene, has launched a campaign to hold governments responsible for applying the Public Trust Doctrine to protect our environment for future generations. (Sound familiar? This effort is building on the work of Our Children’s Trust’s recent successful lawsuit in Montana.) OCERA is developing a plan to amend our state constitution via ballot measure (the only way such an amendment can be undertaken). A well organized statewide kick-off meeting was held in Salem on May 4th. Stay tuned for future developments. For more information, visit OCERA’s webpage.

An evening with Bill McKibbenRenowned Climate Activist, Author, and Journalist
Friday, July 5th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
First Unitarian Church Eliot Center (SW 12th Avenue & Salmon St, Portland, OR 97205)
FREE ADMISSION / In Person or Online Livestream
Go here for live or online tickets.
Third Act Oregon presents an intimate conversation with renowned climate activist, author, journalist, and educator Bill McKibben about what we can do right now to save our planet and our democracy. Bill has authored 20 books, including The End of Nature (1989), and he also helped found 350.org. In 2022 he founded Third Act, a national organization for people over sixty determined to change the world for the better.
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to spend an evening with one of the world’s most beloved and important environmentalists and global thinkers. Bill will talk about what’s bringing him joy, what gives him hope, and why he believes that, working together, we can have a huge impact on making our world a better place for generations to come.
Event sponsors: 350PDX, 350Eugene, 350PDX-WashCo, Braided River Campaign, Elders Climate Action - Oregon Chapter (ECA-OR), Extinction Rebellion PDX (XRPDX), Havurah Shalom Climate Action Team, Metro Climate Action Team (MCAT), Oregon Climate Acton Hub (ORCAH), Portland Citizens Climate Lobby, Rogue Climate.
Stay tuned for local carpool information and the Eugene venue for the livestream.

A Note from the President of the Board
Dearest Climate Community,
350 Eugene has been active for over 10 years in this community, combining a consistent commitment to science-based climate action with our particular brand of creative grassroots movement building. Our work has been wide-ranging, from fossil fuel divestment & resistance, forest defense, events and town halls, energy policy, air quality standards and building codes… to puppets, costumes, games, songs & dances, as well as self-care and civil disobedience. Something for everyone!
Like any organization, we have adapted and responded to the exigencies of the moment. And we will continue to do so, now more in collaboration with the many strong new groups and organizations that have emerged as the climate crisis deepens.
The clean energy revolution is here. Accompanying it, a revolution of love, which honors the earth and the brilliant lifeforms that call this planet home. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for to make this world a safer, fairer, more peaceful and equitable place for all. Thanks for all your generous contributions over the years. It’s all hands on deck!
In solidarity,
Patty Hine
​President, 350 Eugene Board of Directors

We all want clean air. We all want clean water. We all want to leave our children a stable climate future. The solutions are here.
In this, our decade for climate action, the transition to clean energy is happening. But will it be a just transition and will it be in time?
There has been an explosion of groups working on climate solutions, and we are now in the midst of a massive market shift to high-efficiency, zero-emission electric technologies and away from fossil fuels. These changes will stabilize energy bills, improve health, and cut climate pollution amid extreme weather challenges.
We need BIG SYSTEM CHANGES. The Inflation Reduction Act is not the silver bullet, but it's the strongest climate policy we have. (A no-brainer in the face of record-setting heat and looming tipping points.).
What can one person alone do? As Professor and writer, Kathleen Dean Moore says, “Stop being just one person.” Find your group. Connect and learn with others. We can do this.

Burning Trees for Energy is Not the Answer
Friday, April 19th at 5:30 pm - An important film screening, BURNED - Are Trees the New Coal? Join us at the Campbell Community Center at 5:30 pm, 155 High Street, Eugene; free and open to the public.
BURNED is a feature-length documentary, which takes an unwavering look at the latest electric power industry solution to climate change. This 74 minute documentary tells the story of how woody biomass has become the fossil-fuel industry’s renewable, green savior, and of the people and parties who are both fighting against and promoting its adoption and use.
Joining us in person will be Natural Resources Defense Council Forest Advocate and Nature expert, Rita Vaughn Frost (bio here). Rita will share her expertise on the international biomass industry and how wood pellet mills are popping up everywhere, claiming they’re carbon neutral, but the emissions are worse than coal. Forests play a vital role in mitigating climate change, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Come learn how we’ll defend our communities from this dangerous industry. Watch the 2 minute film trailer here.
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You can hear an interview with Rita from last weekend’s Locus Focus on KBOO here. She’s a local treasure.

