Democratic Environmental Caucus of Leon County
Supporting Environmental Issues of The Democratic Party
14/05/2024
https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/earth-day-fastest-warming-cities?
Earth Day: Fastest-Warming Cities and Record Clean Investment | Climate Central All 50 states and 237 U.S. cities have warmed since 1970. Although global carbon pollution has never been higher, U.S. investment in the clean energy transition is also at record levels.
08/05/2024
‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandoned
08/05/2024
World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds
11/03/2024
Gerald Ensley flashback: Bid goodbye to tree town Tallahassee as we know it Maybe the Tallahassee some of us fell in love with 20, 30, 40 years ago was an accident.
02/03/2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/28/france-abortion-senate-vote/
French Senate votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, a world first Officials and activists predict the bill will successfully secure the backing of three-fifths of lawmakers from both houses of Parliament in a special congress next week at Versailles.
02/03/2024
Blueprint OKs arduous amendment process that may steer taxpayer funds to affordable housing Blueprint staff recommended not moving forward with a substantial amendment change and said there was no money to fund additional projects.
29/01/2024
How a Black Miami neighborhood became ‘ground zero for climate gentrification’ A documentary, Razing Liberty Square, examines the plight of families in Liberty City as developers ‘revitalize’ community on desirable higher land
30/08/2023
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/08/29/greece-wildfire-largest-recorded-europe/
Greece struggles to contain Europe’s largest wildfire on record Ongoing fires have scorched 310 square miles.
29/08/2023
‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate? Extreme weather is ‘smacking us in the face’ with worse to come, but a ‘tiny window’ of hope remains, say leading climate scientists
28/08/2023
Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says The finding doesn’t have the force of law, but is notable because it is based on one of the most widely accepted international treaties.
25/08/2023
Canceled takeoff for Airport Gateway may lead to Blueprint cash dash The Blueprint IA is back to square one with the Airport Gateway project after commissioners agreed to not approve the project’s budget increase yet.
From the Jefferson County, FL Democrats:
Thursday, August 31, 11 AM: Join with Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried and her staff, local elected officials, and the Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee at the Monticello Opera House on Courthouse Circle in Monticello!
Democratic Chair Nikki Fried and her staff are making a statewide tour to Take Back Florida from the MAGA and DeSantis Republicans.
We Democrats are for
1. Healthcare available for all. Obamacare is a good start. but we're not finished.
2. Passing the Florida constitutional amendment to raise hourly pay a dollar each year till it reaches $15, now paying $11, then peg it to the cost of living, is a good start, but is not enough for a secure living situation; people who work need and deserve more.
3. Tax breaks for green energy and energy efficiency: A good start for promoting more sustainable energy, and the good jobs to install and support it. But we need an even more massive effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions and save earth from the increasing heat waves, droughts, glacial meltdowns, sea level rise, catastrophic floods and intense storms.
4. Fighting racial discrimination and the persistent negative impacts on the Black community from slavery and Jim Crow segregation. Current legal equality masks inequality. Teach the truth about this heritage and this continuing struggle, instead of omitting the truth, outright lying, and suppressing library books and classroom discussions. Promote diversity, equity and inclusion!
5. High quality public education. Oppose moving vast sums of money from public education to private schools. Allow teachers to teach about the good, the bad and the ugly without fear of being arrested and jailed for offending Republican censors. Make higher education, trade school and college affordable. Public education K-College! K-16, overdue!
6. Better access to housing and reasonably priced home insurance, decent shelter for all.
The MAGA Republican position: They're against all this. They offer low pay, high priced insurance, inadequate health care, hostility toward African Americans, women, immigrants, and sexual minorities, opposing diversity, equity and inclusion programs, doing nothing about global warming, gutting public education, but favoring AR-15s for everybody, concealed weapons, no training or background checks, just hypocritical "thoughts and prayers" each time mass shootings of kids in school occur, and denying women the right to choose within the full spectrum of reproductive healthcare, including abortion when a woman and her medical provider think its called for.
Join us in the Take Back Florida Rally 11 AM Thursday, Aug. 31, Monticello Opera House. By your presence, and your support, help build momentum to Take Back Florida! Invite someone you know!
Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee
16/08/2023
DeSantis' IRA veto falls squarely on the poor We need to make a fuss. Let your elected representatives, especially the governor, know that this is not acceptable. While we have been cut off this year, it’s not too late; we have one more year to apply.
16/08/2023
DeSantis’ rejection of federal funding for energy programs hurts Floridians DeSantis has lost sight of the lives and livelihoods of his constituents in his haste to reject money that would help with expenses related to climate change.
14/08/2023
Judge Rules in Favor of Montana Youths in Landmark Climate Case The court found that young people have a constitutional right to a healthful environment and that regulators must be allowed to consider climate impact.
26/07/2023
Florida ocean records ‘unprecedented’ temperatures similar to a hot tub The 90-100F readings add to previous warnings over warming water putting marine life and ecosystems in peril
17/06/2023
June temperatures briefly passed key climate threshold. Scientists expect more such spikes Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, drawing notice in the scientific community and prompting public chatter that climate change might be accelerating. The mercury has since dipped again, but experts say the brief surge marked a new global heat record f...
16/06/2023
Young climate activists take Montana to court for its role in global warming Youth plaintiffs say warming temperatures are harming their health and threatening their futures as a closely-watched climate trial kicks in Montana. But a lawyer for the fossil fuel-friendly state said in opening arguments on Monday that Montana's emissions were “minuscule” on a global scale an...
02/06/2023
More than 800m Amazon trees felled in six years to meet beef demand Investigation involving Guardian shows systematic and vast forest loss linked to cattle farming in Brazil
02/06/2023
US deal could plug Turkmenistan’s colossal methane emissions The central Asian country has the worst rate of climate-heating ‘super-emitter’ events in the world
10/05/2023
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/09/debt-ceiling-climate-crisis
Republicans take aim at Biden’s climate plan in debt ceiling fight Republicans are determined to link any increase in the ceiling with cuts to Biden’s signature climate legislation
03/05/2023
Phosphogypsum plan heads to DeSantis; opposition urges veto The Florida Senate on Monday gave final approval to a bill that could be a step toward using phosphogypsum, a byproduct of the phosphate industry, in building roads. Senators voted 34-4 to approve the bill (HB 1191), which passed the House last week. It is now ready to go to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
09/12/2022
Animals Are Running Out of Places to Live Talks in Montreal this month could be a big victory, or a missed opportunity, for the planet’s wildlife. We explain why, and show you some of the species losing habitat fast.
02/09/2022
Major sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap is ‘now inevitable’ Loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27cm regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists discover
13/08/2022
House Passes Sweeping Climate, Tax and Health Care Package The passage of the bill, which appeared dead just weeks ago, caps a Democratic effort to deliver on major components of President Biden’s agenda.
12/08/2022
Continuing 8-week drop, Florida gas prices fall another 14 cents to lowest level since March Average gas prices in Florida dropped to $3.79 a gallon after eight weeks of decline, marking the lowest drivers are paying at the pump since March.
11/08/2022
Climate change’s impact intensifies as U.S. prepares to take action The Arctic is warming at a much faster rate than many scientists had expected, one of several recent indicators providing evidence of climate change's intensifying impact on the planet.
31/05/2022
How a Florida Power Project Flew Under the Regulatory Radar The state’s biggest utility is building a 176-mile line that may be unsuitable or even unneeded. Its design minimized scrutiny. Critics see a pattern.