Environmental Politics
Torrance Goes All 350 for October 24, Ready to do The Amazing Waving Human Tide Line
It was a historic night in Torrance, California this evening as long-held differences were put aside and the City and your Creative Greenius came together to join forces on behalf of Saturday’s 350.org International Day of Climate Action. That’s me with my new favorite Councilman Cliff Numark just before the Council session started. Doesn’t he look relieved and happy? Don’t I look friendly and reasonable? It’s a new day in Torrance my friends.
It gets even better for those of us working to bring CO2 levels back down to 350 parts per million as you’ll see after the jump with exclusive video you’ll only see here first on Creative Greenius
The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!
I originally wrote and published this piece in June of 2008 under the title “The Cat Is On The Roof – This Joke is at YOUR Expense…”
Today, on this very special Blog Action Day Creative Greenius, I take you back to June of 2008 and ask you: What the hell have YOU been doing for the past 15 months? Worried about your finances and the crash of the economy? That ain’t nothing compared to what’s on tap for you next.
You woke up to a house on fire, and you best stop thinking that smell is coffee.
Continue reading ➞ The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!
Where Will YOU Be on October 24?
If you’re a friend of mine I know you’ll be at the Manhattan Beach Pier at 3pm on October 24th to be part of the largest climate action in the history of Southern California. If you’re not yet a friend of mine, come on down and you’ll become a friend of mine.
Lots of my Greenpeace friends will be there with me and some of them are coming from as far away as the Bay Area, or Green Nirvana as we refer to it down here.
Some of my other Greenpeace friends just released this new video. It’s 2 minutes 23 seconds long. Watch it right now. Then head over to www.350.org/southbay350 and RSVP for October 24.
350 Climate Action – South Bay Style! The Whole World is Watching…
That’s the banner that will be strung across Manhattan Ave in downtown Manhattan Beach next week to herald our South Bay 350 Climate Action Group event on the beach as our part of the International Day of Climate Action. It’s thanks to our host city of Manhattan Beach and our wonderful partners at the South Bay Environmental Services Center.
And here’s the banner that will be stretching across Highway 1 at Marine Avenue courtesy of our great allies at Surfrider Foundation
We’ve got the entire South Bay fired up, ready to go! And we’re reaching out to all 10 million citizens of the County of Los Angeles. These are YOUR beaches, this is YOUR time, this is the issue of YOUR generation. Join us and lets stand shoulder to shoulder to take action for our children and their children!
That’s why the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted yesterday to pass a resolution declaring October 24, 2009 “International Day of Climate Action” for L.A. County. Check it out after the jump.
Continue reading ➞ 350 Climate Action – South Bay Style! The Whole World is Watching…
The Sad States of Global Warming & Their Sorry Senators
Hey, Max Baucus and Jon Tester in Montana – Do either of you US Senators have a clue on climate change? It sure doesn’t seem so from the weak, milquetoast style nonleadership you’re both dishing up on this issue that neither of you seems to understand too well. We can’t afford your ignorance any longer. Time to cowboy up fellas. I know you both like to prance in front of the media in cowboy hats, but that phony play acting doesn’t get the job done on climate. And yeah, I know you’re fellow Democrats, that’s why I have the right to be so frank and direct with you both.
My friends at the World Wildlife Fund are nicer about it in their new video directed at your fellow Montanans, but neither of you two public servants has earned that courtesy through your actions.
What about you Senators Snowe and Collins of Maine? You’ve been two weak sisters when it comes to defending your own state against its greatest risk and there’s nothing “moderate” about that. All that global warming isn’t just coming from women your age having hot flashes, or don’t you get that? It doesn’t appear that you do, from your actions so far. Don’t you love and care about the people of your own state? If you do, you’re going to have to move at a much faster speed with a much sharper response ladies… Watch the Maine WWF video after the jump
Continue reading ➞ The Sad States of Global Warming & Their Sorry Senators
The Summit On Clean Tech Law & The New Energy Policy
My friend, attorney Leslie Williams, of Shaub and Williams, has been busy for the past few months putting together a big Renewable Energy Law Summit at the Southwestern Law School in L.A. and it takes place next week, on Sept 18.
If it wasn’t my 52nd birthday and I wasn’t already volunteering for the South Bay Environmental Services Center that day in Lawndale, I’d be there – because the lineup Leslie’s put together is pretty terrific:
Continue reading ➞ The Summit On Clean Tech Law & The New Energy Policy
Greenius Gets Groove On with Greenpeace & GRID Alternatives
This is the summer I totally got my groove on. And I have never been more all now or totally happening.
While lots of folks took the month of August off, or participated in the greatest display ever of America’s mental health crisis – by aggressively acting out in public Town Halls enraged over their own painful ignorance – your Creative Greenius has devoted 100% of my time to pro bono volunteer work that makes a difference.
I’ve never made less money or had a more rewarding time.
Continue reading ➞ Greenius Gets Groove On with Greenpeace & GRID Alternatives
ToxicTown Torrance Has A Chemical Problem
As if I don’t have enough environmental trouble to worry about here in ToxicTown, Torrance, California, my home for the past 16+ years, what with the evil Exxon Mobil Refinery using 750 prime acres of our real estate to spew greenhouse gases and other climate changing emissions day and night with the blessing and endorsement of our City Council, Mayor and easy to please Environmental Commission.
But today my friends at Greenpeace released a new reason to worry about the environment here in Torrance. They put the bulls-eye on JCI Jones Chemical as the posterboys for needlessly dangerous chemical plants that put 4.5 million women, children and men at risk. I’m one of those men and I take it personally …
Continue reading ➞ ToxicTown Torrance Has A Chemical Problem
Your AB 920 Greenius Update & A Call For Three Times The Sun!
One of the groups I support and learn from is Environment California who have been great advocates of AB 811 and AB 920, the one-two punch for solar we absolutely need to drive solar sales at the rate demanded by today’s CO2 levels. Dan Jacobson is the Legislative Director of Environment California and he’s both progressive and effective – and someone I admire a great deal.
Dan’s been a big help to California Assemblyman Jared Huffman’s efforts to get AB 920 turned into the feed-in tariff law that will drive sales of solar literally through and onto every available rooftop in the Golden State. And if you talked with Lawrence Cooper he’d probably tell you it would be a big help in getting to 33% renewable energy in California. Lawrence Cooper works with Assemblyman Huffman, and AB 920 is one of his big responsibilities.
I heard from Cooper a couple of times this week with updates on the progress of AB 920 which is expected to be heard on Monday in Senate Appropriations, where it will be referred to the suspense file due to the cost. Cooper and his team will then start to work to get the bill out of suspense.
Cooper has already worked long and hard, including setting me straight about SCE’s support for the bill. I had gotten that wrong in my piece on Monday and Cooper was kind enough to correct me without beating me up.
Continue reading ➞ Your AB 920 Greenius Update & A Call For Three Times The Sun!
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