Climate Action RI

The Climate Action Rhode Island team is on the ground in Tobyhanna, eastern Pennsylvania getting out the votes for Vice-President Kamala Harris for president and Senator Bob Casey and Congressman Matt Cartwright. Every last vote counts! 

Climate Action RI is hiring a part-time development and communications role, targeting 20 hours a week while offering maximum flexibility. Come join our efforts to catapult state and local climate action to the next level! Details are at:

CARI is Hiring! We're looking for a part-time Development and Digital Communications Associate

The Preservation Society of Newport County is trying to block renewable offshore wind projects with a lawsuit over "ocean views." PSNC refused to discuss their case publicly, but we won't be silent! Sign our petition to demand they drop the lawsuit and support renewable energy to protect Newport from fossil-fuel driven climate impacts like rising seas and stronger storms.

Add your voice here >>

Petition: YES to Offshore Wind for New England

Pennsylvania will probably decide this election! Several folks from CARI are headed there to canvas, please consider coming too and we can help you with the logistics! You can email [email protected] for more information! If you can't make it, phone bank. Plenty of opportunities at kamalaharris.org

The University of Rhode Island is hosting 2 virtual events with experts on offshore wind. The events will cover the relationship between offshore wind and marine birds as well as offshore wind and local communities. We highly recommend attending both events!

Register for "Marine Birds and Wind Farms" https://www.alumni.uri.edu/events/faculty-office-hour-shore-birds-and-wind-farms/

Register for "Communities and Wind Farms" https://www.alumni.uri.edu/events/faculty-office-hour-communities-and-wind-farms/

Faculty Office Hour: Communities and Wind Farms - URIFAE Zoom Webinar (Link provided upon registration) Communities and Wind Farms As new offshore wind farm projects commence along the New England coast, who gets to have a say in where, or if, they happen? Professor David Bidwell is studying how vulnerable groups and communities are reacting to their deve...

How Voting on November 5 Can Advance Climate Policy: Insights from En-ROADS

Join Citizens Climate Lobby En-ROADS Engagement Action Team for a Zoom workshop to explore how every vote on November 5 can shape the future of U.S. climate policy. This session will use the EnROADS Simulator to:

- Explore the best uses of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to limit climate change

- Demonstrate the importance of electing officials and passing ballot measures that build political will for effective action.

Thursday, October 17th, 2024, 8:00-9:00 PM EST / 5:00-6:00 PM PT

Zoom Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsdu2hpjwiH9Wsr5RU6VCDRZCHbSg13--a

📅 Date: October 17th, 2024

🕒 Time: 8:00-9:00 PM EST, 5:00-6:00 PM PST

📍 Location: Zoom

Using the En-ROADS Climate Simulator, we’ll dive into the details of the IRA, explore what’s included in the legislation, and review its positive effects across the U.S. Learn how the policies in place are reducing emissions, fostering clean energy, and promoting sustainability—and how your vote can keep the momentum going.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CCL En-ROADS Engagement Action Team Meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CCL En-ROADS Engagement Action Team Meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Yes to Wind! Climate Action RI • 350 RI Protest against Preservation Society of Newport County whose opposition is delaying the construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind project. Climate Action RI activists came out on Sept. 19 to protest in front of the Rosecliff Mansion in Newport to let attendees of the $750 per plate gala know that the Society must end the lawsuit that is blocking the offshore wind energy supply New England needs.
Preservation Society of Newport County, your obstruction is a threat to good-paying wind energy jobs, meeting RI’s Act On Climate goals and RI’s green energy economy as well as RI’s coastline, RI’s marine life, and a stable climate that preserves a livable planet. End the lawsuit now!

Join Climate Action Rhode in demanding that the Newport Preservation Society drop its obstructionist lawsuit against offshore wind development on September 19th in Newport (in front of the Elms Mansion, 367 Bellevue Ave, Newport, RI at 6:45pm). The lawsuit threatens Rhode Island's ability to meet its clean energy goals and end our dependence on foreign oil.