Electrify Your Ride!
Earth Day is coming up, and one of the best steps you can take to reduce your environmental impact is to electrify your transportation!
Discover all the in’s-and-out’s of driving electric at the Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association’s car show on Saturday, April 20, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Coburg Road in Eugene.
EVEVA members will have a wide variety of cars and light trucks on display, and can talk about their experience owning and driving electric vehicles. The organization will also provide information about financial incentives from state and federal governments and from EWEB.
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EVEVA is a volunteer organization composed of electric vehicle owners, drivers, and enthusiasts, who are excited to share the joy and environmental benefits of driving electric. More information is at www.eveva.org.

Fall in Love with Forests - they need our protection now more than ever
​Sunday, April 21st - Kentucky Falls Earth Day Hike - join our buddies at Oregon Wild and Cascadia Wildlands for a 4.4 mile moderate hike to Kentucky Falls, an icon of the Siuslaw National Forest. Learn about the Northwest Forest Plan, experience and help save our mature and old growth forests. More info and registration here!

• General Location of hike: Siuslaw National Forest, Coast Range near Mapleton
  
• Estimated time of departure and return from meeting location: 9:30am-4:00pm
  
• Carpools leave from central Eugene, meet at Oregon Wild’s Eugene office, 1238 Lincoln Street.
  
• Leaders for the day will be Chandra LeGue with Oregon Wild and Madeline Cowen with Cascadia Wildlands.
  
• Difficulty: Moderate
  
• Distance (round trip/total): 4.4 miles
  
• Elevation Gain: 800 feet
  
• Max attendance: 20
  

Children's Earth Day Art Contest - Awards Ceremony
​Monday, April 22nd (the real Earth Day) from 4:00 to 6:00 pm - an award ceremony at the 5th Street Market Alley. 350 Families and MECCA have joined together and assembled art from local young climate activists. What do the kids see? Let them show us!

Show Up - Urge Eugene City Council to Support Building Electrification!
​Localities across the world are taking actions to implement climate-friendly policies. Cities control local land use, safety and rights of way.
Eugene can and should upgrade policy to require clean energy in new homes to alleviate hidden sources of air pollution to deliver healthier air to breathe and a livable climate for our citizens, while working to ensure that those most burdened by high energy costs and polluted air are the first to benefit,
On Monday, EARTH DAY, show your support by attending the City Council meeting at 7:30 pm. Wear your favorite Earth Day outfit. Location: Lane Community College downtown campus across from Eugene Public Library. Speak truth to power. It’s the only way things will change. Thank you!

In the Sacred Grove: Writing Our Relationship With Trees
Saturday, May 11th 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Campbell Community Center. Gathering facilitated by Brian “Bragi” Sunset.

It’s the cedar—the mother of lingonberry—that is my tree... From “My Tree,” by Rolf Jacobsen

Ask most people to name a tree with whom they feel connected—a tree they planted as a child, a tree growing in a park near where they live, or perhaps a mythic tree, such as the World Tree—and you get a rich response.

You can probably think of your own tree. One for you who is more than just some scientific name and with whom you share a heartfelt connection. Which tree would it be?

Although it may seem far-fetched to some, for many people historically the notion that you can relate to trees is as natural as the ocean ebbing and flowing. Perhaps it is natural for you too?

If so, consider joining this gathering where we will explore our relationship with trees, approaching them not as things, but as sacred beings. Our medium for this exchange will be poetry and journaling, with opportunities for sharing, for those who wish to do so.

Brian “Bragi” Sunset is a native Oregonian raised in the Willamette Valley. He holds an MA in Transformative Language Arts and is a board-certified Holistic Healthcare Practitioner. Brian’s 20 + years of experience includes working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings: hospitals, community groups, mental health treatment centers, summer camps, and jails. Brian is currently exploring the ways in which journal writing activates flow, moves energy, and promotes mental, spiritual, and physical health. In his spare time, he enjoys walking, playing music, and stargazing.

