BIDEN PREPARES FOR OUR BLISTERING FUTURE
The impacts of climate change are no longer theoretical but unfolding globally.
QUICK READ:
Quick read: We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists. The delay’s impact can be seen and felt worldwide, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act. We have a responsibility to protect the future, as much as we can, for the children who are following us.
CONTENTS:
BACKGROUND
President Biden’s bold moves to prepare America for unprecedented climate change come not a moment too soon. The news globally is already horrific:
Severe heat waves and droughts across the EU and the U.S.
America’s infrastructure failing from California to Mississippi.
The Antarctic's “doomsday glacier” is projected to raise sea levels by 3 to 10 feet, retreating faster than predicted.
The damage is unfolding around the world. Assessing the floods in Pakistan, the UN chief said he had “never seen climate carnage” on such a scale.
China, the world’s #1 greenhouse gas producer, was hammered by a historic heat wave that limited or eliminated power from dams, cutting electricity across the country. Carmakers have closed plants, and rice crops are withering because of the soaring heat.
We’ve lost five decades because of the oil industry’s lies that gave Republicans cover for inaction. Consequently, as warming soars closer to tipping points, projected changes are probably irreversible:
States, including Texas and Florida, will lose millions of acres to rising seas.
Diminishing forests, which filter water and bind nutrients, threaten drinking water.
Countries supplying 70% of the world’s food face extreme heat risks.
We need to act, as Biden has done, on science-based guidance for the climate we have forever altered.
ACTION One: Call the Senate.
Script for Oregon Senators
SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753
My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
SEN. WYDEN:
Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
Script for Republican Senators
D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
ACTION TWO: Call the House.
Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)
Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)
Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act. of Ukraine.
Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)
Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].
I support President Biden’s efforts to prepare for global warming, but much more must be done. We are 50 years beyond the warnings of scientists, and the delay’s results are already being seen and felt around the world, threatening lives, food supplies, power generation, forcing people from their homes, and much more. This isn’t the time to buy the lies of Republicans. It’s 50 years beyond the time to act.
ACTION THREE: Good Trouble.
GOOD TROUBLE: Below are opportunities to fight for our democracy. As John Lewis said, go make some “good trouble.”
Get involved with Extinction Rebellion or another group working for climate change. For more information, click here.
Fridays at 4 - Letter and Postcard Writing — Indivisible Oregon.
Learn about persuasive language and communication research at the Zoom ASO Movement Briefings every second Wednesday. (DELAYED THIS AUGUST. WATCH THE WEBSITE FOR UPDATES.)
Join the campaign to hold the House and Senate at GiveNoGround.org
Work to protect democracy in the House by electing Democrats Val Hoyle in District 4, Jamie McLeod-Skinner in District 5, and Andrea Salinas in Oregon’s new Congressional District 6.
Check out the Poor People's Campaign Readies 'Massive, Nonviolent' Effort to Save Democracy
Outside of Portland? Check out COIN Oregon.
FURTHER READING
Failure to Slow Warming Will Set Off Climate ‘Tipping Points,’ Scientists Say - The New York Times
Brutal summer pushes climate closer to political tipping point – POLITICO
The crisis in Jackson shows how climate change can threaten water supplies : NPR
Climate tipping points loom at 1.5 degrees of warming, new study warns : NPR
Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation US Government
Europe just had its hottest summer in recorded history - The Washington Post
China reports ‘most severe’ heatwave and third driest summer on record | China | The Guardian
Climate change is affecting drinking water quality | EurekAlert!
Why Arctic wildfires are releasing more carbon than ever | Reuters
Never seen climate carnage on such scale: UN chief after visit to Pakistan | Business Standard News
World’s olive oil supply threatened by worst drought ‘in living memory’ CNN
Climate change: Europe's warm summer shatters records - BBC News
China reports ‘most severe’ heatwave and third driest summer on record | China | The Guardian
Countries Growing 70% Of World’s Food Face ‘Extreme’ Heat Risk by 2045 - NextBillion
Climate change has Seville so hot it's started naming heat waves like hurricanes | Engadget
Middle East region heating up twice as fast as rest of globe - The Washington Post
