WILDEARTH CLIMATE ACTION TEAM SOCIAL:
DINNER AT OPAL DIVINE’S,
THURSDAY DECEMBER 15, 6:30 PM.
Join us for conversation and supper at Opal Divine’s, 3601 S Congress Ave
K100 (in Penn Field). For more information call or text Susan Lippman at 5128100236 .
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Saturday, November 26, 2016
WILDEARTH CLIMATE ACTION TEAM MEETING, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1st, 7:00-9:00 PM
Instead of our usual 2nd-Thursday meetings for November and December, and to avoid the Thanksgiving and winter holidays, the Climate Action Team will meet Thursday, December 1, 7 pm, at member’s home in South Austin. We’ll go back to 2nd-Thursdays in January. For information or directions, email climateteam@wildflowerchurch.org, or call or text Susan Lippman at 512 810 0236 (even at the last moment).
Thursday, November 17, 2016
Upcoming...
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 7PM-- First
UU’s Green Movie Night showing of The Burden. Here’s their link
to the event, including trailer, on the Austin EcoNetwork calendar: http://austineconetwork.com/event/green-movie-night-the-burden-fossil-fuels-the-military-and-national-security/
SATURDAY 11/19, 12-4 PM AT WILDFLOWER CHURCH--
ATX STANDS FOR STANDING ROCK. This is a fundraiser and silent
auction with food, dancing and prayers for Standing Rock. It will occur on
our grounds at 1314 E. Riverside, and in our Community Room, and I think in the Sanctuary also.
* Family friendly
* Hear representatives from Standing Rock
* Bid on local creations and services (silent auction)
* Opportunity to send prayers and intentions
* Dance ecstatic gratitude with local DJs
* Local food vendors.
* Creative kids' corner There will be booths for organizations and we have the option to put one up for our team. To volunteer or for more info, here is the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/569564739898204/
* Hear representatives from Standing Rock
* Bid on local creations and services (silent auction)
* Opportunity to send prayers and intentions
* Dance ecstatic gratitude with local DJs
* Local food vendors.
* Creative kids' corner There will be booths for organizations and we have the option to put one up for our team. To volunteer or for more info, here is the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/569564739898204/
...and save the evening of Thursday, December 1st, for the Climate Team's regular meeting. This will be our combined November-December meeting, as the usual 2nd-Thursday pattern would bump into the Thanksgiving and Winter holiday-season craziness.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Upcoming! Dinner Social, and Protest/Rally to Protect Our Water
Dates to Note:
Thursday, 10/27- WildEarth Climate Action Team's dinner social at 5 PM at Opal Divine's! (See details on previous post.)
Thursday 11/3, 8 AM- 2 PM - "Protect Our Water" Rally at Texas Parks and Wildlife HQ, 4200 Smith School Road.
This action in solidarity with Native peoples is to protect our land and water from pipelines and fossil fuel development. Tell Kelcy Warren and TPWD to protect our water! Warren, who is CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and the Trans-Pecos & Comanche Trails Pipelines in West Texas, was recently was appointed to the TWPC by Governor Greg Abbott. Some of our most treasured natural spaces in Texas--Balmorhea & San Solomon Springs, Big Bend, the Rio Grande River, and South Padre Island --are under attack by the fossil fuel industry.
Tell Kelcy Warren & the Parks and Wildlife Commission - Protect our Water!
(See Facebook Event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1768979983360076/)
Come rally and speak at the next public meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission in solidarity with Native peoples in protecting our land and water from pipelines and fossil fuel development.
WHAT: Rally & Testimony - Tell Kelcy Warren & TX Parks & Wildlife to Protect Our Water
WHEN: Thursday, Nov 3rd 8 AM
WHERE: 4200 Smith School Rd Austin, TX 78744 (Texas Parks & Wildlife HQ)
More details coming soon.
Some of our most treasured natural spaces in Texas - Balmorhea & San Solomon Springs, Big Bend, the Rio Grande River, and South Padre Island - are under attack by the fossil fuel industry.*
One of the commissions charged with protecting and preserving state public lands like Balmorhea State Park - the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) - is being infiltrated by representatives of the oil & gas industry like Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP). ETP is the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and the Trans-Pecos & Comanche Trails Pipelines in West Texas. Warren was appointed to the TWPC by Governor Greg Abbott.
We need people to defend our water sources. The sacred springs of Texas have nurtured the people of this land for thousands of years. Currently only 6 percent of Texas lands remains in public hands - these places should not be given away for corporate exploitation and the export of fossil fuels, putting money into the pockets of those who want to exploit our land.
According to David Hunn’s October 10th story in the Houston Chronicle, it is “estimated that nearly 50 of (TPWC) parks had oil and gas production on them (in 2004), earning the department royalties of $817,000, just a fraction of an annual budget that today tops $700 million. More recent royalty figures were not immediately available.
In addition, at least four of the nine members appointed to the parks and wildlife commission work for oil companies or own mineral rights, including Kelcy Warren, according the parks department website.”
The political economy of Texas is corrupt - it’s rooted in a millionaire class that is exploiting our public land for their private gain. The TPWD mission is severely undermined by the practice of using public lands for resource extraction such as oil drilling, gas fracking and energy transport pipelines.
Boards and commissions that are supposed to be in charge of preserving the public good are instead appointed by our Governor Greg Abbott for their own professional corporate interests.