For more information and Registration: bit.ly/3U8poWG
Space is limited; registration is required. Light (Vegan) lunch included.
Donations accepted at the door.

Sponsored by 350 Eugene Resilience and Regeneration Workgroup

What do we need? We need YOU, THE PEOPLE, demanding change: in the streets, in public settings, in choosing our elected leaders, in meetings with decision-makers, serving on committees, writing letters, holding info sessions, actions big and small that catalyze ACTION.

• Engage with meaningful campaigns to stop the harms or create solutions, or BOTH.
  
• Educate yourself and your community.
  
• Examine your investments and divest from fossil fuels.
  
• Write your legislators. Tell them your priorities.
  
• Support strong climate policy at every level.
  
• Endorse and vote for candidates who are willing and able to step up and act.
  
• Ride your bike. Take the bus. Walk!
  
• Take care of yourself and each other. We're in it for the long haul.
  

What is Earth Day to you? Everyday is Earth Day. Our personal choices, the way we shop, eat and travel, but perhaps most importantly, the way we are civically engaged.
Follow & like us on Instagram and our Eugene 350 FB page, watch our website calendar and get involved. We are all connected.

It’s time to stop the pollution that is overheating our planet. We have the tools. We know what to do. With the move to clean energy well underway, we need everybody everywhere to push for the real change that makes our communities safer, healthier and cleaner.

​Following Covid, momentum is building again across our movement, with new progressive groups emerging: legal, conservation, climate, labor, civil rights and think tanks, at every level of government and society. The world is waking up to the dangerous overheating of our environment, but those who are causing it are fighting back with disinformation and delays.
That’s where the GRASSROOTS come in! April 22nd is Earth Day and the month is full of opportunities to learn and grow our movement.
We think our job at 350 Eugene is to help more people understand the threat of climate change, so that they can care about it and force our leaders to prioritize taking action.
Read on for information on our campaigns, and those of our allies, and see how you can join in.

Are trees the new coal?
​Friday, April 19th at 5:30 pm - An important film screening, BURNED - Are Trees the New Coal? Join us at the Campbell Community Center at 5:30 pm, 155 High Street, Eugene; free and open to the public.
BURNED is a feature-length documentary, which takes an unwavering look at the latest electric power industry solution to climate change. This 74 minute documentary tells the story of how woody biomass has become the fossil-fuel industry’s renewable, green savior, and of the people and parties who are both fighting against and promoting its adoption and use.
Joining us in person will be Natural Resources Defense Council Forest Advocate and Nature expert, Rita Vaughn Frost (bio here). Rita will share her expertise on the international biomass industry and how wood pellet mills are popping up everywhere, claiming they’re carbon neutral, but the emissions are worse than coal. Forests play a vital role in mitigating climate change, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Come learn how we’ll defend our communities from this dangerous industry. Watch the 2 minute film trailer here.
Save our natural forests! That means don’t grind them up for pellets and toilet paper!

The electric vehicle revolution is going strong!
​Earth Day is coming up, and one of the best steps you can take to reduce your environmental impact is to electrify your transportation!
Discover all the in’s-and-out’s of driving electric at the Emerald Valley Electric Vehicle Association’s car show on Saturday, April 20, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Coburg Road in Eugene. EVEVA members will have a wide variety of cars and light trucks on display, and can talk about their experience owning and driving electric vehicles. The organization will also provide information about financial incentives from state and federal governments and from EWEB.
EVEVA is a volunteer organization composed of electric vehicle owners, drivers, and enthusiasts, who are excited to share the joy and environmental benefits of driving electric. More information is at www.eveva.org.

Enjoy a beautiful spring visit to an old-growth forest and one of the Coast Range's biggest waterfalls!
Sunday, April 21st - Kentucky Falls Earth Day Hike - join our buddies at Oregon Wild and Cascadia Wildlands for a 4.4 mile moderate hike to Kentucky Falls, an icon of the Siuslaw National Forest. Learn about the Northwest Forest Plan, experience and help save our mature and old growth forests. More info and registration here!
Children's Earth Day Art Contest - Kids Show Us What They See
​Monday, April 22nd (the real Earth Day) at Saturday Market on 8th & Oak Streets in Eugene: 350 Families and MECCA have assembled art from local young climate activists. Details to follow.

