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WHAT WE DO
● We offer easy & accessible advocacy alerts on sound and just
climate policy with simple sign ins, written comment, virtual
testimony, emails, and phone calls.
● Reach out to info@350WA.org to connect!
PRIORITIES
Housing, Recycling/Waste Management, Forestry, Salmon, Air and Water Pollution, Building Electrification, Solar, Police Accountability, Transportation, The Climate Commitment Act, The Washington State Investment Board pension, Guaranteed Basic Income, Rent Stabilization, and so much more!
How Did Our Bills Do?
Buy Clean and Buy Fair
Electric School Buses
Co-Living Housing
Connecting Communities
Solar Consumer Protections
Safer Tires for Salmon
Pilot Projects for Geo-thermal networks
Transit-Oriented Development ReWrap Act
CURB Act
Rent Stabilization
Home Energy Labeling Bottle Bill
Climate-Safe Pensions
A Look Inside CAT
● Volunteers + Staff Support = Action!
● Activists, bill trackers, writers, editors, social media group (with videos!) ● Folks join up with little or no experience and gain new skills and expertise ● Core group stays over time and develops deep knowledge
How do we decide which bills to track?
● Before session: set a general direction based on what we’ve heard is coming ● Gather information from allied climate & equity groups
● Read bills as they get filed looking for ones that are climate related ● Keep reading amendments are added!
● Our capacity is driven by volunteer capacity
Role of Values
350 Seattle works toward climate justice by organizing people to make deep system change: resisting fossil fuels; building momentum for healthy alternatives; and fostering resilient, just, and welcoming communities.
● What we do has to conform to our values
● We consider not just the environmental impact of a bill but also the impact on less advantaged communities
● We work to keep equity at the forefront, in the big decisions about what bills we support, in the small decisions about talking points, in how we treat each other on the team
Key to Success
Volunteers + Paid Staff = Climate Action
It’s an army of volunteers all held together by paid staff.
64 people, 2 staff, 2 UW Practicum Interns, 5 UW student observers, tons of volunteers
Staff keep track of things, they are there in a dependable way every day, and they build a community that volunteers enjoy being in.
That’s why contributions to 350 Seattle are so important to the effort.
How Can You Help?
Sign up to do actions!
● Volunteer for the team, it’s fun and you learn a lot.
● Ask friends to join.
● Talk to your legislator about climate & let them know you have their back. ● Get to know them and support them in the election
Climate Commitment Act
● Requires fossil fuel companies to pay for allowances to pollute ● Creates an incentive for companies to switch to clean energy ● Puts a Cap on how much can be emitted inside the State. ● Reducing the cap slowly gives industry time to respond
● The State uses the money they collect from this to fund projects that reduce emissions and address environmental justice inequities
What is I-2117?
Initiative to repeal the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), on the ballot in Nov.
Think of this as a referendum on climate policy, not just state-wide, but with national implications.
Repealing the CCA would remove the incentive for large industries to clean up their act, and it would remove funding the State has now for converting transportation and buildings. All the State funding for public transit, including youth fares, money for multi-use paths, bike lanes, sidewalks on state roads, ferries, one third of the transportation budget would be removed. All ongoing state transportation projects would have to be reconsidered. Also, state funding for heat pumps, weatherization, and state forests would go away. And, electric school buses.
There is a No on I-2117 campaign that is getting underway. They are trying to raise funds because there is a very organized well-funded effort on the other side. I am certain they will also be looking for people to help write letters, op-eds, knock on doors, get out the vote.