Our waters are currently under threat. It’s time to take a stand and speak out against the fossil fuel destruction and corruption of our lands, water, air, and democracy in Texas.
*Balmorhea & San Solomon Springs are threatened by Apache Corporation’s oil & gas drilling near Balmorhea State Park. Big Bend is threatened by Energy Transfer Partners; Trans Pecos Pipeline. The Rio Grande River is threatened in Eagle Pass by the Dos Republicas Coal Mine and in El Paso County by Energy Transfer Partners’ Comanche Trails Pipeline. South Padre Island is threatened by proposed massive export terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Houston Chronicle Story
http://fuelfix.com/blog/
Profile of Kelcy Warren
http://www.bloomberg.com/
Dakota Access Pipeline Builder Spends Millions to Influence Elections
https://
Thursday, 10/27- WildEarth Climate Action Team's dinner social at 5 PM at Opal Divine's! (See details on previous post.)
Thursday 11/3, 8 AM- 2 PM - "Protect Our Water" Rally at Texas Parks and Wildlife HQ, 4200 Smith School Road.
This action in solidarity with Native peoples is to protect our land and water from pipelines and fossil fuel development. Tell Kelcy Warren and TPWD to protect our water! Warren, who is CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and the Trans-Pecos & Comanche Trails Pipelines in West Texas, was recently was appointed to the TWPC by Governor Greg Abbott. Some of our most treasured natural spaces in Texas--Balmorhea & San Solomon Springs, Big Bend, the Rio Grande River, and South Padre Island --are under attack by the fossil fuel industry.
Tell Kelcy Warren & the Parks and Wildlife Commission - Protect our Water!
(See Facebook Event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1768979983360076/)
Come rally and speak at the next public meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission in solidarity with Native peoples in protecting our land and water from pipelines and fossil fuel development.
WHAT: Rally & Testimony - Tell Kelcy Warren & TX Parks & Wildlife to Protect Our Water
WHEN: Thursday, Nov 3rd 8 AM
WHERE: 4200 Smith School Rd Austin, TX 78744 (Texas Parks & Wildlife HQ)
More details coming soon.
Some of our most treasured natural spaces in Texas - Balmorhea & San Solomon Springs, Big Bend, the Rio Grande River, and South Padre Island - are under attack by the fossil fuel industry.*
One of the commissions charged with protecting and preserving state public lands like Balmorhea State Park - the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) - is being infiltrated by representatives of the oil & gas industry like Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP). ETP is the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota and the Trans-Pecos & Comanche Trails Pipelines in West Texas. Warren was appointed to the TWPC by Governor Greg Abbott.
We need people to defend our water sources. The sacred springs of Texas have nurtured the people of this land for thousands of years. Currently only 6 percent of Texas lands remains in public hands - these places should not be given away for corporate exploitation and the export of fossil fuels, putting money into the pockets of those who want to exploit our land.
According to David Hunn’s October 10th story in the Houston Chronicle, it is “estimated that nearly 50 of (TPWC) parks had oil and gas production on them (in 2004), earning the department royalties of $817,000, just a fraction of an annual budget that today tops $700 million. More recent royalty figures were not immediately available.
In addition, at least four of the nine members appointed to the parks and wildlife commission work for oil companies or own mineral rights, including Kelcy Warren, according the parks department website.”
The political economy of Texas is corrupt - it’s rooted in a millionaire class that is exploiting our public land for their private gain. The TPWD mission is severely undermined by the practice of using public lands for resource extraction such as oil drilling, gas fracking and energy transport pipelines.
Boards and commissions that are supposed to be in charge of preserving the public good are instead appointed by our Governor Greg Abbott for their own professional corporate interests.
Our waters are currently under threat. It’s time to take a stand and speak out against the fossil fuel destruction and corruption of our lands, water, air, and democracy in Texas.
*Balmorhea & San Solomon Springs are threatened by Apache Corporation’s oil & gas drilling near Balmorhea State Park. Big Bend is threatened by Energy Transfer Partners; Trans Pecos Pipeline. The Rio Grande River is threatened in Eagle Pass by the Dos Republicas Coal Mine and in El Paso County by Energy Transfer Partners’ Comanche Trails Pipeline. South Padre Island is threatened by proposed massive export terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Houston Chronicle Story
http://fuelfix.com/blog/
Profile of Kelcy Warren
http://www.bloomberg.com/
Dakota Access Pipeline Builder Spends Millions to Influence Elections
https://
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
WildEarth Climate Action Team Social, Thursday Oct.27, 5 PM
Join us for
conversation and supper at Opal
Divine’s, 3601 S Congress Ave
K100 (in Penn Field). We've chosen the early time and the location so that those who are attending the Beloved Conversations course at Wildflower at 6 pm can be there on time. For more information, contact Susan Lippman, 512 810 0236.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
WildEarth Climate Action Team meeting, Friday Oct. 14, 7-9 pm
NOTE: FRIDAY, NOT Thursday!
Instead of our usual 2nd-Thursday
meeting, the Climate Action Team will on FRIDAY, October 14, 7 pm, at a member’s home in the Circle C area. For information or directions, email climateteam@wildflowerchurch.org,
or call or text me, Susan Lippman, at 512 810 0236 (even at the last moment).
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