Electrify Eugene
​This spring, Eugene city staff are doing extensive community outreach to take input on plans to clean up dirty energy infrastructure (aka decarbonize our buildings). The Sustainability Office provided an excellent update to the city council on the Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2.0 on March 11th. We are making progress! You can watch it here.
The city is considering policies this spring that will improve indoor air quality and reduce carbon pollution in residential buildings. We are watching the city of Ashland, as it makes progress on its policy. Although Eugene withdrew its electrification ordinance last summer due to a legal decision affecting a similar ordinance in Berkeley, there are other electrification options for cities. This blog post from 350 Contra Costa PAC nicely lays them out. The staff is researching options and will provide draft policy in early summer.

Fossil Free University of Oregon
Since UO is the single largest single-source of greenhouse gas emissions in Eugene, it’s appropriate the students and the community are pushing UO Trustees for the biggest and fastest transition plan to get off their gas boiler system.
Students from the Climate Justice League, joined in solidarity by Students for Justice in Palestine, organized a loud rally on March 12th outside the Ford Alumni Center ahead of the Trustees meeting, but despite the consistent engagement of students and the community for two years, the Trustees decided to delay choosing a plan until fall. Shame! Stay tuned. The students are committed.
Student rally photos here courtesy of Robert Scherle.
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Kudos to the Eugene Sustainability Commission: Commissioners sent a letter in January to the Mayor and City Council to raise their awareness about the university’s pending decision about upgrading their thermal heating system.

GTN Express
​Last Wednesday, activists in Seattle faced-off at Amazon’s Headquarters to protest the company’s plans to connect three of its four data centers near Boardman, OR to the planned GTN Xpress gas pipeline expansion. Go, Troublemakers! Read their press release here.

Forest Defense is Climate Defense
Board of Forestry Votes to Approve the Habitat Conservation Plan
A win! In early March, the Oregon Board of Forestry voted 4 to 3 to approve the long-awaited Habitat Conservation Plan. When implemented, this plan will significantly improve timber management and protect essential habitat in Western Oregon State-owned forests. Opposition from industry was fierce. Long-time activists say this was the first time since 1991 that anything facing united pushback from the timber industry has been approved in Oregon. All the grassroots work that has been done in recent years to secure a more open-minded Board and a new State Forester was fully validated by this vote. Thanks to everyone who submitted comments and showed up at public hearings. When we work together, we win!
Where False Climate Solutions Come to Die
A reprieve... Drax, the British peddler of false climate solutions has learned what organized opposition looks like in the Pacific Northwest! It has plans to build a wood biomass pellet manufacturing factory in Longview, Washington, downstream from Portland on the Columbia River. However, due to activists' pressure campaign demanding a rigorous environmental review, the Southwest Washington Clean Air Agency (SWCAA) withdrew their clean air permit and cancelled a public hearing on the Drax project scheduled for March 28th. A new permit will likely be submitted at a later date. Sometimes "delays" count as "wins"!
Meanwhile, a well-organized ‘Ax Drax’ coalition in the U.S. is hard at work with activists in Asia, the U.K. and Canada to ensure misguided policy is corrected to reflect that burning wood for energy at scale is not a clean energy resource. Once corrected, this will eventually shut off the perverse demand for wood pellets to meet clean energy objectives and relieve the pressure on our vital carbon-storing forests.
To learn more about the threat from Drax on the West Coast, tune in to the upcoming online forum on April 15th at 4 pm: “Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) Biomass Boondoggle”. Register for the forum here.
Northwest Forest Plan 30th Birthday Party: April 13th
​Since 1994, more than 24 million acres of federally-managed lands in the Pacific Northwest have been protected from the worst ravages of industrial logging, the first plan of its kind to successfully protect endangered species. Along with all the nation's national forests, this Plan is now due for an update to include issues not addressed in the original plan such as climate change, carbon sequestration, wildfire and tribal inclusion. A multi-stakeholder Federal Advisory Committee will present its recommendations soon. A public comment period will then begin. Meanwhile groups plan to come together in Portland on April 13th for a 30th Birthday Party for the Plan. Here’s where to find all the details of this free family-friendly event and to RSVP. Gotta celebrate progress!