Join the FB event here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/860040226224288

Their Newport Mansions are already worth over eighty million dollars and the organization is run by some of Rhode Island's wealthiest people. Yet they are suing the Federal Government in an attempt to win a multi-million dollar settlement from the offshore wind companies, which is money Rhode Islanders will end up paying in higher electricity bills. They refuse to discuss their lawsuit with us so we are taking our demands to them and protesting their $750/per person fundraiser. Read more about it in CARI's recent Boston Globe Op-Ed and sign our petition:

Petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/wind-yes

OpEd: https://drive.google.com/file/d/182bPxdu7g851a8duM_55GJ0RGNE_7sxa/view

Want to learn more about the way our electric grid works? Tune into the conversation about offshore wind transmission with Dr. Eric Hines, Ph.D., P.E.! 🌊🔋 NJ Wind Works
📅 Wednesday, September 18
🕒 6-7 pm EDT Zoom
🔗 https://www.mobilize.us/njlcv/event/686733/?utm_source=NJWWpartner

The New Jersey Wind Works Coalition presents: Offshore Wind Transmission and the Grid · New Jersey League of Conservation Voters Our transition to clean energy means that two important things need to happen. First, we need to power up clean, renewable energy sources, which will include offshore wind. Second, we need to make sure our power grid can deliver that additional energy to our homes and businesses. This presentation t...

Packed house at this weekend's Senate District 28 Democratic candidate forum. Thank you RI Working Families Party, Planned Parenthood Votes! Rhode Island, and Climate Action RI for co-organizing this event with us and Edward Fitzpatrick for moderating it! If this turnout is any indication, RI voters are ENGAGED.
📸:Vimala Phongsavanh
Globe Rhode Island

CARI member Theresa wondered if it was just her, or is it muggier than it used to be? GBH's Morning Edition asked meteorologist Dave Epstein says it's because of climate change:

Ask Dave Epstein: Does old soil cause tomato disease? A short lesson in crop rotation. Plus: Will Tropical Storm Ernesto affect New England weather?

Climate Art Exhibit in Providence August 22

You're invited to help us celebrate the end of the Climate Crisis to Climate Justice Art Exhibition on Thursday, August 22, 2024 by attending our Just Providence Workshop. From 4:30-6:30PM at Public Gallery, 27 Sims Ave., 2nd Floor, Providence, explore with us how to make Providence and beyond "buen vivir," which means living well without living better at the expense of others or the Earth, while viewing the art exhibition on one of its final days. The exhibit by REJC's Jesus Holguin and Public Gallery aims to uplift our history and lived experiences with our relationship between Mama Pacha, State Sanctioned Violence, and our Senses.

Join Clean Water Action and our friends Saturday for this candidate forum!
William Hall Library, August 17th, 3-4pm

Climate Action RI member Aaron Regunberg explains how Big Oil can be held legally liable for the destruction they have brought upon humankind and the environment

Climate Survivors Want Big Oil Held Accountable

Op-Ed from CARI Yes-to-wind members in the Globe today! CARI organizer Nick Horton will be on a panel on offshore wind today in Newport. The Preservation Society was invited but refused to show up. Sign our petition to ask them to drop the lawsuit: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/wind-yes

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/08/15/metro/rhode-island-climate-change-preservation-society-wind-farm-lawsuit/

Preservation Society of Newport County fails the clean energy debate test - The Boston Globe Climate change is not something we can continue to ignore. Having opposed a bill to fund public infrastructure, the PSNC should offer other solutions to the county’s vulnerabilities.

CARI is partnering with Planned Parenthood, Clean Water Action, and the Rhode Island Working Families Party on a candidate forum for those running in State Senate District 28. The event will take place on August 17 at 3p.m. at the William Hall Library in Cranston.

https://world.350.org/rhodeisland/state-senate-28-candidate-forum-august-17/

CARI Member Christian Roselund penned this op ed published in EcoRI last week!

Offshore Wind vs. Oil Dependence: No Comparison - ecoRI News The story of the blade failure at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind facility in the waters off Nantucket continues to evolve.

CARI continues to put pressure on the Preservation Society of Newport County to drop its lawsuit against offshore wind. Members showed up at a Newport Film event last week to educate visitors about the misguided lawsuit and the harmful effect it could have on much needed renewable energy development.