Below are some actions you can take in the next few weeks! Please scroll down to find your geographic region. If you would like to add an event to our next Bi-weekly action alert, please contact Cecile at cecile.gernez@sierraclub.org Thank you for all you do to protect Washington’s Environment!
State-wide
- Rescheduled offshore drilling hearing! Monday, March 5th from 3:00-7:00 at the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia. Show up to keep the trump administration from drilling off our coasts! Facebook event here.
- Keep fracked gas out of Washington! Permitting agencies are accepting comments regarding the climate impacts of the World’s Largest Methanol Refinery! Submit yours now! The deadline is March 1st!
- One action can help two iconic species of the Northwest – orca and salmon – to recover from their trends toward extinction. Tell Governor Inslee to increase spill over the Snake River dams.
- Sign up to demand a 100% renewable energy future at the hearing on PSE’s 20-Year Plan on February 21 in Renton! Click here!
Seattle
- Saturday, February 10th from 12:00-2:00 at Washington Hall: Fracked gas comment writing party! We will be submitting comments to permitting agencies regarding the climate impacts of the world’s largest fracked gas to methanol refinery! What we submit in this comment period will affect how permitting agencies study the climate impacts of other fracked gas projects as well- including the Tacoma LNG Facility. This is a child friendly event! RSVP here!
- Wednesday, February 21st from 12:00-7:00 at the Renton Community Center: Hearing on Puget Sound Energy’s 20-year plan, which currently includes the Tacoma LNG Facility, plans to continue burning coal, and add new fracked gas power plants. Come speak out and demand 100% clean energy now! RSVP on Facebook!
- Wednesday, February 21st 1:00 at City Hall: Come out and pressure our city council in Seattle, to officially oppose the Tacoma LNG Facility, which would be built on Puyallup treaty land, and would lock us into decades of fracked gas usage in Washington. Contact Vicoria.leistman@sierraclub.org for more information.
- Thursday, March 15th from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Sierra Club Office: Join our monthly organizing meeting to stop fossil fuel infrastructure! Right now, we are focusing on stopping the Tacoma LNG facility, and the worlds largest fracked gas to methanol refinery, proposed in Southwest Washington. Contact: Neal Anderson at sagan2112@yahoo.com
- Apply to be a member of the Sierra Club Seattle Executive Committee! Send your application by March 5th! Contact: Rebecca Monteleone rebecca.deehr@gmail.com
East King County
- Wednesday, March 14th from 7 to 9 pm at the Kingsgate Library (12315 NE 143rd St, Kirkland, WA 98034)-Eastside Beyond Coal Team Meeting: Join activists from across East King County to shut down the largest source of carbon pollution in the Northwest: Puget Sound Energy’s Colstrip coal plant. All our welcome! Please email jessica.koski@sierraclub.org so we know how many people to expect!
South King County
- Wednesday, March 21st from 6:30 to 8 pm at the Kent Library (212 2nd Ave N, Kent, WA 98032)South King County Beyond Coal Team Meeting: Join activists from across South King County to shut down the largest source of carbon pollution in the Northwest: Puget Sound Energy’s Colstrip coal plant. All our welcome! Please email jessica.koski@sierraclub.org so we know how many people to expect!
Tacoma/Pierce County
- LNG Trivia Night from 6:00-8:00pm at The Forum, 815 Pacific Ave A, Tacoma, WA 98402: Come on down to The Forum and join us for a fun-filled evening of LNG-related trivia! Learn the facts about PSE’s Liquified Natural Gas facility at the Port of Tacoma and what that means for our community. There will be FREE FOOD, QUIZZES, PRIZES, and LOTS O’ FUN! Contact Victoria.leistman@sierraclub.org for more information
Olympia
- Rescheduled offshore drilling hearing! Monday, March 5th from 3:00-7:00 at the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia. Show up to keep the trump administration from drilling off our coasts! Facebook event here.
Vashon
- Check out the Vashon Progressive Alliance Calendar! Click here!
Southwest Washington
- Wednesday, March 14th from 5:30-7:30 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Vancouver: Join our monthly organizing meeting! We are currently working on stopping the largest methanol refinery in the world, proposed in Kalama, and funding a just and equitable transition to a clean energy economy through the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy ballot initiative!
- Monday, March 26th from 7:00-9:00 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Vancouver: Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy Ballot Initiative Kickoff! Lean all about the initiative to put a price on carbon in order to fund a just and equitable transition to a clean energy economy, and gain the skills necessary to put this initiative on the ballot! Contact cecile.gernez@sierraclub.org for more information!