Divest Oregon
​It’s time to elect the next Oregon State Treasurer! The Divest Oregon Coalition is hosting a candidate forum in Portland on Tuesday, April 2nd.

With the passage of the COAL Act in the Oregon legislature’s short session, this campaign has had tremendous success! Come CELEBRATE the HUGE wins for Divest Oregon and the national divestment movement & KEEP the MOMENTUM going with the next Treasurer!
Candidates Jeff Gudman & Senator Elizabeth Steiner will be participating in the forum. Moderated by the Oregon Capital Chronicle's Alex Baumhardt, the forum is free and open to the public.
Register to attend or join online here. A celebration reception including food, slide show, music and a chance to meet the candidates will follow.
Live Streaming will be available for those outside the Portland area — but you must RSVP. Attendees are invited to submit questions as part of their RSVP.

Get Out the Vote
​Some say this may be the most important election of our lifetimes!
According to the US Census, 37.9 million Americans are living in poverty, experiencing the global intersecting crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, all while our Democracy is coming under attack from authoritarians and corporations protecting their short-term profits.
What can we do? Here’s one thing… We send postcards to encourage and educate our fellow citizens about the power of their vote. "Your Vote is Your Voice!"
Democracy is like a muscle - we must exercise it to keep it strong!
If you haven’t already, please let me know if you want to help Get Out The Vote beginning in May! Races are won by very small margins, so every card we send matters!
Gratitude to those who have contacted me to participate!
Debby at [email protected]
(As a non-profit organization, 350 Eugene does not support or provide resources to individual electoral candidates. However, as “Private Citizen Debby," I can. If you want partisan postcards let me know!)

Resilience
Mark Your Calendars
In the Sacred Grove: Writing Our Relationship With Trees
Gathering facilitated by Brian “Bragi” Sunset
Saturday, May 11th 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM Campbell Community Center
​Suggested donation: $30. Pre registration opening soon
Brian “Bragi” Sunset is a native Oregonian raised in the Willamette Valley. He holds an MA in Transformative Language Arts from Goddard College, in VT, and is a board-certified Holistic Healthcare Practitioner through the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. Creator of Soulful Oaks Journaling Arts, he facilitates process-oriented writing groups, including Journal to Wellness and In the Sacred Grove: Writing Our Relationship with Trees. Among other pursuits, Brian is currently exploring the ways in which journal writing moves energy, activates flow, and promotes physical, emotional, and spiritual health. In his spare time, he enjoys walking, playing music, and stargazing. Stay tuned for registration details.

Local Active Transportation (walking & biking) allies are working behind the scenes to make Eugene’s sidewalks safer. Please sign the safe sidewalks petition!

Stop Northwest Natural’s luxury travel junkets for politicians! Sign on to Sierra Club’s latest petition about the scandal: Call on all Oregon and Washington legislators to say no to the gas lobby's efforts to wine and dine them in Scandinavia. This fall Salem Reporter article covered the expose. (Maybe we can get the next junket scheduled for April canceled! Can you sign on today?)
Also, we got confirmation that the two dems attending are Rep Helm's chief of staff, Greg Mintz, and Senator Meek himself. Please call them and leave voicemails (and write personalized emails!):
Rep. Helm’s staffer Greg Mintz - (503) 986-1427 / [email protected] 
Sen. Meek (503) 986-1720 / [email protected]
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Talking points here.

We're On Social Media
Have you noticed? We have a new FB page! Check Eugene 350 Facebook page here and our Instagram. Like us and share! 

A quote from Bill McKibben in the film BURNED:
“It seems to me like climate change is a kind of final exam for our species. We’ll find out if the big brain was in fact a good idea or not. Maybe if it’s connected to a big enough heart to make a difference. We’ve been given ample warning by the world’s scientists. Now the question is whether we’ll heed it or not.”
Bill McKibben, Author, Educator, Environmentalist, founder of 350.org & The Third Act

It’s simple: carbon pollution from fossil fuels stays in the atmosphere, causing the planet to overheat dangerously and there’s complete scientific consensus on this fact.
Join us in engaging the public to demand we protect our community, conserve and preserve what we love and upgrade our lifestyles to use safe, healthy and clean energy sources.

