Dear friends,
Last year, fossil fuels were more than 80 percent of global energy consumption, contributing to rising greenhouse gas emissions. This points to the urgent need for energy conservation as global energy demand is rising.
Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber runs the UAE's state oil giant and has been designated as President of COP28, the next annual climate conference. There is a clear conflict of interest, as he is behind plans to expand his company's oil production to meet demand.
"The phasedown of fossil fuels is inevitable. The speed at which this happens depends on how quickly we can phase up zero carbon alternatives, while ensuring energy security, accessibility and affordability," [al-Jaber] said at an event on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Bonn.
This is not climate leadership.
Call on Joe Biden to push for better leadership at COP28.
a maze of federal, state, and local permitting processes is slowing down progress on constructing renewable energy projects – specifically, the power lines that are needed to transmit the electricity they generate. In fact, a recent study showed that 80 percent of the greenhouse gas reductions in the Inflation Reduction Act passed last summer could be lost if the US doesn’t build any new transmission lines.
Urge Congress to prioritize clean energy in permit legislation. This quick action is from Stand.earth.
Rising emissions and temperatures are worsening storms and flooding. New rain estimates, released today, suggest that
that [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] is substantially underestimating the risk of severe rain in some of the nation’s largest cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington among them.
Tell the president to declare a climate emergency. This quick action is from a coalition of climate action groups.
Accurate data matters, just as it’s important how we tell the story of the dangers we face. As lawsuits against corporate predators gain traction, 350.org has started a great campaign to get the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA to name climate disasters for the fossil fuel companies that cause them.
Tell the WMO and NOAA: Name climate disasters after fossil fuel companies!
Here’s a repeat action from last week.
Tell OSHA to adopt emergency heat regulations to protect farmworkers! This quick action is from United Farm Workers.
with love,
L