[Occupymendocino] Fwd: Protect the Pacific from Offshore Oil Drilling

Thu Jan 25 10:49:15 PST 2018

Urge the need for hearings on the Coast!

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From: Sierra Club Redwood Chapter <redwoodchapter at lakelive.info>
Date: 1/22/18 1:02 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: Ann <annxpress at live.com>
Subject: Protect the Pacific from Offshore Oil Drilling

The Trump administration is waging a war on our coasts, and we are standing strong across the state to fight any repeal of protections...
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Protect the Pacific

The Trump administration continues to raise the bar on its egregious favoritism to the fossil fuel industry while ignoring the sensitive environment it aims to destroy and the public's opposition to that destruction.

The administration has announced plans to accept bids for offshore oil leases everywhere along our coasts (Atlantic and Pacific) except for Florida. Six sites in California would be immediately included, two in the south, two in the center, and two here on the North Coast. We don't need to tell you how coastal drilling fouls our pristine beaches and fragile wildlife habitats. You've seen it. You know what an oil spill can do.

We all heaved a sigh of relief in 2015 when President Obama authorized the expansion of the Cordell Banks and Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuaries off our local coasts, more than doubling their size and establishing what was intended to be permanent protection for the most fragile parts of the Sonoma and Mendocino coasts to north of Point Arena. At the Gualala celebration of this decree Congressman Jared Huffman speculated about pushing the boundaries even farther north: “there’s no logical stopping point short of the Arctic.”

Sierra Club has successfully defeated past efforts to drill along the Sonoma and Mendocino coasts, and we will continue that fight today.

Trump's “America First Energy Policy”  incorporates direct threats to five National Marine Sanctuary designations, including Cordell Banks and Greater Farallones. The Point Arena Basin, which is half in and half out of the Sanctuary, may be particularly at risk.

We can’t let this catastrophe take place.

One hearing is proposed in each coastal state — all sited in state capitals, and away from the coastal communities where massive attendance from an outraged public would be likely.

California’s hearing will be held on Feb. 8 from 3 to 7 p.m. at the obscure Tsakopoulos Library Galleria, 828 "I" Street, Sacramento.

We will be there to comment and rally. We hope you will join us, too. We need your voice.

If you can attend the rally and/or the meeting in Sacramento, we will be organizing some carpools and possibly provide bus transportation from Santa Rosa.

  *   Send and RSVP to shoshana.hebshi at sierraclub.org<mailto:shoshana.hebshi at sierraclub.org?subject=Carpool%20from%20Santa%20Rosa> if you want to carpool on Feb. 8 or inquire about the bus.
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Upcoming Events

Sat. Feb. 3 - Solano Group. "Water & Power: A California Heist" Screening and Discussion. Join members of the Solano Group in a screening of the acclaimed National Geographic documentary "Water & Power: A California Heist." The film traces the origins of the devastating water shortage in the central valley and identifies the money and power controlling the water. It has impacts across the world, and any Californian interested in water issues should see this film. After the screening, water lawyer Adam Keats, who is featured in the film, will answer questions. We will also discuss local water issues. The screening is FREE and begins at 5 p.m. at the Norman C. King Center on 545 Magazine Street., in Vallejo, California. More info: joe56feller at gmail.com<mailto:joe56feller at gmail.com?subject=Water%20%26%20Power>

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