Check out the video! Sometimes, you just have to laugh and let humor bring the issue to light.
Our goal is to educate the public so we can make a speedy and just transition to clean energy.
Thanks to the 350 Eugene volunteers who staffed the Fossil Free Eugene table at PIELC and provided updated beautiful materials on our campaigns! See you again next year! (PIELC - not just for lawyers!)

Support UO’s Climate Justice League’s demand for a just transition off the university’s massively polluting gas boiler system - now!
Join the students for a loud rally at 8:30 am on Tuesday, March 12th outside at the entrance of the Ford Alumni Building at 13th & Franklin.
You can also send an email TODAY to the Board of Trustees urging them to take speedy and bold action. It’s all done for you. Just click here. Thank you!
The UO has been a participant in the City of Eugene’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) since the beginning. It also has its own CAP and is currently considering options in its Thermal Heating Systems Transition Study to move its heating systems off of polluting and unhealthy methane gas. Of course we want the option with the greatest emissions reductions and the highest efficiency! Did you know over 72% of UO’s emissions come from heating buildings with methane gas? This also makes it the City of Eugene’s single greatest source of climate-polluting emissions. It’s time for a change, for our city’s climate goals, for healthier indoor air quality and to ensure a habitable planet for these students’ future!
Send the letter today! Just click here. Thank you!

We know too many cars contribute to congestion and pollution from the transportation sector. That’s why “active transportation” (biking and walking) is a huge climate solution. Our friends at Eugene Citizens United for Better Sidewalks want the City of Eugene to put more resources into fixing our sidewalks so that they are safer & cleaner. More people out of their cars = greater sociability, healthier neighbors and safer streets. Sign the local petition here. It will be presented at Eugene City Council in April. Grassroots gets the goods!

Electrify Eugene
​WHAT IS THE CITY OF EUGENE DOING TO IMPLEMENT ITS CLIMATE ACTION PLAN?
Here’s what we’re watching:

1. Remember the electrification ordinance? City staff are considering whether to bring back an ordinance to council that would limit new residential construction to electric appliances only. Other possible policies to reduce methane gas emissions could include an increase in the gas supply tax for a low income fund and / or request a building code exemption from the state. Staff will bring back options in June.
   
2. Decarbonizing building stock by 2045 - The Sustainability staff are conducting extensive community outreach and have completed the following focus group sessions with local partners: Food manufacturing, industrial / manufacturing, commercial and rental property owners / managers. Future focus groups include: public institutions (e.g., school districts, Lane County), spanish language speakers, low income renters and home-owners, BIPOC youth and disabled community representatives. There will be two general listening sessions in May. We’re planning to attend!
   

The Sustainability Office will deliver a CAP2.0 update to the City Council during a work session on Monday, March 11th at 5:30 pm. You can tune in virtually at the work session to learn the latest. The link is here.

Electrify Now is hosting a webinar on March 21 @12pm PST discussing gas appliance pollution. Read more about what's in store and register for the event here.

Fracked Gas Resistance
​“Coal, Oil, Gas - None of these shall pass.”
The GTN Express, owned by TransCanada Energy (TCE), is a 1,400 mile, 61 year old pipeline, bringing fracked methane gas (i.e., natural gas) from western Canada to the west coast of the U.S. The pipeline runs from Alberta through Idaho, Washington and Oregon to connect to pipelines in California. Because the badass Pacific Northwest activists have stopped ALL new fossil fuels projects, one new industry tactic is to expand existing infrastructure. TCE is investing $335 million to increase capacity by “biggie-sizing” the current compressor stations to move more methane at higher pressures. A 61 year old pipe... What could go wrong?! Between 2010 to 2021, there have been 368 documented pipeline explosions resulting in 440 injuries and 89 deaths. That's one thing that can go wrong.
Two dozen environmental organizations (Including 350 Eugene), Senators Wyden and Merkley, Oregon's and Washington's Governors, as well as Attorneys General from Washington, Oregon and California have all told the FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) to deny this project. But rubber-stamping FERC Instead approved it last fall! The fight isn't over. Our allies have filed a lawsuit and more actions are planned in April.
Methane gas is toxic to the planet and people. It is not necessary and continuing its use is not in the interests of the public. Stay tuned!

Forest Defense is Climate Defense
​The wood pellet industry is coming for west coast forests! Drax is a multinational energy company that is proposing to build a woody biomass pellet production and exportation facility in Longview, Washington. The making of biomass wood pellets here to be exported and burned in power stations overseas to replace coal is a false climate solution. It has the potential to devastate our forests in the Pacific Northwest as it is already doing in the Southeast and in British Columbia. We must stop Drax before they get a toehold on the U.S. West Coast. We've stopped all the fossil fuel projects and now we're going to stop Drax's plan for a mill in Washington. AX DRAX!
The film "Burned" brings to light the devastation visited upon communities where pellet mills are sited and the ecological harm that accompanies this false climate solution. You can watch the trailer here. Watch for the local screening.
The Southwest Washington Clean Air Agency (SWCAA) will have a public meeting on this in Longview March 28. Public comment closes March 29. More information on Drax, biomass, and talking points for testifying can be found here.

Statewide Legislative Updates
I imagine you have all received many emails with information and requests about many bills this short session. The Session started February 5 and ends March 10. 

GOOD News: Making your voice heard makes a difference!
-Healthy Homes SB 1530 received $15m! It passed overwhelmingly, with bipartisan support.
-Congratulations to everyone who pitched in, with over a dozen
groups sending action alerts resulting in more than 1000 emails!
-SB 1596 Right to Repair: Will allow owners of most consumer electronics products to do their own repairs or have the repairs done by local small businesses. Passed!
-HB 4083 “The Coal Act”: Begins to divest Oregon public funds from companies with holdings in coal. Passed the House 33-24. Passed the Senate on a partisan 16-1!
-3HB 4015 Clarifies and streamlines the process for siting battery energy storage systems. Passed House 44-13. Passed the Senate on a partisan 16-13!                

EV Rebate Bill
Supports a $20 million allocation to keep the Charge Ahead Electric Vehicle program operating throughout 2024 with consistent funding. This bill is needed to help reduce transportation-related climate pollution.

On March 7, the Board of Forestry voted to finalize the State Forest Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)! The HCP will protect
essential habitat for 17 imperiled species of salmon and wildlife on 640,000 acres of Oregon state forests, establish buffers protecting forests from clearcutting, and create large Habitat Conservation Areas for species dependent on mature forests, like the marbled murrelet, coastal marten, and spotted owl.

Divest Oregon
Sometimes good things come in threes, and they’ve been happening FAST in our efforts to decarbonize Oregon’s BILLIONS OF DOLLARS of investments, including the $100 BILLION PERS fund.

— First, the COAL Act in some form has passed both houses of the Oregon legislature! The COAL Act calls for the PERS fund to decarbonize from coal investments. The House passed the bill in this “short session” and sent it to the Senate. The Senate added a minor amendment to the bill (clarifying a definition) and passed the amended version on March 5. Since the House and Senate versions of the bill are not word-for-word identical, it is being sent back to the House for “reconciliation” — i.e., to pass the amended language. Legislative supporters are confident that this will occur before the end of the session Sunday. Here is a link to information about the COAL Act.

— Second, on February 6, State Treasurer Read released his Net Zero Plan to lead the state toward decarbonization by 2050. Divest Oregon has vigorously lobbied the Treasurer and the Oregon Investment Council to move in this direction. Although we would like these actions to occur more quickly than outlined in the Treasurer’s plan, we applaud this important first step. See more about the Net Zero Plan and Divest Oregon’s comments at their website.

— Third, on April 2 Divest Oregon will sponsor the Oregon Treasurer Candidate Forum in Portland. Optional live streamed for those who sign up. Current Treasurer Read is term limited from running for re-election. Divest Oregon has invited all announced candidates to share their vision for Oregon investments and learn how (and whether) they intend to implement the Net Zero plan. Here’s a link to forum information and free ticket reservation:

Whew! We’re making progress. Contact Gary Wallmark at [email protected] if you have additional questions.

Resilience
The Dream of Now - William Stafford
When you wake to the dream of now from night and its other dream you carry day out of the dark like a flame.
When spring comes north and flowers unfold from earth and its even sleep, you lift summer on with your breath lest it be lost ever so deep.
​Your life you live by the light you find and follow it on as well as you can, carrying through the darkness wherever you go your one little fire that will start again.

On a new Spring Creek podcast, distinguished professor emerita of Philosophy at OSU, Kathleen Dean Moore, tells a story about how W.S. Merwin’s prose poem, “Unchopping a Tree,” helped her students think through the question that possesses us all: How can one heart hold both a deep love for the natural world and the knowledge that it is being destroyed?

This amendment will apply to all land management plans for the National Forest System. Following the scoping period, we expect an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to be published in May with a 90 day comment period.
​The EIS is expected to be finalized in January 2025.

The Big Picture Moving Forward
Overall, this is progress on old-growth forest conservation, but less so on mature forests. In areas like New England and the eastern US in general (where very little old-growth remains), this policy will have little immediate impact. The Climate Forests Campaign will use this comment period to urge meaningful protections for old growth in the amendment and as an organizing opportunity. We will continue to call for a national rule that protects mature and old-growth trees and forests.
We are thanking President Biden for his leadership, and calling on the Forest Service to follow through on the direction of Biden’s Executive Order.
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And One More Forest Support Opportunity:
We’re kicking off the new year right with an important opportunity to drive comments to the US Forest Service.
Linked here is a 2-page overview of the recently proposed national forest plan amendment to advance protections for the last remaining mature and old-growth trees in U.S. national forests. Here is a toolkit to help spread the news about this opportunity - let’s continue to make hay out of this moment!

What are the Home Energy Rebate Programs?
The Home Energy Rebate Programs include $8.8 billion dollars in grant funding to help American households save money on energy bills, upgrade to clean energy equipment and improve energy efficiency, reduce indoor and outdoor air pollution, and create workforce training programs.
Rebates are rolling out via the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)!
​Find out if you qualify! The Sierra Club has published an overview to help people get on board for incentives to a clean energy future. IRA Rebates

At 350 Eugene we are eager to usher in a swift transition to clean energy led with the Inflation Reduction Act and build upon the incremental success of COP28.
Locally, we have our work cut out for us as Eugene City Council, led by Climate Mayor Vinis, is poised to bring back a legally defensible electrification ordinance this spring and continue delivering new policies to decarbonize our building stock with building performance standards.
It’s going to be a big lift! But grassroots activists know how to apply the pressure!
As we saw last year, purveyors of dirty energy in the fossil gas industry (and their serfs in elected office) have boatloads of money to delay, distract and misinform consumers. They ignore or dispute the profound health effects of burning fossil gas in homes and pretend they’re part of the clean energy revolution. (Hint: renewable natural gas and hydrogen are expensive and will never replace their product.)
350 Eugene, with our partners, stands ready to engage & educate our community about the overwhelming advantages of electrification and organize resistance to slick methane-messaging. Just watch us!

In addition, 2024 will be the year for enacting durable policies to protect the Pacific Northwest’s most precious climate solution, our massive carbon-storing & sequestering biodiverse Forests! All national forests are reviewing and updating their forest plans this year and we will make sure throughout the public process that they hold fast to the goals of protecting mature and old growth trees. And we'll let you know of opportunities for you to do your part!

Along the way, we’re committed to supporting the brand new Climate Rights campaign, building on the success of Our Children's Trust's case in Montana, to pass state constitutional amendments that will protect air, water and land for future generations, stopping gas expansion in the PNW with the GTN Xpress project, offering workshops to promote personal and community resilience, and passing a bill in the Oregon legislature to divest PERS investments from coal (a no brainer).
A big portion of our 2023 budget was spent with the Eugene Weekly where we sponsored short "Factoids" and longer articles under the header "It Must Be the Climate". The aim to inform readers on important climate related issues as written by community engaged authors. Regretfully, we are learning that the Eugene Weekly must stop their printed paper and will only be available online for now.


We’re making plans for a fun-filled and edgy Earth Day in April. We hope you will plan to join us! Stay tuned.
2024 is going to be a big year. We’re glad to be fighting side by side with you toward a saner, safer and more just clean energy future.
Thanks for considering 350 Eugene in your end-of-year giving.